Kansas Man requests 'trial by combat' with Japanese swords to settle dispute with ex-wife

Sorry, this was just too weird for me not to post here in MPSIMS. Story here.

If this were happening in Florida, there might be a decent chance the judge would approve it.

Can he get the viper from GOT to fight for him?

Her lawyers arguments don’t necessarily rule out trial by less than deadly combat like using inflatable sumo suits or paintball guns.

Some discussion of why he doesn’t actually have the right to trial by combat, by a lawyer here.

Probably would be better to have The Mountain at your side.

Doesn’t the challenged party get choice of weapons, or at least to choose their own weapon? The lawyer could counter with a luger.

While we are correcting spelling, isn’t that “Luger”?

On occasion, when people talk about toxic masculinity (or prison overcrowding), I sometimes find myself thinking that we should legalize polygamy and duelling. The excess testosterone would remove itself from the gene pool.

I was referring to someone who competes in the luge.:wink:

I think someone misspelled “loogie”

Well, it’s a Kansas guy in an Iowa court, so there you have it. Call in the heifers.

What, good old American guns not good enough for this Midwesterner? The ghosts of Hamilton and Burr mock you from The Beyond, sir, and *they *were *New Yorkers! *

And if there were an actual decision pending before the court this is the point at which Judge Delirious would have granted summary judgement in favor of the wife on the grounds of trollery from the other party. But things have not even gotten to that point apparently.

If I were the challenged party, I’d tell the judge “Sure, let him have his sword. I want a full auto Thompson submachine gun with 2 fully loaded drum (50 round) magazines.”

Anyone who has ever been in a custody battle knows - he was just trying to find a more civilized option.