Whenever I hear a strange noise in the house I immediately take a mental inventory of the objects in the room to decide what I could most likely use to defend myself against the evil person that was surely about to climb the stairs mere moments from now. I never really come up with anything good. A small end table or a lamp are usually my best options as projectiles. Since there are always stairs involved I should probably just keep a bag o marbles next to the bed and be done with it.
I think it would be cool to collect medieval weapons.
I miss my golf clubs. =(
That reminds me, mt friend just bought, like 5 swords from Bali.
He likes to run his mouth saying that if we broke into his place, he would muderise them before they got up the stairs. I know for a fact that the worst he can do is swear like Gordon Ramsey at you while he’s still asleep.
That is one of the reasons I have a bag of marbles handy whenever I sleep over.
Hmmm, this intrigues me.
What do I have in the room for defense….
3 Throwing Knives,
1 Kunai,
1 Dagger,
1 BB Gun
1 Katana,
Quite a few “Mysterious Wires”
A Butterfly Swiss Army Knife/Pliers thing
A Lamp, with the lamp cover missing,
4 Speakers for use in throwing,
3 Monster Energy Drinks and a box of chocolates, in case of “emergency situations
That about sums it up.
I totally keep a blackjack near my bed. One of those extendable beating sticks? Also, theres a 2X4, a bowling ball, and several other beating-capable objects when thrown
Lets see… Blunt object collection in closet right next to me bed… The real decision is metal or wood? and I have fashioned as Buckler (small armbound shield) out of our old Satellite dish (the dish itself). as well as a katana, but it’s not sharp. if I’m gonna fight off a burgler, it’s better with a blunt metal mace-like object than a ‘Not sharp, not able to actually do any damage’ display katana… in fact my metal mace-like object is the arm that held the dish in place…. now to make a projectile weapon out of the nuts, bolts, and screws…
my dad has a CRAPLOAD of guns in the cabinet in his room. I’d just grab either the shotgun or the ol’ springfield ’06 rifle. If I didn’t have time, then my conviently-placed-in-my-dresser hunting knife. If all else fails, I’ll scare him with the laser sight on my NERF gun =)
I’m a 200 pound pasty white male who sleeps in the nude. If that doesn’t work, I’ve found I’m strong enough to use everything but the colossal tv and the refrigerator as a weapon. (my brother and I cannot stand each other, what can I say.)
Oh my god the comments are just as funny if not funnier then the comic itself.
Too much laughing… can’t breathe…
I have a sword and a variety of sharp, pointy mini-screwdrivers that I have become very adept at stabbing people with due to a previous break-in… Not to mention a few sharp silver letter openers and a suspiciously pointy set of decorative chopsticks. >>… I can turn almost anything into a weapon if the need arises. xD
i know it sounds freaky, but since my window is really close to a easily climbable ledge, i sleep with a knife under my pillow.
Weapons that are in my room:
Steel Baton Extendable
.40 caliber pistol
shotgun
pocket knife
anything that isn’t bolted down that I can pick up and throw.
Someone’s probably already said this (didn’t bother reading 60 or so comments) but this is a bit reminiscent of another comic. XD Not the comic itself, but the commentary. Joo told us about this before, Chris! SHAME. xDDD
I used to do that as well. Now I just have a pistol as I’m old enough to no longer be invulnerable. I may however use the pre-christian era pattern gladius just to say that I used a pre-christian era pattern gladius on TV. The blacksmith at
http:://www.sharppointythings.com made it for me. He’s now making a scabbard for it and doing finishing work on it.
I just keep an axe in my closet.
I practice HEMA, and so I’ve got a number of swords in my house. However, most of these are wooden/plastic “wasters”, and my steel is blunt. It would probably still cause horrific bludgeoning wounds if I swung it hard, though it’s not quite the same. However, I don’t keep any of these in my room, so if someone broke in, they’d be more likely to reach my weapons before I would…
i make an inventory anyway, just incase.
kind of reminded me of THIS:
http://xkcd.com/87/
anyway, i had to make a list of my “weapons of destruction”:
@ many hardbacked books (*under bed, hard to reach*)
@ compass (*pointy circle kind, in pencil case in bag, under bed*)
@ lamp (*non-existent ;p*)
@ mouldy cheese (*under bed, yet again*)
@ yesterdays socks (*under bed*)
as you can guess, most of my “weapons” are actually under my bed, which is annoying considering i sleep on the top bunk of a bunk-bed (*with a very crap ladder that usually falls down and i hardly ever use*)