How hard can I hit some-one in the face with a trout without killing them?

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You heard me.

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Which species?

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What’s the weather like outside?

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Is it frozen or still alive?

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Is it an African or a European trout?

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Oh. You want MPSIMS. Four doors down.

samclem GQ moderator

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Harumph. I could have created a scenario where-in my question had a strictly factual answer; however, I thought it better to leave the question open-ended.

So, in response to all the questions posited above me: the answer is yes.

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With a force no greater than 0.99 Kilgores.

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The trout would have to be moving at least 88 miles per hour…

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Are you asking about keeping the trout alive or the person?

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Hmmm, I think the spray of fish guts alone could lead to a person’s death in this instance.

::sits and waits::

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There is a factual answer to this question, I bet. What you need to do is hit a person progressively harder with the trout until the person gets killed. The answer is “a little less hard than that.”

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You could test this out in a shorter time if you freeze the trout solid first.

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Or the victim.

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My husband offered to hit me in the face with a trout, but I told him “Not tonight, I have a haddock.”

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There’s only one way to find out for sure; Autolycus - go round up as many vagrants and street people as you can find with offers of fresh fish. Q.E.D - it’s up to you to get at least three specimens of a variety of different trouts of similar size. Everyone else; start warming up your trout-hand.

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Baby, I like the way you think :cool:

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Huh, did someone say something?

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  1. If it’s in a can I’d suggest a force of around 10lbs psi

  2. If frozen, roughly the same, maybe just a tad lighter :dubious:

  3. If fresh and still on the hook, about 20lbs psi…allowing for rod swing.

  4. If dead and gutted, about 12-13lbs psi

  5. If dead and ungutted, about 15lbs psi

I don’t know why I bother sometimes :smack:

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So you were crabby?