Hun: You are using Bonetti’s Defense against me, ah? Rodney: I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain. Hun: Naturally, you must suspect me to attack with Capa Ferro? Rodney: Naturally… but I find that Thibault cancels out Capa Ferro. Don’t you? Hun: Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa… which I have.
As I understand it, Sir Basil Rathbone was actually a very proficient swordsman so it would no doubt have galled him to have to lose those duels with Errol Flynn.
adubman almost 13 years ago
I don’t remember Errol Flynn calling, “Cut!! I gotta visit the loo!”
Is that Spook’s uncle Rodney’s swordfighting?
pouncingtiger almost 13 years ago
Rodney looks like he already soiled his armor.
tirnaaisling almost 13 years ago
Rod’s looking very dynamic today! Ruined just a tad by that last comment maybe… But dynamic all the same ;)
mitochondria almost 13 years ago
Not necessarily.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I really think Rodney means he wants to take a powder.
Absalom57 almost 13 years ago
Most important part of the strip was that Rodney was actually fighting and not losing
Nebulous Premium Member almost 13 years ago
This is the type of situation where one can figure out the answer to the question of what a Scotsman wears under his kilt.
JollyRoger56 almost 13 years ago
Maybe Rodney means to use gun powder on the hun.
walruscarver2000 almost 13 years ago
Nothing worse than rusty armor.
TArabyte almost 13 years ago
I think Rodney want to snort some more coke.
zman111666 almost 13 years ago
…thrust, thrust… parry… GOOD!
LingeeWhiz almost 13 years ago
A wee bit o lipstick under his kilt? Kinky.
RalphZIggy almost 13 years ago
jumping over sword wielding barbarian is not so smart, a newtwist on the phrase ’losing your marbles" comes to mind…..
Anime_Cowboy almost 13 years ago
A powder room is a ‘bathroom’ with no bath tub or shower. Just a toilet and sink.
boldyuma almost 13 years ago
Do “Men In Tights”..get the trots because of the tights?
Brother_James437 almost 13 years ago
If Rodney Is a girl, then I gess Mrs. Peacock Is a man.
cdward almost 13 years ago
Hun: You are using Bonetti’s Defense against me, ah? Rodney: I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain. Hun: Naturally, you must suspect me to attack with Capa Ferro? Rodney: Naturally… but I find that Thibault cancels out Capa Ferro. Don’t you? Hun: Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa… which I have.
(with apologies to the Princes Bride)
hokiebird6552 almost 13 years ago
gotta whiz…
Rakkav almost 13 years ago
This being an actual warrior’s problem, Morgan Llewellyn plays on it – at least twice – in her novel BARD.
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
As I understand it, Sir Basil Rathbone was actually a very proficient swordsman so it would no doubt have galled him to have to lose those duels with Errol Flynn.