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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7157924" data-attributes="member: 6777052">In the battles of ancient Greece, the more naked you were and the bigger your big round bronze shield was and the more spears you carried, the more senior you were. So the sight of Foghorn in full armour with no shield and not carrying any spears at all was a bit laughable. What was this idiot of a woodcutter even doing on the battlefield at all? No-one took him seriously. He was just in the way. Even when his axe went BOOM! and chopped off a warrior's head, it was regarded as ungentlemanly and not at all the sort of thing that a noble warrior did. That wasn't how you won battles; you won when the other side ran away and they couldn't run away if they were headless, could they? Both teams were starting to get quite annoyed with Foghorn and at half-time, when they stopped for oranges, the two opposing captains had a quiet discussion.It was in the second half, though, that the trouble really started. As Sister Jericho walked invincibly between the opposing front ranks looking for wounded warriors to heal, the spears that were whizzing to and fro started mysteriously changing course in mid-flight to avoid her and ended up hitting the wrong people. Dashed unsporting, that. They shouldn't allow women on the battlefield at all, especially ... uh, oh. &quot;Lads! Lads!&quot; shouted a prince of Sparta, &quot;She's a goddess! They've brought their own goddess! It's against the rules!&quot;&nbsp; But a prince of Athens shouted right back &quot;She's not one if ours! You brought her yourself! Cheat!&quot; and they all fell to fighting again about who was right. It went on for centuries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7157924, member: 6777052"] [COLOR="#0000FF"]In the battles of ancient Greece, the more naked you were and the bigger your big round bronze shield was and the more spears you carried, the more senior you were. So the sight of Foghorn in full armour with no shield and not carrying any spears at all was a bit laughable. What was this idiot of a woodcutter even doing on the battlefield at all? No-one took him seriously. He was just in the way. Even when his axe went BOOM! and chopped off a warrior's head, it was regarded as ungentlemanly and not at all the sort of thing that a noble warrior did. That wasn't how you won battles; you won when the other side ran away and they couldn't run away if they were headless, could they? Both teams were starting to get quite annoyed with Foghorn and at half-time, when they stopped for oranges, the two opposing captains had a quiet discussion. It was in the second half, though, that the trouble really started. As Sister Jericho walked invincibly between the opposing front ranks looking for wounded warriors to heal, the spears that were whizzing to and fro started mysteriously changing course in mid-flight to avoid her and ended up hitting the wrong people. Dashed unsporting, that. They shouldn't allow women on the battlefield at all, especially ... uh, oh. "Lads! Lads!" shouted a prince of Sparta, "She's a goddess! They've brought their own goddess! It's against the rules!" But a prince of Athens shouted right back "She's not one if ours! You brought her yourself! Cheat!" and they all fell to fighting again about who was right. It went on for centuries.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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