# I Pit Magiver **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 13, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851 "2021-03-13T21:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/401 "2026-06-17T19:10:25Z")
If a plane isn’t dropping doctors on mini-motorcycles, why does it even exist. That’s all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/402 "2026-06-17T19:16:12Z")
Pics or it didnt happen. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/403 "2026-06-17T20:11:14Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If a plane isn’t dropping doctors on mini-motorcycles, why does it even exist. That’s all I’m saying. The parachutist’s plane that went it; some of them _may_ have been doctors. Not sure if they were on mini-motorcycles, or even had one in their pocket, though 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/404 "2026-06-17T20:24:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But then in his response he blew off my point and pulled his usual pilot attitude thing: "If only people would do everything perfectly every time (like I would) then [this accident] would not have happened. I wasn’t even following that particular conversation, but I note that **Magiver** also rates himself as the perfect car driver, who never makes a mistake. OK, I admit that I’ve bragged about never having an accident in 50+ years of driving, but that’s just a fact – I don’t claim that I haven’t made many mistakes, as we all do, and gotten away with them. **Magiver** is apparently the very personification of perfection. He simply doesn’t make mistakes – ever. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/405 "2026-06-17T20:25:14Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If a plane isn’t dropping doctors on mini-motorcycles, why does it even exist. That’s all I’m saying. On the one hand, AI image generators suck and are killing creativity. One the other hand, they are good for certain situations. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/zGGQKbZQ/Gemini-Generated-Image-vj8kcvj8kcvj8kcv.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/zGGQKbZQ/Gemini-Generated-Image-vj8kcvj8kcvj8kcv.png) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/406 "2026-06-17T20:26:19Z")
Even got a double monkey punch in there. Impressive ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/407 "2026-06-17T21:47:22Z")
You have to. A chimpanzee is always smart enough to block the first punch. This is like day 1 medical school stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/408 "2026-06-17T21:48:18Z")
Magiver World is a scary, fucked-up cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/409 "2026-06-17T22:05:24Z")
I worked in the animal lab in med school. You do NOT mess with the apes. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/410 "2026-06-17T22:08:38Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > A chimpanzee is always smart enough to block the first punch. This is like day 1 medical school stuff. Interesting. In law school all we learned about was flinging shit. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/411 "2026-06-17T23:13:18Z")
Ironically that describes Magiver as well. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/412 "2026-06-18T02:03:55Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > You have to. A chimpanzee is always smart enough to block the first punch. This is like day 1 medical school stuff. Can’t be a chimp; it’s got a tail. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/413 "2026-06-18T03:35:25Z")
Yeah, it looks very much like a baboon to me. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/414 "2026-06-18T03:45:26Z")
Magiver’s original double-punch theory was to defeat a chimp, but it became known as the double monkey punch because it flows better. I think the approach would work equally well to defeat any primate. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/415 "2026-06-18T03:51:06Z")
But what if the ape was armed with an umbrella, the most dangerous of weapons? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/416 "2026-06-18T04:16:49Z")
I used to know a guy (online) who insisted that a cloak with pennies sewn into the lining would be an unbeatable weapon. Magiver sometimes reminds me of him. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/417 "2026-06-18T05:03:38Z")
Well, it does make some cents …I’ll leave now ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/418 "2026-06-18T07:18:34Z")
Easy. You tell them you wanna fight outside and that it isn’t raining. They then leave the umbrella behind. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/419 "2026-06-18T08:58:04Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I used to know a guy (online) who insisted that a cloak with pennies sewn into the lining would be an unbeatable weapon. If you’re strong and dextrous enough to wield an extremely heavy penny cloak around, pretty much _anything_ you’re holding would be a formidable weapon. On the other hand, for the average person even wearing a penny-lined cloak would result in serious back injury. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/420 "2026-06-18T15:23:55Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > On the other hand, for the average person even wearing a penny-lined cloak would result in serious back injury Wouldn’t a cloak of pennies by similar in weight to a suit of armor? I’ve worn chainmail before, & while tiring; especially in the summer heat, it didn’t cause any injury. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851.md?page=22)