{"id":407,"date":"2009-05-06T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/05\/06\/rabid-ninja-wookie-pirates\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T20:27:00","slug":"rabid-ninja-wookie-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/05\/06\/rabid-ninja-wookie-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabid ninja wookie pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I caught Mr E Man and Divorcing Friend* watching the last ten minutes of a show called “Deadliest Warrior<\/a>“**. The concept of this high quality television programme is an in-depth and very shouty-macho dissection of a hypothetical fight between different kinds of warrior. Pirate vs. Knight, Viking vs. Samurai, Shoalin Monk vs. Maori, Spartan vs. Ninja – you get the idea. Completely stupid and pointless***.<\/p>\n

Unless…<\/p>\n

I decided that the only way to cope was to start suggesting even more ridiculous match-ups. I started with “drunken Scotsman vs. American crack-head”, and they took the ball and ran with it:<\/p>\n

“A Wookie and a Klingon!”<\/p>\n

“Sarah Palin vs. a rabid monkey!”<\/p>\n

“Wolverine and a zombie!”<\/p>\n

This proved to be much more entertaining than either actual show. As was Facebook. And an actual book.<\/p>\n

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*still living with us, despite becoming the official tenant of our basement suite at the weekend. OK, so he has no bed yet, but still. I’m starting to get a bit annoyed. At least he’s using the shower down there though.<\/span><\/p>\n

**their excuse was that they were waiting for the start of “The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom”,<\/a> which is kinda like saying that you only stabbed someone because you were waiting for your new gun to be delivered. And no, just because I am British, I am not suddenly interested in watching UFC-based reality TV with you. <\/span>
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***for the record, Mr E Man agrees, but asserts that he has a right to watch stupid and pointless TV after working so hard: 12 hours a day, 7 days a week at the moment. He may have a point.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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