Heard a great story from the 10-25NL at Foxwoods...

[Patcho]

yeah I've been in fights. sucks but so does having someone call your wife a C#&T or something in front of you and your kids (never has happened but you get my point).

at least the guy I was fighting hit me and knew I could/would hit back.

some prick saying f'ck your dead mom deserved a chair in the mug. prob worse.

[yellowfish]

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What's the difference between going around and hitting people in public and verbally assaulting them in public

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Broken bones, lost wages, surgery?

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Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will hurt forever.

[Aces McGee]

Oddly enough, the only fight I've ever witnessed that involved someone getting hit with a chair was set off by an insult about a dead relative. Similar story to OP, although it occurred in a high school cafeteria and there was no poker involved. Kid's Dad had died the night before and one of the jackasses at school -- who was kind of this kid's rival...both were known "bullies," for lack of a better word -- needled him about it. Kid calmly got up, grabbed a chair, smashed the other kid over the head with it (knocking him out), and then just started kicking him over and over until someone stopped him.

I think they sent him home for the day. No one had a lot of sympathy for the guy who opened his mouth.

-McGee

[yellowfish]

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Oddly enough, the only fight I've ever witnessed that involved someone getting hit with a chair was set off by an insult about a dead relative. Similar story to OP, although it occurred in a high school cafeteria and there was no poker involved. Kid's Dad had died the night before and one of the jackasses at school -- who was kind of this kid's rival...both were known "bullies," for lack of a better word -- needled him about it. Kid calmly got up, grabbed a chair, smashed the other kid over the head with it (knocking him out), and then just started kicking him over and over until someone stopped him.

I think they sent him home for the day. No one had a lot of sympathy for the guy who opened his mouth.

-McGee

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Why was he in school if his dad just died?

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Oddly enough, the only fight I've ever witnessed that involved someone getting hit with a chair was set off by an insult about a dead relative. Similar story to OP, although it occurred in a high school cafeteria and there was no poker involved. Kid's Dad had died the night before and one of the jackasses at school -- who was kind of this kid's rival...both were known "bullies," for lack of a better word -- needled him about it. Kid calmly got up, grabbed a chair, smashed the other kid over the head with it (knocking him out), and then just started kicking him over and over until someone stopped him.

I think they sent him home for the day. No one had a lot of sympathy for the guy who opened his mouth.

-McGee

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Why was he in school if his dad just died?

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Obvious answer: His dad wouldn't want him to interrupt his education. He might have even talked about such things with his family if he knew he was dying.

[FatRed]

It would probably be easier to go to school and continue your regular routine as opposed to sitting around your house, depressed, watching your mother cry all day.

[Aces McGee]

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Oddly enough, the only fight I've ever witnessed that involved someone getting hit with a chair was set off by an insult about a dead relative. Similar story to OP, although it occurred in a high school cafeteria and there was no poker involved. Kid's Dad had died the night before and one of the jackasses at school -- who was kind of this kid's rival...both were known "bullies," for lack of a better word -- needled him about it. Kid calmly got up, grabbed a chair, smashed the other kid over the head with it (knocking him out), and then just started kicking him over and over until someone stopped him.

I think they sent him home for the day. No one had a lot of sympathy for the guy who opened his mouth.

-McGee

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Why was he in school if his dad just died?

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I wasn't friends with him, but I got the impression his home life was pretty rough. I think he just would rather have been at school than at home.

-McGee

[diddyeinstein]

I think they both deserved it. Here's to beating douches with chairs.

[Felix_Nietzsche]

Sounds like a typical urban myth....

[Infi3ld Fly]

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