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Fighting Umbrellas

07/14/08

Permalink 02:54:27 pm, by Mithrandir, 64 words, 23 views   English (US)
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Fighting Umbrellas

I'm reading Un Lun Dun by China Mieville right now. So this is especially surreal: the Philippine presidential body-guards are apparently carrying very sturdy umbrellas as weapons. They don't stop bullets, but it appears that you can split a watermelon with one fairly easily.

Carrying spiked clubs at eye level indeed.

No claims are made w.r.t. their effectiveness as a smog deterrent.

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