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Kiwias wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:57 am The swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it.

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One good whack against a sword and that blade will shatter.
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:41 pm
Kiwias wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:57 am The swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it.

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One good whack against a sword and that blade will shatter.
Saw a video on that fairly recently, by a historian/re-enactment/specialist type. They reckon is was probably just a show piece, rather than actually useful.
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Raggs wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:04 am
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:41 pm
Kiwias wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:57 am The swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it.

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One good whack against a sword and that blade will shatter.
Saw a video on that fairly recently, by a historian/re-enactment/specialist type. They reckon is was probably just a show piece, rather than actually useful.
What era is it from? Might it not actually be useful against someone with a rapier?
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:41 pm
Kiwias wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:57 am The swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it.

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One good whack against a sword and that blade will shatter.
We got rid of Bimbot, do we need a new Emoji for other people who don't know what they are talking about :bimbo: :spin :Bulldog:
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mat the expat wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:46 am
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:41 pm
Kiwias wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:57 am The swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it.

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One good whack against a sword and that blade will shatter.
We got rid of Bimbot, do we need a new Emoji for other people who don't know what they are talking about :bimbo: :spin :Bulldog:
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It's Sandy FFS. He was such a balanced poster (in favour of the Stormers) but has lost it ever since finding out that one Saffa bordie paid for a Covid vaccine.
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Fuck off! I lost it years ago.
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BnM wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:28 pm A'hem

I couldn't even find the survey!! :lol:
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Openside wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:33 am
BnM wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:28 pm A'hem

I couldn't even find the survey!! :lol:
Unfortunately the Graun changed the pic, despite the article about not being able to find the vulva they had a pic of ovaries instead.
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BnM wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:35 pm
Openside wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:33 am
BnM wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:28 pm A'hem

I couldn't even find the survey!! :lol:
Unfortunately the Graun changed the pic, despite the article about not being able to find the vulva they had a pic of ovaries instead.
Yeah well Ms GL wouldn't recognise a gudgeon pin if it was floating in her morning cuppa.
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Poor sign design...

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The ironing of the title with the comment below the photo condemning racist taunts.

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Justifiably, they are getting destroyed here for that
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mat the expat wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:48 am Justifiably, they are getting destroyed here for that
To determine whether or not it was racist, there is only one question you need to ask: would the headline have been "Three White players miss" if it had been Kane, Macguire, and Shaw who had missed their penalties?

We all know the answer to that question.
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Absolutely.
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At the risk of defending racists, the headline IS relevant to the story.

If the players had been white, the allegations of racist abuse would not have arisen.
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Rinkals wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:24 am At the risk of defending racists, the headline IS relevant to the story.

If the players had been white, the allegations of racist abuse would not have arisen.
The story about racist abuse would have been valid without the headline.
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Hmm.

"Three players in the penalty shootout which England lost 3-2 to Italy."

I do get your point, but I'm starting to feel that there is enough for one to get one's knickers in a twist over these days without manufacturing outrage.
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Rinkals wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:24 am At the risk of defending racists, the headline IS relevant to the story.

If the players had been white, the allegations of racist abuse would not have arisen.
Not really, where they used the word Black is completely wrong.
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Ok.

Let's get back on topic.

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Bizarrely I know that man's (the one on the right) great ?great? Granddaughter.

The penguin was actually tied to the piper's foot to stop it running away and the rope covered in snow
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I love watching little children running and screaming, playing hide and seek in the playground.
They don't know I'm using blanks..
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