> -----Original Message----- > From: lazarus [mailto:lazarus33pjf at cox.net] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:42 AM > To: Philip Hart > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Issola, Dragon, J Whedon, and Chandler's The Long Goodbye > > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:50:11 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > >While people are discussing Dragon swordfighting, perhaps someone could > >explain something from _TPG_. When we first meet Uttrik, Tazendra > >describes him (as he warms up for his duel with Khaavren) as striking > >at the air and missing with every third blow. What does that mean? > > I always assumed that to be a variation of "couldn't hit the broad > side of a barn," only with a sword. > This was my interpretation as well. W Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man. --Leon Trotsky