If Percival’s father had been bitten by a radioactive sarsaparilla-hoarder while attending a school science fair, then he would be Sarsaparilla-hoarder Man.
Take away his knife? Why would they take away his knife? He’s tied hand and foot. He couldn’t possibly reach it. Unless of course it is a Magic Knife, in which case it will jump into his hand when needed. After cutting the ropes to free him.
Many years ago my very young (at the time) daughter explained the problem by stating Santa had a magic watch that stopped time when he took it off. So before starting the sled run he removed his watch and put it on a shelf. When he got back to the North Pole he put his watch on again and time started up.
From “The Tower of The Elephant” by Robert E. Howard: “{Conan} had never seen an elephant, but he vaguely understood that it was a monstrous animal, with a tail in front as well as behind. This a wandering Shemite had told him, swearing that he had seen such beasts by the thousands in the country of the Hyrkanians; but all men knew what liars were the men of Shem.”
And also heiress to the throne of one of the Shemitish city-states. I forget which one. And Conan had eyes for about as many women as evil queens have for Tarzan.
Tarzan makes a guest appearance on “WuMo” today. I don’t understand the joke, but there he is.