# origin of the 'punching' video **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405 "2006-04-27T02:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/21 "2006-05-01T00:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=PoorYorick] I noticed, too, that the hittee ought to be gladd that the hitter used the classic “hit like a girl” punch: Thrown from the forearm with the wrist bent. Hey, you gotta put some shoulder into it. [/QUOTE] Was still a pretty good lick, given the crowded conditions and age of the pugilist! Go grrrl! ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/22 "2006-05-01T00:32:42Z")
Hate to double post so quick, but the (non)reaction of the lawyers (or whoever they are) is hilarious as well, and perhaps telling given **astro’s** post above. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/23 "2006-05-01T04:12:17Z")
I could watch this video a hundred times in a row, and have probably already watched it a good twenty times after just discovering this thread a few minutes ago! The puncher definitely grew up with brothers. Even if the form of that punch wasn’t perfect (or even close), it wasn’t the first one she’d ever thrown! ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/24 "2006-05-01T12:11:33Z")
[QUOTE=remisser] I did a search and couldn’t find anything on this video here or through google. Just a lot of people guessing what was going on. You’ve probably seen the clip by now: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6640225987281635407](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6640225987281635407) Now my question is, does anyone know the story behind this video? [/QUOTE] I feel like a nitwit! I asked this in GQ yesterday and a kind soul pointed out this thread already existed … :smack: So… d\*oes \* anyone know the story on this as remisser asked (almost a week ago) now ? ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/25 "2006-05-01T12:43:00Z")
[QUOTE=jimmmy] I feel like a nitwit! I asked this in GQ yesterday and a kind soul pointed out this thread already existed … :smack: So… d\*oes \* anyone know the story on this as remisser asked (almost a week ago) now ? [/QUOTE] Look I am sorry. I saw that my GQ Post was duplicative, and reacted emotionally and immediately without fully reading this farkin’ thread. Very disrespectful to everyone of you has posted a lot of really good info already. My initial take was\*\* Baraqiyal \*\* and\*\* mahaloth\*\*’s that they were PTA folk of some kind (and that is how it is presented on College Humor dot com) so that may have colored my perceptions. \*\* Astro\*\* puts that in a different light but then so does **Tristan** – one reason I’d like the names besides trying to make sense of what I just saw is to follow-up and find out what happened and what happens to these folks. Can Anyone who can tell us the names and dates and for sures on this? BTW\*\* remisser\*\*: **LunaV** can speak for herself but I think she is saying the oldest old lady (not hitter or hittee) is saying “She’s Drunk” and I think she may be right – I think that is what she actually is saying & I couldn’t figure it out until **LunaV** wrote that. The old gray haired hit lady is definitely says “You are Trash” (or maybe: “You are Trashed?” may now make some sense) ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/26 "2006-05-02T20:58:44Z")
[QUOTE=jimmmy] BTW\*\* remisser\*\*: **LunaV** can speak for herself but I think she is saying the oldest old lady (not hitter or hittee) is saying “She’s Drunk” and I think she may be right – I think that is what she actually is saying & I couldn’t figure it out until **LunaV** wrote that. The old gray haired hit lady is definitely says “You are Trash” (or maybe: “You are Trashed?” may now make some sense) [/QUOTE] Yes, I meant the oldest lady. The woman farthest on the left, who gestures with her left hand. Also, I’m hearing-impaired, and I read lips to help me understand what people say. That’s how I got “drunk” rather than “trash”. The words form two completely different mouth movements. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/27 "2006-05-02T21:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] Yes, I meant the oldest lady. The woman farthest on the left, who gestures with her left hand. Also, I’m hearing-impaired, and I read lips to help me understand what people say. That’s how I got “drunk” rather than “trash”. The words form two completely different mouth movements. [/QUOTE] Well you are absolutely right I think – Thanks for that. FTR, where I think remisser was confused by your first post, the Lady _who hits_, when she first addresses the Lady who _gets hit_ (or hitee), pretty audibly says, as she peeks around the pillar, either “_You are Trash_” or perhaps (because of what you have added LunaV giving us some context) “_You are Trashed_” I am surprised we don’t have an answer to more context yet given the posts and hits – if someone finds out down the road please post it even if the Thread dies!! ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/28 "2006-05-02T23:00:50Z")
I tried the same Google searches you all probably tried and couldn’t find anything. I also combed through Snopes with no result and ended up submitting it to them for their consideration. We’ll see if they can come up with anything. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/29 "2006-05-02T23:04:15Z")
I remember this. I believe it’s a fight scene from one of the “Matrix” movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405.md?page=1)