How many 5 year-olds.....

[John Ho]

When in kindergarten we had a game one day where we tried to push our chaperone (a young woman) off a platform and down the slide. I was about 5 years old. There were at least 10 of us and it took everything we had to get that skinny girl down the slide. I say with pride that I gave the shove that did her in (I was a strong kid.)

Now...considering she wasn't hitting us and was a girl I have to say that I could take on at least 60. Using proper tactics you will never face them all at once.

Use your speed. When they clump together charge at them like a knight on a horse and take out little groups of them. You should be able to knock out at least 2 each charge by knocking their heads together. Add one flying kick to the head (to maintain balance upon landing) as well as one running punch and that is at least 4 per charge. Then run away from them and charge another group.

And I don't agree that if you fall you're finished. 5 year old kids can't kick that hard. And if half are girls that is even better. I could take 60 boys if there are girls involved....a lotta sad families.

Best topic ever btw.

[delahouss]

Having been directed to the conversation, I must offer my opinion. Your strength is in your stability - if you move around too much, you are liable to trip on the children already "out." Plus, they will have the ability to gain position on you in a period of unbalance. The key is to get as close to a wall as possible and stay in a solid base. As you begin knocking them out, pile their little bodies around your legs. This will force them to either shove the bodies into you as a distraction (unlikely as they are not strong and the number of bodies should be too great)or climb the pile of bodies - leaving them even more vulnerable. You should strike with the palm of your hand, elbow, and occasionally fist. Grab the neck or collar with one hand and strike swiftly to the temple with the other. This will conserve energy. The problem will be the first 10-15 minutes. You will have to fight ferociously to position yourself near a wall and knock enough out to begin the knocked out kids buffer. Also, make sure you build the wall behind you - this will create a buffer in case you get pushed back.

[Yobz]

7 and a half.

[stunnah]

I have a 4 year old daughter. We play boxing all the time. If I really wanted to, it is REDICULOUS how easy I could take her out. I dont imagine it'll get much harder when she turns 5.

I know I could take on 100 of them without any trouble. If they were trained better than the hypothetical 1 day, MAYBE they could get lucky.

I imagine if they all just rush me and as many as possible grabs jumps on my legs and holds on, and the rest of them charge me and push me down, then they all pile up on me, maybe I would suffocate. That would be over 2 tons of 5 year olds. They would have to execute it flawlessly, and get it done before I knocked too many of them out and diminishing their numbers.

[J_V]

no brainer?

[StevenFittos]

I was a varsity wrestler in high school. Iiiiiim a good wrestler, but I once had to forfeit a match. I could beat an infinite amount of five year olds. Im not kidding. I was that good. Now Im a pro poker player. Iiiiits a good movie. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[StevieG]

[ QUOTE ]
I could beat an infinite amount of five year olds. Im not kidding.

[/ QUOTE ]

You have no idea what infinite means. I'm not kidding.

[ QUOTE ]
I was that good.

[/ QUOTE ]

sup bro?

[LifeofBrian]

Well, screw ethics and morals, and you could take down hundreds if you're in good shape. Think Chinese action movie with people flying from kicks and such. If you hold back, because as was said before, they're not going to, then they'll win. Maybe it's like zombies and they'll just swarm you, but I really doubt the entire populace of five year olds, one at a time, with rest as needed, could ever do any real damage on their own. For females in which they'd have no sense of ethics, then this would be easy for them... then again, we have testosterone. And a sense of uncaring for talking about maiming hundreds of five year olds.

[ILuvMyVan]

how about taking it further?....

http://i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=10249

[imaohw]

I haven't read every single post, so somebody else may have submitted this solution, but if not, I humbly present it here:

I propose that a healthy adult (or relatively healthy--one who has gone through puberty and has no functional physical defects) can pummel five year olds until he gets tired, and considering that one could probably incapacitate a five-year-old with a single hit, I believe this number would be much higher than thirty for most.

There are several points to be taken into account:
1) In response to whoever commented on getting bitten in the balls: the situation clearly states that you will be wearing a cup
2) While the five year olds are "swarming" around you and not lining up one one one, as a previous poster noted, only a certain number can reach you at a time. If we estimate this at eight (which I think is fairly generous, considering their diminutive reach), then it should be obvious that no adult would really ever be threatened, at least until fatigue strikes. I think that four or five rounds of head bashing would be quite easy for any adult.
3) While it is true that they can bite, these would not really incapacitate an adult; they would annoy, and maybe sting, but not actually limit one's ability to fight, Unless perhaps they bite off a finger, but one's hands should be moving quick enough to prevent that.
4) As the fight progresses, the adult will probably have a ring of bodies around him. Any remaining five year olds will be forced to trudge through these bodies to reach the adult, and will probably get tripped up along the way, making them increasingly ineffective as the fight goes longer.
5) As a post near the top stated, you can grap one by the feet and swing him around. You'll be able to slap the crap out of any five year old before he gets within five of his arm-lengths of you.