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Re: Funnies
« Reply #765 on: 2014-06-25, 01:46:32 »
Lol this is hilarious! When do I get my gun lance from the Middle Ages
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #766 on: 2014-06-26, 20:58:48 »
http://www.clickhole.com/article/people-are-finding-suits-armor-washed-beach-heres--381


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It’s happening all over the country. People are finding suits of armor washed up onto beaches, loading them into their cars, and taking them home. These innocent beachgoers think that they’re getting a free suit of armor. It seems almost too good to be true. And it is.

When these people wake up the next day, they discover that the suits of armor are gone—and so are their valuables. It’s a scam called “knighting,” and it’s the latest crime spree taking the nation by storm.

Nobody knows for sure where these suits of armor are coming from. The waves wash them onto the sand at irregular intervals, and their widespread location suggests that there is no central crime organization involved. Nobody has even actually seen these suits of armor move. The innocent beachgoers who find them are simply bringing them home, going to sleep, and waking up to find that their door is open, the suit of armor is gone, and that they’ve been robbed blind.

“I didn’t check to see if anyone was inside the suit of armor,” says Mitchell Kleinman of Miami, a victim of a devastating knighting last month. “It seemed heavy, I suppose, but I didn’t think twice about checking inside. Then I brought it home, and the next morning the suit of armor had vanished, and my laptop, iPad, and television were all gone.”

Kleinman is not alone. Over the past four months, there have been more than 15,000 reported cases of knighting. While none of the suits of armor involved have ever been apprehended or even been seen again after vanishing from victims’ homes, authorities can only presume that people hiding inside these suits of armor are responsible for the crimes.

Various police forces across the country have requested that individuals with any information regarding these criminal suits of armor bring it to their attention immediately. In the meantime, Kleinman asks people who come across a suit of armor on the beach to think twice before taking it home.

“I’m trying to tell everyone I know: If you see a suit of armor on a beach, just leave it where you found it and call the police,” Kleinman said. “These things just aren’t worth it.”
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #767 on: 2014-06-26, 21:45:30 »
I bet its Sir James.
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #768 on: 2014-06-27, 17:13:08 »
http://www.clickhole.com/article/people-are-finding-suits-armor-washed-beach-heres--381

I posted this on the Order's FB page today. And uhm... people aren't realizing it's a joke.  :o
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #769 on: 2014-06-27, 18:25:02 »
http://www.clickhole.com/article/people-are-finding-suits-armor-washed-beach-heres--381

I posted this on the Order's FB page today. And uhm... people aren't realizing it's a joke.  :o

Saw a bunch of other people post it, with the same results. I'm not sure whether to be entertaining or scared!
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #770 on: 2014-06-29, 20:30:36 »
D’azur à trois fasces d’argent, et au chef gueule chargé de trois étoiles d’or.

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Re: Funnies
« Reply #771 on: 2014-07-01, 03:35:07 »
Saw a bunch of other people post it, with the same results. I'm not sure whether to be entertaining or scared!

Sad.   :'(
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #772 on: 2014-07-02, 20:08:19 »
http://www.clickhole.com/article/people-are-finding-suits-armor-washed-beach-heres--381

I posted this on the Order's FB page today. And uhm... people aren't realizing it's a joke.  :o

Saw a bunch of other people post it, with the same results. I'm not sure whether to be entertaining or scared!

Saw something very similar to that on an episode of Bones; basically the thief hid in a vintage suit of samurai armor in a vault, replete with hydration kit and urine bag and waited til everyone left and lifted all the cash that was supposedly in the vault.  Turned out to be even more mysterious but I figured they'd gotten the idea from something that had actually happened.

What gets me is no one bothered to check to see how the armor was 'assembled'?  I would've been pulling pieces to find the substructure, thereby finding the human inside it.  Then I'd drag him back to sea and hold him under the water til he stopped moving, and then take the harness home.  Idiots.  lol
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #773 on: 2014-07-03, 10:37:56 »
From FB

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« Reply #774 on: 2014-07-11, 15:48:41 »
Not quite medieval but I was still entertained :)



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« Reply #775 on: 2014-07-11, 18:35:39 »
Education through the ages.

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Re: Funnies
« Reply #776 on: 2014-07-14, 00:00:36 »

This is not the sort of Blue Knight I will ever be... Yikes. :)

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Re: Funnies
« Reply #777 on: 2014-07-14, 00:55:41 »
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Re: Funnies
« Reply #778 on: 2014-07-14, 16:42:15 »
6'11" vs 5'8". Aveloc got tossed by the giant at one point. He still won. :)

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Re: Funnies
« Reply #779 on: 2014-07-16, 00:53:59 »

This is not the sort of Blue Knight I will ever be... Yikes. :)



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