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Comment author: thomblake 04 May 2012 07:28:55PM 5 points [-]

Even if you're physically prepared for a fight, you're not necessarily prepared for the social situation of a fight.

That's why I've hired someone to pay strangers to fight me at random.

Comment author: Anatoly_Vorobey 04 May 2012 09:51:40PM 1 point [-]

G.K.Chesterton described something similar in The Club of Queer Trades:

http://freaklit.blogspot.com/2011/07/adventure-and-romance-agency.html

Comment author: thomblake 04 May 2012 07:29:19PM -1 points [-]

The parent is a joke.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 05 May 2012 10:46:18AM 2 points [-]

Are you sure? Because I've already paid them. I tried to cancel by phone, but it's turned off; they are probably busy right now with something.

Comment author: SilasBarta 06 May 2012 05:59:06PM 2 points [-]

Consider yourself lucky. I told them that any attempt on my part to call off the attack was just a trick and if they fell for it, they'd forfeit their bonus.

Oops.

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