# Insult sword fighting!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 7, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057 "2007-04-07T01:10:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/21 "2007-04-08T02:49:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Aioua]  
Real: And you’re the worst lover e’er seen by your wife!  
Fake: The lack of oil causes global strife.

You dare to fight me, you look like a wench!  
[/QUOTE]

Real: Your character is crooked, I’ll fix you with a wrench!

Fake: You look a bit tired, shall we find you a bench?

Insult: Fighting you is difficult as singing My Humps!

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/22 "2007-04-09T15:37:51Z")

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_Insult: Fighting you is difficult as singing My Humps!_

Real: Bend over you rogue, while I give you your lumps.  
Fake: I cut down my trees, now all I have are the stumps.  
Insult: Your boots are quite scuffed, your clothes a disaster.

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**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/23 "2007-04-09T15:58:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder]

Insult: Your boots are quite scuffed, your clothes a disaster.  
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Real: Your insult, like your outfit, is sooo last y’ar\*  
Fake: How appropriate. You fight like a cow.

I’ve had enough of your incessant waffle!  
\*said in an English Nobility style drawl to get the rhyme right

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/24 "2007-04-09T16:02:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder]  
Insult: Your boots are quite scuffed, your clothes a disaster.  
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Real: I’ll slice open your belly, so your guts spill out faster!  
Fake: I see your sword is made out of plaster.

Insult: Your ship’s so slow, it sails backwards!

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**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/25 "2007-04-10T02:51:01Z")

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Taking on two people at once now.

[QUOTE=The Dumbest Guy in the Room]

I’ve had enough of your incessant waffle!

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Real: The thing about your swordfighting? It’s incessantly awful.  
Fake: Chick peas are often used in a falafel.

[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben]

Insult: Your ship’s so slow, it sails backwards!

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Real: Keep your head in the fight, or I’ll cut you into thirds!  
Fake: I’ve never seen the classic film, _The Birds_.  
Only one counter, though. I don’t want this to get ridiculous.

Insult: Stop your dancing so I can run you through!

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/26 "2007-04-10T04:26:06Z")

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[QUOTE=oft wears hats]  
Insult: Stop your dancing so I can run you through!  
[/QUOTE]  
Real: Stop your yapping and I’ll see that the end’s swift for you!  
Fake: It was **your** idea to see my tutu.

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**Author:** ![Majobajob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Majobajob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majobajob)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/27 "2013-01-07T18:36:57Z")

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Well, since the last one didn’t have an insult in it…

> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#):
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> Insult: Stop your dancing so I can run you through!

Real: **You’ll** run **Me** though? _Like that could be true._  
Fake: When singing in church, you stand in the pew?

Insult: I’ll kick your ass so hard you can’t sit for a week!

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**Author:** ![Mixxin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Mixxin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixxin)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/28 "2013-01-08T17:42:31Z")

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> [@Majobajob](#):
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> Well, since the last one didn’t have an insult in it…
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> Real: **You’ll** run **Me** though? _Like that could be true._  
> Fake: When singing in church, you stand in the pew?
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> Insult: I’ll kick your ass so hard you can’t sit for a week!

Real: Your girlie voice will make a shriek when that weak kick meets my concrete physique.  
Fake: I sell all fine wares at my boutique.

Insult: You look like a fairy with the wit of a bush.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/29 "2013-01-08T18:18:41Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Insult: Your sword is rusted till it is colored burnt-orange!
> 
> OK, that one was cheating.

Your wit is as rusty as an unoiled door-hinge.

> [@](#):
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> Insult: You look like a fairy with the wit of a bush.

Real: Walk out on the gangplank, and I’ll give you a push.  
Fake: In this dress, do you like the look of my tusch?

New insult: You are the lowest of muck-dwelling vermin.

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**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/30 "2013-01-10T00:08:18Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> …  
> New insult: You are the lowest of muck-dwelling vermin.

Real: That’s quite an insult, from a flea-bitten ermine!  
Fake: I brew such great beer, you’ll swear I was German.

> [@Majobajob](#):
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> Insult: I’ll kick your ass so hard you can’t sit for a week!

Real: Is that the reason your foot has such reek?  
Fake: If you revive a zombie thread, the mods may well freak.

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**Author:** ![Mixxin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Mixxin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixxin)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-sword-fighting/399057/31 "2013-01-16T01:03:24Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> New insult: You are the lowest of muck-dwelling vermin.

Real: Stop naming things that leave you squirmin’ , Your lack of skills is disconcernin’.  
Fake: You wear the uniform of a World War II German.

Insult: Starting insult swordfights you just can’t win, your silly dress sense belongs in the bin.

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