BougieBirdie

I once got to do a tour of a historic fort, and when we visited the magazine the guide told us that garrisoned soldiers were issued wooden button fly trousers. They couldn’t use a zipper because a spark might set off the gunpowder, and also they hadn’t been invented yet.

So if the average nap is four seconds, the average period of wakefulness is five seconds.

What a life.

I had a D&D character who used a Lucerne Hammer, which I’m seeing is essentially a bec de corbin.

The flail seems fun, I mean who doesn’t like moving parts and swingy things? I hear they were useful for reaching around shields. With my luck, I’d probably kill myself trying to use it.

The caveman in me calls out for rock though. It’s the ultimate finishing move.

One thing I try to avoid when I’m writing is when two words repeat. Kind of like your example “the thing is is that.” If I catch myself writing it, I try to rearrange the sentence.

Although a pretty extreme example tickles me: “The cookie he had had had had no effect on his appetite.”