"The way of the foot and fist"
When I was a student at The Most Boring University In The World (tm), I found myself rather partial to the occasional drink, which would sometimes lead to the kind of chemically-induced stupidity that I'm sure this QOTW will abound with.


One night in a campus pub I got into an argument with another gentleman, over something or the other. As the argument got more and more heated, he suggested that we settle it outside.

With a good number of measures of false courage inside me, I accepted...


He warned me that he was a brown belt in Taekwondo, and that I should back down.

My stupid mistake at this point was to laugh in his face and exclaim
"What are you going to do? Move slowly and wave your arms at me?"

He burst out laughing, grinned at me and said
"You've got mixed up mate, that's Tai chi you're thinking of!"

Yes, dear reader, I had confused "the way of the foot and fist" with "the way of the wave-y arm exercise thing".


We both had a good laugh about it, went back inside, another situation diffused by The Way Of The Moron.
( Cawl, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 15:10, 1 reply)

ah.
Arguments that need to be "settled outside".

Marvellous.

I think he was the bigger moron, but your story made me giggle.
( Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 15:14, closed)