Owned: false BS article published in the Martialist

**oldman_withers** · Posted On: 2/06/2006 6:56pm

Phil was owned by his fat, lardy-white gut a long time ago. And trust me, he knows it.

**Fantasy Warrior** · Posted On: 2/07/2006 11:47am

Got the expert opinion back:

This solution has emerged several times and it probably works, but then so would strapping a tin bath each side of your chest. It going to be heavy and of dubious performance and coverage, also I would suspect that the protection goes away if you work up a sweat or get the books wet.

Professor -(name removed)-
Cranfield University
DCMT Shrivenham
Swindon
Wiltshire SN6 8LA
UK

So, don't sweat Phil!

[emphasis added by staff.]

**dramaboy** · Posted On: 2/07/2006 3:54pm

I was reading the rec.martial-arts recently and there's some knife people there that think that kickcatcher's article was pretty good in spite of the fact that it was a hoax.

Reminds me of the Sokal hoax. The philosophers were claiming that Alan Sokal actually made some valid points while randomly connecting unrelated philosophy quotations.:))

http://www.drizzle.com/~jwalsh/sokal/articles/weinberg.html

:))

Good work Kickcatcher

Tomas

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 2/07/2006 4:00pm

Drummerboy, as each day passes I am astounded by your intellect.

**dramaboy** · Posted On: 2/07/2006 4:14pm

Originally Posted by DerAuslander108

Drummerboy, as each day passes I am astounded by your intellect.

Well, ok..._clears throat_...**** YOU SHITCOCK!!...

Is it better now :)

Tomas

**AlexSchira** · Posted On: 2/07/2006 5:33pm

Well, he's been posting his work number for days now, challenging us to call him while his supporters call us short bus riders.
...Now, who has ehad enough spicy food to be able to talk out their ass to this guy, on his own level?

**Yrkoon9** · Posted On: 2/07/2006 6:12pm

It is completely unneccessary. He was owned. He knows it.

It was a fine piece of work that will be fondly remembered for years to come.

**1bad65** · Posted On: 2/08/2006 1:48pm

Some people are just stupid. This is alot like the Great Carlos hoax in Australia. To this day some people still believe it.

**Yuushi** · Posted On: 2/08/2006 3:13pm

To be frank, phil didnt use his head much with this one :f-off: . There are much more effecient, practical and safe alternatives that are available to counter "knife" threats. If you have nothing else available to you and you are truly broke and cant afford anything, I guess you could sling some books around your waist... but its not gonna do much (at all). But hey, I guess those in harlem can afford paper back knife vests now ;-) hehe

On a seperate note though, there was a shooting at Fresno City College CA. durring the 80's :new_2guns between a disgruntled student and an instructor. The instructor and a girl talking with the instructor were both shot, they survived. However, the girl was saved from getting hit by the bullet because her text book was in the way... I've heard saved by the bell, but saved by the text book? I dont want to test the theory of bullet resistant "Text Book" vests... :qright7: anyone else want the honors??? :XXbuzzsaw Later all ;-)

**Wounded Ronin** · Posted On: 2/08/2006 5:08pm

Depending on the round, it's not impossible that it could be stopped by a thick hardcover textbook. Like, a seriously decaf round like .25 or .22 short might be protected against by a thick old textbook, I guess.