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Have you ever been in a fight?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by MisterCreosote, Sep 20, 2017.

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  1. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    I grew up around Mennonites. You really cannot get into a fight even if you want to.

    Confront them and they'll smile and give you a baked good.
     
    Hermes, Sep 20, 2017
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Hey Levi, I saw your mom at a livestock auction.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 20, 2017
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  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    "I don't know who the heck you think you are, but if you don't wiggle those child-bearing hips out that door in 5 seconds, you're gonna find your nose sniffing my big Amish ass!"

    [​IMG]
     
    MisterCreosote, Sep 20, 2017
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  4. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    No. They would have done what was needed, but not told a self-serving story about it in a ham-fisted attempt to impress people.
     
    QYFW, Sep 20, 2017
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  5. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Our high school's starting power forward (who didn't protect the ball that well) went after last-guy-on-the-roster me for stealing the ball from him on three straight plays during drills one afternoon.
     
    cranberry, Sep 20, 2017
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  6. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    I will say that I would find a guy laughing before a fight to be pretty unnerving.
     
    typefitter, Sep 20, 2017
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    You made me think of this. I hadn't thought about it in 30 years probably. ... Basketball was my best sport when I was younger, which doesn't mean a lot, I guess. But I was decent enough for the area I grew up. We had two schools that we played in all-black areas. My team was pretty white -- a bunch of Irish and Italian catholics with I think two jews scattered in. At one of those all black schools, the gym was pretty small and intimate and they always packed it, and when we'd come out for warm ups, the place would get quiet and they'd start clapping very slowly in unison -- it was an intimidation tactic. Then we'd watch the other team dunk one after the other in warm ups and pysch ourselves out (although we almost beat them one game, but that is another story). Early in one game in their gym (I think they won a state championship that year), I fouled a guy a lot bigger than me really hard to stop him from getting an easy layup. I was the smallest guy on the court. Their bench cleared and started coming for me, and the crowd was up on its feet ready to attack. I think I looked around for a place to run to, and there was nowhere. Thankfully, other than some pushing, the referee and the coaches got control and I got out of there alive.
     
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    The Big Ragu, Sep 20, 2017
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  8. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    It's mainly to diffuse the situation, but I have a very naturally wise-ass laugh and demeanor, which I'd think would only make things worse.
     
    MisterCreosote, Sep 20, 2017
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  9. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    The wise-ass approach can be disarming but it can also get you in a world of shit if you're not careful. I once had a guy get up in my face for two minutes about some awful disservice I had done to his mom's reputation (or something) and I told him he appeared to have a piece of parsley stuck between his teeth. He tried to strangle me.
     
    cranberry, Sep 20, 2017
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  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    If someone gets in your face. ... that close. ... is it a punk move to just drive your knee up into his nuts? I have always wondered about this.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 20, 2017
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  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    In junior high I was a new kid and willing to mix it up with the school bullies.

    Best way to do that is in the cafeteria, locker room or near the office with lots of people around so the assistant principals or coaches can break it up fast.

    If the kid you were throwing punches with was a known troublemaker, they usually just hauled him away and left you alone.

    So I never lost a fight or got suspended.

    In high school there was this 6-7 lineman who was a nice guy but a mean drunk. So he would get in fights with anyone. You never knew who, how many or when.

    I always bought an extra six-pack and gave it to him if he was at the party. I didn't want any part of messing with him.
     
    Ace, Sep 20, 2017
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  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Did you try this when you were applying at the Plain Dealer?
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 20, 2017
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