BTW:
Since duelling involves the use of a deadly weapon, I choose to fight the duck sized horses with the gada:
It also involves only two opponents, so one at a time please.
ETA: Some interesting points on duels:
- Duelling was an Olympic sport in 1908
- In 1808, two Frenchmen are said to have fought in balloons over Paris, each attempting to shoot and puncture the other’s balloon. One duellist is said to have been shot down and killed with his second.
- In 1843, two other Frenchmen are said to have fought a duel by means of throwing billiard balls at each other.
- In the 1860s, Otto von Bismarck was reported to have challenged Rudolf Virchow to a duel. Virchow, being entitled to choose the weapons, chose two pork sausages, one infected with the roundworm Trichinella; the two would each choose and eat a sausage. Bismarck reportedly declined. The story could be apocryphal, however.
- The last known duel in France took place in 1967, when Gaston Defferre insulted René Ribière (fr) at the French Parliament and was subsequently challenged to a duel fought with swords. René Ribière lost the duel, having been wounded twice.
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