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Post by Maupin on Mar 19, 2007 22:59:42 GMT -6
I witnessed something new and amusing at the SYC on Sunday. I've never seen this particular card given before and was wondering what kind of penalty it carries. The referee, who shall remain nameless, was testing the fencer's epee and it failed. He reached into his jacket for the yellow card and instead Nestle Crunch carded the fencer. He realized what he was showing to the confused fencer and quickly tucked the Nestle Crunch card back into his jacket and brought out the yellow card.
When the story was relayed to David Sierra, he fished among the Hershey's miniatures on the bout committee table and suggested that the new cards would be Mr. Goodbar for yellow, Krackle for red, and Hershey's for black. Jerry Benson later nixed the idea, saying that we didn't want to encourage the fencers to get carded.
Most referees and members of the LOC present on Sunday know who invented the new card, but I'm going to withhold the name due to the number of people who read this site.
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Post by fox on Mar 21, 2007 11:20:04 GMT -6
May I ask what expression crossed his face when he saw he was waving a chocolate bar at his fencer? ;D
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Post by Aldo N on Mar 21, 2007 18:00:28 GMT -6
What a "sweet" story.
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Post by Jett on Mar 21, 2007 20:31:33 GMT -6
I think the expression after the double take was a wide eyed "Oh My God. Did anyone see that?"
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Post by schlager7 on Mar 21, 2007 20:41:51 GMT -6
Nestle Crunch as a card for a non-conforming weapon? I thought it was the card for inadequate blood-sugar on strip...
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