[QUOTE=csharp.negative;2703431]That sounds rather…
puts sunglasses on
…Catastrophic.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!
Btw, OP’s story requires more moving in with their aunty and uncle in bel-air.[/QUOTE]
“West Philadelphia born’n’rasied.” lol
ok, ok - I see now where I went wrong. Here, I’ll fix it:
The sword will stay in the sheath, and instead of a sword in that hand, will be a flamethrower which I will also unload on the guy as soon as the pen drops. And don’t worry, it can spew napalm across 20 feet of floor with no problem. Also, the spikes will all be poison tipped even though he’ll never know that.
hmm… not enough is it?
And there will be a trap door under the guy so after he’s shot and burning, he’ll fall into a pit of alligators. But they’ll be in water, so the water puts out the flames and then the alligators can eat him. (Wouldn’t want to be cruel to animals). Or maybe it should be wild boars like in Hannibal. Yeah - that’s it - wild boars bred for this purpose (never mind about the cruelty to animals. Sometimes it’s necessary to serve the greater good.)
Got done with summer school, did ya?
Flash from the past!
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Now I remember! Wow! This is wild… I know I’m dating myself, but I remember this now from when I was 13. Back in 1983, I used to call into BBS using my Tandy 300bps and talk smack on forums. It was really fun, but I just don’t have time any more. Someone asked if I was new to the internet. I have to say, yes! I did not know that after all these years kids were still doing this! I see how this forum works though. For instance, 3 pages of responses like “You’re an idiot…” and not a single person responds to the actual point. eg. Should you accept any challenge from another martial artist? Should you dictate the terms of the engagement or let them? etc. I know, I know - I should not have “hidden” the point in a story. More than one layer of plot starts to lose the audience. And you kids these days have reading comprehension issues. If I had more time, I would really get engaged in this forum because I love martial arts and the banter is fun. So, if you don’t see me around it’s not because it wasn’t fun! It’s just I would rather spend my time training. I will definitely come back later though to see how many more “You’re dumb!” responses I’ve gathered. 
Now I remember! Wow! This is wild… I know I’m dating myself, but I remember this now from when I was 13. Back in 1983, I used to call into BBS using my Tandy 300bps and talk smack on forums. It was really fun, but I just don’t have time any more. Someone asked if I was new to the internet. I have to say, yes! I did not know that after all these years kids were still doing this! I see how this forum works though. For instance, 3 pages of responses like “You’re an idiot…” and not a single person responds to the actual point. eg. Should you accept any challenge from another martial artist? Should you dictate the terms of the engagement or let them? etc. I know, I know - I should not have “hidden” the point in a story. More than one layer of plot starts to lose the audience. And you kids these days have reading comprehension issues. If I had more time, I would really get engaged in this forum because I love martial arts and the banter is fun. So, if you don’t see me around it’s not because it wasn’t fun! It’s just I would rather spend my time training. I will definitely come back later though to see how many more “You’re dumb!” responses I’ve gathered. :)[/QUOTE]Gee, and I thought the educational system was much better in the 80s than now. Thanks for proving me wrong. Oh and W.Rabbit, he pulled the same shit you did when you joined. Now, that IS some funny shit.
Let’s go back to school.
See, there is this little thing called context:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/context
: the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
Now, for anyone to take your post as humorous, excluding the often slow lordbd, the SURROUNDING WORD OR PASSAGE must contain humorous content.
It doesn’t:
Before I started renting space at Memphis Martial Arts Center, I was working out at the YMCA quite a bit. They had a nice big floor with a wall of mirrors - a great space for doing forms, etc.
I was working out there one afternoon and some guy walked in and asked what I was doing. I told him, “Hung Gar Kung Fu.” He said he trained Northern Shaolin and asked if I wanted to do some “slap boxing.” I had never done that before and was hesitant, but I agreed.
We started circling each other and he moved in to slap me. I blocked and reached out to slap him. We did this for about 30 seconds and I finally felt the compulsion to just blast through him with a straight punch to the chest. We kept exchanging slaps and more and more I wanted to just blast through him and end the silliness. I continued to resist this impulse since we had not discussed that possibility in advance. Forutnately, after about 2 minutes he finally became too winded to continue and he had to stop.
For some reason the whole experience was a bit disturbing and I called my sifu to discuss it. I explained what had happened and how I felt compelled to “fight” him and how I also felt compelled to put him down but that I also felt that would not have been fair to put him down since he had proposed we do “slap boxing” instead of “fighting” or “kung fu” or what-have-you…
There is ZERO CONTEXTUAL humor in this part of your discourse. Sorry, this is funny, but not in the purposeful manner that you would think.
Now could this be humorous? Sure…In the proper CONTEXT. Taking the first part of your essay into consideration, it reads like you are venting. The guy was slapping you around, you didn’t now how to react, you became frustrated, your style was embarrassed and now you are overreacting.
Wait wait wait …
WTF is it with Hung Gar assholes and bragging about the internet in the fucking 1980s?
It’s just I would rather spend my time training.
Right because training is 24/7 and there is NO time to do anything else. STFU with that stupid tripe.
Original Title:
Fighting is serious business
[QUOTE=Ramesses;2703514]I will definitely come back later though to see how many more “You’re dumb!” responses I’ve gathered. :)[/QUOTE]
jnp is right this thread deserves even more lolcats, it’s so bad.
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I can really see your internet sherpa’s influence between Flava Flav and George Clinton/Pfunk coming in lmao! I would totally shit a brick if i saw this guy in real life, the bugle is also a nice touch though.
[QUOTE=W. Rabbit;2703584]jnp is right this thread deserves even more lolcats, it’s so bad.
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That’s not really how you use business cat
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/business-cat
this is
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OK, this time with a little effort and feeling.
[QUOTE=W. Rabbit;2703617]OK, this time with a little effort and feeling.
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[QUOTE=It is Fake;2703540]Now, for anyone to take your post as humorous, excluding the often slow lordbd[/QUOTE]
I would find this offensive, but I’ve been stuck in “graduate” school for 6 years without “graduating” yet.
…and now I am sad.
Now I remember! Wow! This is wild… I know I’m dating myself, but I remember this now from when I was 13. Back in 1983, I used to call into BBS using my Tandy 300bps and talk smack on forums. It was really fun, but I just don’t have time any more. Someone asked if I was new to the internet. I have to say, yes! I did not know that after all these years kids were still doing this! I see how this forum works though. For instance, 3 pages of responses like “You’re an idiot…” and not a single person responds to the actual point. eg. Should you accept any challenge from another martial artist? Should you dictate the terms of the engagement or let them? etc. I know, I know - I should not have “hidden” the point in a story. More than one layer of plot starts to lose the audience. And you kids these days have reading comprehension issues. If I had more time, I would really get engaged in this forum because I love martial arts and the banter is fun. So, if you don’t see me around it’s not because it wasn’t fun! It’s just I would rather spend my time training. I will definitely come back later though to see how many more “You’re dumb!” responses I’ve gathered. :)[/QUOTE]
Oh for fuck’s sake. If this is true, why can’t you have a normal midlife crisis where you try to bang your daughter’s friends or drive a fast car onto an offramp at speeds that make you look like you’re cutting to commercial in the Dukes of Hazard?
Instead your useless ass decides to shit up a message board about martial arts. Bravo, sir. You can’t be bothered aiming for the toilet bowl and simply leave that turd where it lies draped across the seat. But somehow it’s our fault that you’ve concealed your “point” in this amazing loaf of stupid.
Your question is whether or not you should accept ANY challenge from martial artists? Under normal circumstances I’d ask, “Why? I have a club that I go train at. If you want to spar, come on down.” But I don’t see anything wrong with some friendly sparring in a field, either. As for setting the terms, if it’s a friendly sparring match, does it matter? If it’s a duel, the tradition in western culture is that the challenger and the challenged both have parts to play in the terms of the duel and the challenged typically chooses weapons.
[QUOTE=Ramesses;2703282] (large pile of random excrement…) [/QUOTE]
So, are you in this pic?
http://www.appliedcombat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0315.jpg
[QUOTE=ChenPengFi;2703639]So, are you in this pic?
http://www.appliedcombat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0315.jpg[/QUOTE]
What is that…Knuckleball Camp?
Now that’s a fucking skill.
[QUOTE=lordbd;2703630]I would find this offensive, but I’ve been stuck in “graduate” school for 6 years without “graduating” yet.
…and now I am sad.[/QUOTE]Do not be sad!!! Think of the day when you do graduate, hang out your shingle, and begin the thankless job of listening to everyone’s problems and sending them to their ‘happy place’.
[QUOTE=It is Fake;2703426]It’s just you. We have had MULTIPLE people talk and use the death waiver BS to make unreal SERIOUS challenges.[/QUOTE]
Any time I hear someone mention “death waiver” I can’t help but roll my eyes. They might as well just wear a sign that says “insecure with a delicate and volatile ego”. And you know this shite is almost always because of some percieved verbal slight by a complete stranger.
It’s like in their mind they wish they were on Mindanao and fighting the local toughs for their sister’s honor. Born in the wrong century and shit…
[QUOTE=slamdunc;2703644]Do not be sad!!! Think of the day when you do graduate, hang out your shingle, and begin the thankless job of listening to everyone’s problems and sending them to their ‘happy place’.[/QUOTE]
Well I’m hoping to get into the Airforce to ply my trade, so I’m more looking forward to being overworked and shuttled around a lot, but benefiting from the experience of helping our soldiers heal. Plus I’ll save money on a shingle.
[QUOTE=Mr. Machette;2703663]Any time I hear someone mention “death waiver” I can’t help but roll my eyes. They might as well just wear a sign that says “insecure with a delicate volatile ego”. And you know this shite is almost always because of some percieved verbal slight by a complete stranger. …
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That’s because you lack BU DO!