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Normal baseball bats are intimidating only
when held by someone who can wield it
properly. If used by some puny man with
high shorts, I would jump him, with
maybe, a wrench?.. What he needs is a
baseball bat that is more intimidating.
Imagine a bat then when you twist the
bottom, spikes
or blades pop put the bat,
a capacitor is heard charging with an
occasional arc leaping between blades and
spikes. To top it off, how about puting a
flash-bang at the top of it, triggered by a
button on the bottom of the bat.
Potential Problems: need to warn the user
that although this provides him with more
protection and makes his balls look
bigger, per se, he should definitely back
down once a gun is pulled on him. He
should definitely offer his bat as a gift and
run away.
Pretty darn Baked
http://luksavat.tripod.com/mace.jpg
They're called "maces." [DrCurry, Apr 04 2007]
Halfbaked too (replace/bat/sword/* *)
Eco-sword
[phundug, Apr 04 2007]
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//he should definitely back down once a gun is pulled on him.// |
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You might as well have a gun pop out of the bat whilst you're at it. |
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//You might as well have a gun pop out of the bat whilst you're at it.//
And a huge winged mouse with an AK47 and a murderous glint in its eye. |
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One requirement that we've missed is the mechanism by which such an item might be affixed to a utility belt. |
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"We can't stop here, this is bat country!" |
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When playing baseball eject the spikes just before impact of the ball and then run a home run with the ball stuck to your bat. |
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//When playing baseball eject the spikes just before impact of the ball and then run a home run with the ball stuck to your bat//
Rather like The Goodies did with cricket in the episode "2001 And A Bit". |
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So, like, a mace combined with a stun baton, right? Can I get a lightsaber instead? |
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No you can't have a light saber without inventing one. |
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nothing intimidates like deadly force. People can get really scared when they are dieing. The full knowlege that they will die if they mess with you is sometimes just as effective. |
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This sounds a little bit on the showy side with flashbangs. I have shocked myself with some of those 9 volt battery self defence wheapons, while it might scare you it is nothing you need to fear. people can get over it. |
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I have no intention of getting used to the idea of being shot with a gun and guns should be sufficient. I imagine this is a British idea or some large city idea with special rules to give your idea a niche. I think if you want to modify a bat to help a weak person I suggest a rocket booster to make the swing arc effective again. if these flash bangs are a propellant, cool. The lion fish advertizes, but he has something to advertize. |
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Last time I checked, capacitors charge silently. Or are you going for intimidating silence? |
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Mercury: um, why would a British person post an idea involving a baseball bat? Or, indeed, post an idea about a "Call Center"...? |
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.... why would a British person post an
idea involving a baseball bat?... where I
live sales of baseball bats are very
healthy, but no-one and I mean no-one
plays baseball. What they do with them
is hammer nails through the ends of
them, then beat people with them,
causing hideous injuries. This is a
disgusting idea and I'm boning it. (-) |
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It was more an idea meant for
intimidation. Seeing such a vicious device,
I think would scare someone. Maybe it is
best to just put nails into a bat though..
seems to have more street cred,
something you don't want to mess with. |
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//Last time I checked, capacitors charge silently.// My old camera flash charged up with a rising whine. That was the charging circuitry, not the capacitor, but I think that was what was meant. |
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Someone vote against this for me, I already did. The first bone is for being a horrid idea, the second for being a horrid idea that would probably get you laughed at.
Then hit.
Quite a lot. |
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