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Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:37:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> On the other hand (!) to use another period example, a lefty fighting his
> way up a spiral staircase would be at an advantage, since such stairways
> spiral counter-clockwise and thereby pin the swordarm of northpaws...
Are you sure? I've been to many castles - living in Britain you can't really
avoid it... and I am certain that I've seen both types of spirals around and
about :)
Richard
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| (...) Maybe you were dyslexic on those apparently clockwise staircases. 8^) Or the defenders fought their way UP the clockwise staircases and DOWN the counterclockwise. Or maybe the lefthanded defenders fought on the clockwise steps... Hmm... Now (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sinister one might even say (for a very good example of the thinking of "left" as bad). And of course right handed is good (dexter). One supposed explanation of why left handed is bad is if you think about troops in a shield wall, and how (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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