Tin cans on horses...

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:30 pm

TGIF wrote:
TMLutas wrote:
maxgoof wrote: All right! That's enough! Can it!
They Can't.
Don't worry, it's in the can.

*nods* Yeah, uncanny isn't it?

Dressari · Post by **Dressari** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:40 pm

Ze puns @.@

I canne handle it any longer...

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:14 pm

Dressari wrote:Ze puns @.@

I canne handle it any longer...

Ooooooh, don't get cantakerous.

RedSquirrel456 · Post by **RedSquirrel456** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:22 pm

A pun in the can is worth two in the bush, after all...

Kerry Skydancer · Post by **Kerry Skydancer** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:24 pm

To be candid, I think this whole thread can't hold a candle to the comic...

Jaydub · Post by **Jaydub** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:34 pm

Kerry Skydancer wrote:To be candid, I think this whole thread can't hold a candle to the comic...

I can't say that I blame you, but as they say down south, ya all can.

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:50 pm

How is the running gait of an armored knight like a melon?

"Can-lope"

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:58 pm

Kerry Skydancer wrote:To be candid, I think this whole thread can't hold a candle to the comic...

I hope no one gets flamed.

Hmm. If you cross The Jam with Solidus would you get a Can coon?

Jaydub · Post by **Jaydub** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:59 pm

UncleMonty wrote:How is the running gait of an armored knight like a melon?

"Can-lope"

That deserves a cat-a-ninetails.

Jaydub · Post by **Jaydub** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:01 pm

Squeaky Bunny wrote:
Kerry Skydancer wrote:To be candid, I think this whole thread can't hold a candle to the comic...
I hope no one gets flamed.

Hmm. If you cross The Jam with Solidus would you get a Can coon?

N0, Jam is not Canadian.....

Tbolt · Post by **Tbolt** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:34 pm

A Mexi-can-coon?

Earl McClaw · Post by **Earl McClaw** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:41 pm

Just pass the decanter and be quiet.

(Ooo, doesn't that make you just flush with embarassment?)

When crossbows were first introduced, one person (a pope?) observed that the were such terrifying weapons that they would surely be the end of all wars.

Tbolt · Post by **Tbolt** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:55 pm

I think that is correct, Earl, it was thought that the fire power available from the crossbow could terminate all mankind.

Of course, we've graduated to far more efficient means of killing ourselves since then. Although, I guess nukes are probably our best shot at wiping out all life on the planet.

Wow, this thread has grown to incredible proportions just on the power of non-sequitors.

Un-canny.

(have we repeated outselves yet?

)

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:02 pm

Well, as conversation starters go, there are a lot of can openers...

BrockthePaine · Post by **BrockthePaine** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:05 pm

Butler, CANcel my appointments for the rest of the night, I want to watch this...

TGIF · Post by **TGIF** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:09 pm

Squeaky Bunny wrote:Well, as conversation starters go, there are a lot of can openers...

I have some comments to make, but I'm afraid of opening up a can of worms.

TGIF

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:10 pm

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

How do you say "a dog, a gorilla, and a kerosene lamp at the beach" in Japanese?

....wait for it...

Unkankonkingkongikinkenkankun

[un can con King Kong y quinqué en Cancún = a can(ine) with King Kong and a (kerosene) lamp in Cancún]

Okay, that only makes sense in Spanish, but you have to admit it took a lot of wit to come up with it, whoever did.

[singing]
Volare! Oh oh!
CANtare! Oh oh oh oh!
Ni blu
Di pinto di blu...

¡Zacatepóngolas!

Until next time, remember:

I

AM

THE

J.A.M. (a.k.a. Numbuh i: "Just because I'm imaginary doesn't mean I don't exist")

Good evening.

[WARP!!!]

Rokas · Post by **Rokas** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:47 pm

JAM: "Warp?" As in... *Grabs a Daemon Hammer* The Immaterium? ;p

ANYway... Can y'all can the canning 'fore the can-man cans the Cannes can? Well, can ya? ;p

Also, [random noun] is [random adjective].

The above nonsense brought to you by a lack of sleep.

EdBecerra · Post by **EdBecerra** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:08 pm

TMLutas wrote:
TGIF wrote:Let's just hope he doesn't have a crossbow handy, or Quentyn's journey will have an abrupt detour.

TGIF
Crossbows were considered disreputable weapons and no knight would be caught dead with one of them. There were times they were even under papal edict.

Of course. A good longbowman took years to train, and had to keep in training constantly. It's been years, but I seem to recall one English king actually issuing an edict that longbowmen were to practice a certain number of hours every week, on pain of the royal wrath.

Ah. Here we go.

"Their skill was exercised under King Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307), who banned all sports but archery on Sundays to make sure English citizens practised with the longbow. As a result, the English during this period as a whole became very effective with the longbow."

Longbows had the potential for greater range and/or accuracy (though not both at the same time), but the average crossbow was simple to the point of stupidity, and any fool could use it with reasonable accuracy and damned little training.

Wikipedia (and I don't vouch for its accuracy) notes that "Although an expertly handled longbow had greater range, better accuracy (the heavy arbalest crossbow being the exception here), and faster rate of fire than an average crossbow, the value of the crossbow came in its simplicity: it could be used effectively after a week of training, while a comparable single-shot skill with a longbow could take years of practice."

A famous quote about the Colt revolver also applies to the crossbow.

"God made Man, but Colonel Colt made men equal."

And of course, equality is something the nobility tends to view nervously.

heh.

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:26 pm

Which is why European royalty HATED the idea of personal firearms (when they still in devlopmment) on the battlefield. They thought is leveled the playing field too much.