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Jarky Thistlebrush

#105
August 31, 2019, 11:37:37 PM
There are tardigrades living on the moon.
The following is a list of things to bring on holiday:
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42 ~ Seb's Humility ~ Seb's toothbrush ~ Seb's soul ~ Half a Plane ~ Your Toothbrush ~ A creeping anxiety every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Pure Terror every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Death every time you look at your toothbrush

I had to move everything off the list but the bare essentials to make way for this:

One-Eye the wildcat

#106
September 01, 2019, 02:25:42 AM
Vot?
"What will become of us? Where will we go, we who wander this vast wasteland in search of our better selves?"

"Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos."
Long live the RRR!!

Jarky Thistlebrush

#107
September 01, 2019, 03:07:37 AM
There are tardigrades living on the moon.
The following is a list of things to bring on holiday:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
42 ~ Seb's Humility ~ Seb's toothbrush ~ Seb's soul ~ Half a Plane ~ Your Toothbrush ~ A creeping anxiety every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Pure Terror every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Death every time you look at your toothbrush

I had to move everything off the list but the bare essentials to make way for this:

One-Eye the wildcat

#108
September 01, 2019, 03:54:56 AM
Vot?
"What will become of us? Where will we go, we who wander this vast wasteland in search of our better selves?"

"Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos."
Long live the RRR!!

Jarky Thistlebrush

#109
September 01, 2019, 08:02:11 AM
A few flippin' months ago, a satellite containing a bunch of tardigrades was accidentally crashed into the moon. The tardigrades, (as tardigrades are virtually indestructible), went into a state of coma.
The following is a list of things to bring on holiday:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
42 ~ Seb's Humility ~ Seb's toothbrush ~ Seb's soul ~ Half a Plane ~ Your Toothbrush ~ A creeping anxiety every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Pure Terror every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Death every time you look at your toothbrush

I had to move everything off the list but the bare essentials to make way for this:

One-Eye the wildcat

#110
September 01, 2019, 06:09:50 PM
Vot?
"What will become of us? Where will we go, we who wander this vast wasteland in search of our better selves?"

"Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos."
Long live the RRR!!

Jarky Thistlebrush

#111
September 01, 2019, 10:01:08 PM
Okay. Long story short: Tardigrades are AWESOME!!!
The following is a list of things to bring on holiday:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
42 ~ Seb's Humility ~ Seb's toothbrush ~ Seb's soul ~ Half a Plane ~ Your Toothbrush ~ A creeping anxiety every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Pure Terror every time you look at your toothbrush ~ Death every time you look at your toothbrush

I had to move everything off the list but the bare essentials to make way for this:

One-Eye the wildcat

#112
September 01, 2019, 10:19:09 PM
Vot?
"What will become of us? Where will we go, we who wander this vast wasteland in search of our better selves?"

"Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos."
Long live the RRR!!

Verdauga

#113
September 02, 2019, 12:35:53 AM Last Edit: September 02, 2019, 12:43:57 AM by Verdauga
Because pikes (the weapon, not the fish) had such long reach, German swordsmiths built freakishly long swords to combat armies using them. the sword is over four feet long and is called the zweihandar, which literally means 'two handed', as that is the only way to wield it.
Other countries may have made them too, but Germany was the first.
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Sebias of Redwall

#115
September 07, 2019, 05:51:15 PM
Quote from: Verdauga on September 02, 2019, 12:35:53 AM
Because pikes (the weapon, not the fish) had such long reach, German swordsmiths built freakishly long swords to combat armies using them. the sword is over four feet long and is called the zweihandar, which literally means 'two handed', as that is the only way to wield it.
Other countries may have made them too, but Germany was the first.
That's interesting. Are they basically broadswords but bigger?
"I can only speak two languages. English and rubbish." ~Brian Jacques

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."

"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

~JRR Tolkien

Long live the RRR!

Verdauga

#116
September 07, 2019, 09:04:32 PM
@Sebias of Redwall , well, they're obviously longer, but I don't know if they're much wider, if at all. I haven't researched them in a while. I guess it depends on how long and wide typical broadswords are.
Killing the mood since 2019

Thanks for the artwork Lass, Scott, and Wortshire! (And Dannflower as well for the Worldstate badge.)

One-Eye the wildcat

#117
September 08, 2019, 04:52:50 AM
"What will become of us? Where will we go, we who wander this vast wasteland in search of our better selves?"

"Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos."
Long live the RRR!!

Sebias of Redwall

#118
September 08, 2019, 07:27:33 PM
Quote from: Verdauga on September 07, 2019, 09:04:32 PM
@Sebias of Redwall , well, they're obviously longer, but I don't know if they're much wider, if at all. I haven't researched them in a while. I guess it depends on how long and wide typical broadswords are.
Hmm... I guess that makes sense. I don't think they'd want to make the swords *too* heavy after all. Taller would probably be better for reasons you said above, but that would make sense if they kept them the same width.
"I can only speak two languages. English and rubbish." ~Brian Jacques

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."

"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

~JRR Tolkien

Long live the RRR!
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