Islanders War Club

Rick · 27th May 2014, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

a typical battle between two regional factions in the 1920's resulted in this:

Which is why they don't have a hockey team at Notre Dame .

David · 27th May 2014, 02:54 PM

Well, since we are so terribly off topic already…

For those who are a bit lost on the sport of hurling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgLwZd1Ag4

kronckew · 27th May 2014, 05:25 PM

yes, you can see the natives dressed in their garishly coloured native costumes, engaged in a melee which was described in the 1920's as athletic manslaughter. the object is to disable or kill as many of the opposing clan as possible before they can miss hitting your sides guardian of the magic fishing net with a missle. asside from the main use of your hurley to bash in your opponent's skull, or break his bones, you can use it to launch the missles, called sliotar in their native tongue, at a speed that is sufficient to cave in a chest wall. it can also be used to carry the missle as you are not allowed to run far with it, until you get close to your opponents net where you can launch the missle at his head so he will duck and allow the missle into the net for 3 points or over the net for 1.

this slaughter resulted in whole counties on the island being depopulated during the 19th century, as the populace fled to america, where they lied and blamed it on a potato famine to get by immigration and homeland security. bars in new york would put up signs saying dogs and hurlers not allowed. to this day you cannot get a good pint of road tar in NYC, or carry a hurley in public.

sadly, the king of the island, called the Taoiseach (pronounce tea-sack) has ordained that the melee may only be conducted wearing a helmet to prevent cameras having their lenses smeared with brains, and thus seriously limiting the death rate. some nancy-boys will also wear chest armour and hard gauntlets that protect their fingers.

it was a sad day, since then the population has been doubling every 5 years, they are roman catholic and thus forbidden from using birth control and abortion is socially unacceptable. they are going bankrupt, the economy is failing, and people are starving. the clan leaders are attempting to return to the old clannish values and they hope to repeal the helmet laws in order to regain control of the reproductive rate.

Robert · 27th May 2014, 05:40 PM

Sorry gentlemen, but the main focus of this posting is not truly weapons related and is ever so slieghtly off topic so I am afraid no matter how interesting I am going to close this thread from further discussion.

Robert

27th May 2014, 02:54 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	Well, since we are so terribly off topic already… For those who are a bit lost on the sport of hurling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgLwZd1Ag4

27th May 2014, 05:25 PM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	yes, you can see the natives dressed in their garishly coloured native costumes, engaged in a melee which was described in the 1920's as athletic manslaughter. the object is to disable or kill as many of the opposing clan as possible before they can miss hitting your sides guardian of the magic fishing net with a missle. asside from the main use of your hurley to bash in your opponent's skull, or break his bones, you can use it to launch the missles, called sliotar in their native tongue, at a speed that is sufficient to cave in a chest wall. it can also be used to carry the missle as you are not allowed to run far with it, until you get close to your opponents net where you can launch the missle at his head so he will duck and allow the missle into the net for 3 points or over the net for 1. this slaughter resulted in whole counties on the island being depopulated during the 19th century, as the populace fled to america, where they lied and blamed it on a potato famine to get by immigration and homeland security. bars in new york would put up signs saying dogs and hurlers not allowed. to this day you cannot get a good pint of road tar in NYC, or carry a hurley in public. sadly, the king of the island, called the Taoiseach (pronounce tea-sack) has ordained that the melee may only be conducted wearing a helmet to prevent cameras having their lenses smeared with brains, and thus seriously limiting the death rate. some nancy-boys will also wear chest armour and hard gauntlets that protect their fingers. it was a sad day, since then the population has been doubling every 5 years, they are roman catholic and thus forbidden from using birth control and abortion is socially unacceptable. they are going bankrupt, the economy is failing, and people are starving. the clan leaders are attempting to return to the old clannish values and they hope to repeal the helmet laws in order to regain control of the reproductive rate.

27th May 2014, 05:40 PM	#4
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Sorry gentlemen, but the main focus of this posting is not truly weapons related and is ever so slieghtly off topic so I am afraid no matter how interesting I am going to close this thread from further discussion. Robert