by Andy_S on Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:16 pm
SNIP
It was Imam Ali's sword...Muhammad's cousin.
SNIP
Muhammed presented Ali with Zulqafir after Ali broke his own blade in a battle, while indulging in some over-enthusiastic infidel-cleaving.
Happy days in the Prophet's retinue back then, I would wager.
Steve:
RE: Calad Bolg/Caliburn
Aha, thanks for the Celtic lesson. Not sure how they made the linguistic leap from "Caliburn" to "Excalibur" though.
BTW (and unrelatedly) this idea of spinning round in a circle while chopping the heads off an entire host reminds me of perhaps the most ridiculous "special forces" technique I have seen or heard of:
Taught by Russian Ninja Sunny Puzikas, it is a counter to being surrounded that involves spinning in a circle with an AK in one hand spraying away on full auto, while point-shooting with a pistol in the other. (Add however many exclamation marks you wish right here.)
Equally remarkably, some of your fellow 'Merkins are paying Puzikas real Yankee dollars to learn this, erm, "technique." (BTW, I am not making this up. YouTube don't lie!)
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