Your last fistfight

happy to say I have never been in a fist fight.

my husband has, however, and he has certain friends that still, on occasion, when properly drunk and prompted, will take a swing.

In fact, when Mr. Stew went to their bachelor parties I warned the grooms-to-be that they would not be calling me for bail money, and I better not have the need to go to a)the police station or b) the hospital.

Might mess up my fro.

Fifth grade for me as well. Although it was more of a girly hair-pulling-and-slapping incident. I was sticking up for a girl who was chronically being bullied.

Oh, and once I smacked a boy in the head with my Miss Piggy lunch box. He had it comin'.

Fourth grade. The boy across the street deserved the four knuckle marks on his cheek.

It's been twenty years since I hit anyone.

I was 18, and one night my friend Sharon and I were out carousing, and some kid referred to Sharon's boyfriend by the N-word. I don't know what happened after that, but it involved my fist, the dude's nose, and a lot of blood.

Later on, I bumped into the same guy's sister at a convenient store, and I was sure she was going to kick my butt. Instead, she told me about how her brother had gotten jumped by a gang of guys who gave him a black eye and a nosebleed.

I just bought my Cheetos and kept my mouth shut.

Once as an adult, back when I was strong & fit and someone did something rather awful to me, I did resort to physical violence. I would not do it again, even if I could. I thought it would make me feel better, but it never has. I'd shoot the bast@rd now, I guess, only I wouldn't have to - their own karma caught up eventually.

'Outside Inn' Nicholson Lane. 1982


Uh...... Was that you, III????

Plannin' on punchin' me mum in the chops this weekend, does that count?

College. Wasn't really proud of it, but hey, rite of passage and all that shizzle, man.

maestrowork said:

College. Wasn't really proud of it, but hey, rite of passage and all that shizzle, man.

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Fo sure.

I don't think I've had a fistfight since I was a kid. And I imagine I lost that one.

III said:

Yeah, but I was only 12 and I didn't consider getting beat up by a beautiful older woman to be a "fistfight" per se.

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udeda, ixna on the lderoa omanwa

1985. But I never threw a punch--yet still ended up in jail. Oh well...

First grade. The two little bastids went off running

Never!

When I was in karate, as a kid, I won two trophies and two first-place medals in sparring competitions.

That's it, I'm afraid. No fist-fights for me. I always got along pretty well with everybody.

(being a really fast runner doesn't hurt either)

PeeDee said:

I always got along pretty well with everybody.

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It's tough not to when you're hiding in a closet 24/7.

Non work related? College, and I wasn't drunk.

robeiae said:

It's tough not to when you're hiding in a closet 24/7.

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Hey, I came out of the closet years ago, I'll have you know!

My junior year in college, when a guy I really hated decided to hit on my drunk sister rather more forcefully than his usual skeezy MO. Had I not been a bit buzzed myself I probably would have found a better way to handle it, like maybe dumping the rest of my vodka on him and lighting him on fire.

Eleven years ago. I was 17 and I got in two fist fights that day. I didn't start either one of them. The first one was with a guy who dragged me out of my car (long story). I didn't win that one, but I did do enough to damage to properly defend myself. The second on was with a woman who blindsided me with a punch to the head when my back was turned. I won that one, but I actually had a lot of self control. I could have beat the snot out of her, but instead I immobilized her (don't ya just love headlocks?) and waited for her to calm down. I might have restricted her airway just a bit, but not enough to do any damage, just enough to let her know I could.

robeiae said:

1985. But I never threw a punch--yet still ended up in jail. Oh well...

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Silly. You can't throw a punch when you're already on the floor.