Lookit all those flower De Leaves on it.
😂👍
If so, more’s the pity for the flawless embellishments.
The owner will only drop it
and run away gobbling in fright if faced
with a challenge.
Filthie's Mobile Fortress Of Solitude
Where Great Intelligence Goes To Be Insulted
Probably someone with a blade like that would have a bodyguard...
ReplyDeleteI don't know about that anymore. The French are out in the streets raising hell and us Yanks just sit around and watch stupid football on the telly...... However, when the French start chopping off heads of politicians let me know, I have a few blades needing testing.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather fought with them in WW1 and hated them for their cowardice till the day he died. If you had to go into battle with them, you put the frenchies up front and shot them if they tried to run. Desertion was a capital offense in those days.
DeleteNorth Americans haven't felt the pain of our weak and stupid leadership yet. I think Americans are getting antsy and tetchy too. I hear open talk of the boogaloo everywhere, I hear the lefties yapping about camps and firing squads for anti-vaxxers... and I think it's only a matter of time.
Looks like a dress sword to me. European countries had swords for show only, as did the American colonies. They were light, and although you could wind up and belt someone with it, you'd likely break it in the process.
ReplyDeleteThe actual one-on-one duel as Hollywood envisions it was more of a spur of the moment event. Two Dandies get offended, their seconds and other friends throw in, and before you know what's up servants have retrieved their business blade from the carriage and they are off to settle things in a convenient location - right here is good.
Duels were fought to the first blood, hand and arm wounds being common. The questions asked were, "Are you satisfied?" If so, then that was that. If not, the wounded was asked if he felt he could continue, and if so then it's off to the races once more. Belly wounds were the worst, as they were almost always fatal but the victim took up to a week to expire in agony tempered by opium.
Then came the pistol. Being a smooth bore, you didn't put much space between the combatants, and there were more fatalities with the pistol.
President Abe Lincoln was challenged to a duel, and showed up with a two handed broadsword. His opponent apologized, and that was that.
I think at one point in Germany, duelling was all the rage and the best thing about it was having scars to show off to the girls. I can handle the idea of gun play but gawd - blades make me squeamish. I would have to use them and apply myself to them to get over it.
Delete"The owner will only drop it and run away..."
ReplyDeleteYou know, after the great Afghanistan skedaddle, we really need to cut the French some slack.
Your service men are not cowards, fellas. Afghanistan was pooched by the politicians and no bones about it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I have warm fuzzy day dreams where an assassin’s bullet takes Joe Biden’s head off… the only downer I can see in it is Kamala taking over for him…