Which Is Mightier - The Pen Or The Sword?

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   In a barfight, I'd take the sword and even in an examination, I think
the sword would help. I even think the girls might be more impressed
with the sword but in a bank, I think the pen would work out better
(unless you were robbing the bank). 

Poll Question: When it comes down to it, what would you rather have
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
A Pen	15	[71.43%]
A Sword	6	[28.57%]
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sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Topic: Which Is Mightier - The Pen Or The Sword? Posted: May 20 2005 at 08:41
	In a barfight, I'd take the sword and even in an examination, I think the sword would help. I even think the girls might be more impressed with the sword but in a bank, I think the pen would work out better (unless you were robbing the bank).
	I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill

Manunkind Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 02 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 2373	Posted: May 20 2005 at 09:08
	As you wrote, Sigod, it's 3:1 or even 4:0 to the sword. Besides, you can imagine carving your signature with a sword, but can you imagine drawing a pen out of a stone? Or, for that matter, shoving into the stone first?
	"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun

James Lee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525	Posted: May 20 2005 at 09:50



Man With Hat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178	Posted: May 20 2005 at 18:35
	I'll stick up for the writing Utensil
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sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: May 24 2005 at 06:06
	^ More power to you MWH. (Whips out sword) Now gimmie your wallet!!
	I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill

tuxon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 21 2004 Location: plugged-in Status: Offline Points: 5502	Posted: May 24 2005 at 08:26
	You are Rob The Good in a cunning disguise aren't you Siggie Now hand over your sword, and sign the peace treaty.
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PROGMAN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: February 03 2004 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 2664	Posted: May 24 2005 at 09:04
	A Pen you can write LOSER on the person you fight.
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tuxon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 21 2004 Location: plugged-in Status: Offline Points: 5502	Posted: May 24 2005 at 09:33
	You could also carve it in him with a sword. I think that makes a more lasting impression
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Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20240	Posted: May 24 2005 at 10:47
	As d the poets sheathes his pen , the soldier lift his sword. - Ian Anderson in TAAB
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Posted: May 24 2005 at 11:59
	I've always instructed my new staff that proper documentation is of the utmost importance. If it isn't in writing, it never happened. Therefore, I choose the pen. I keep the sword in my trunk, just in case.

sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: May 31 2005 at 11:43
	^ Wise words there mate. Please find below a short list of where I find a sword more useful than a pen: 1. At the 54th International convention of Muggers, Thieves & Downright Nasty People. 2. Facing Sauron, Lord of The Ring. 3. During a sword swallowing act. 4. Removing a burst appendix (although I would rate the patient’s chances of survival). 5. Removing a splinter from a finger (but say goodbye to the hand). 6. In a swordfight.
	I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill

synthguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 25 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 225	Posted: May 31 2005 at 16:44
	If you can plunge the pen into your opponents eye faster than he can take a stab at you.... Words can tear you apart. You could always duck.
	Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest...

spectral Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 04 2005 Location: Vatican City State Status: Offline Points: 1422	Posted: May 31 2005 at 16:50
	to quote sean connery in the Untouchables, "if they put one of your men in the hospital, you put one theirs in the morgue. if they attack you with a pen, you cut their hands off with a sword." you can't deny it, the big scot hit it on the nose there (probably with a sword as well).
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Joren Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 07 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 6667	Posted: May 31 2005 at 18:34
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BaldJean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387	Posted: May 31 2005 at 19:11
	Q.: How can one completely change the meaning of the sentence "The pen is migthier than the sword" by one simple alteration (exchanging, adding or removing a character)?
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Cygnus X-2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 24 2004 Location: Bucketheadland Status: Offline Points: 21342	Posted: May 31 2005 at 21:41
	I think that if the pen is mightier than the sword, than the voice is mightier than the pen.


sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: June 03 2005 at 12:02
	Which leads me to the question, is the Space Hopper mightier than the Pogo Stick?
	I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill

frenchie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2234	Posted: June 05 2005 at 21:50
	i would saw that typed font like this is becoming more powerful than the pen or the sword.
	The Worthless Recluse

frenchie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2234	Posted: June 05 2005 at 21:51
	pen is envy your move, robots.
	The Worthless Recluse

sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: June 06 2005 at 11:56
	^
	I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill