Another Nit-Pick

David Milligan

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Nov 9, 2009, 3:19:55 PM11/9/09

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When Buffy rescued Jonathon and Andrew from jail to save them from
Darth Willow, she was able to break at least one bar loose and bend it up
out of the way.
So she can bend 1" diameter hardened steel bars, but has trouble
with 1/4 " mild steel chains?

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Ben Morrow

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Nov 9, 2009, 7:32:28 PM11/9/09

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Quoth "David Milligan" <david...@yahoo.com>:

> When Buffy rescued Jonathon and Andrew from jail to save them from
> Darth Willow, she was able to break at least one bar loose and bend it up
> out of the way.
> So she can bend 1" diameter hardened steel bars, but has trouble
> with 1/4 " mild steel chains?

It's well established that Buffy is exactly as strong as is strictly
necessary and no stronger. Call it part of the Slayer magic: it goes
along with anger making her stronger.

Ben

Don Sample

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Nov 9, 2009, 8:34:20 PM11/9/09

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In article <hd9tgm$oco$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
"David Milligan" <david...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> When Buffy rescued Jonathon and Andrew from jail to save them from
> Darth Willow, she was able to break at least one bar loose and bend it up
> out of the way.
> So she can bend 1" diameter hardened steel bars, but has trouble
> with 1/4 " mild steel chains?

She had vengeance demon Anya there to help her with the bars.

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drifter

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Nov 9, 2009, 9:43:29 PM11/9/09

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"David Milligan" <david...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hd9tgm$oco$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

She has "plot device" strength.

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Kel

Michael Ikeda

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Nov 10, 2009, 5:24:26 PM11/10/09

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Don Sample <dsa...@synapse.net> wrote in
news:dsample-52C96D...@news-central.giganews.com:

> In article <hd9tgm$oco$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "David Milligan" <david...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> When Buffy rescued Jonathon and Andrew from jail to
>> save them from
>> Darth Willow, she was able to break at least one bar loose and
>> bend it up out of the way.
>> So she can bend 1" diameter hardened steel bars, but
>> has trouble
>> with 1/4 " mild steel chains?
>
> She had vengeance demon Anya there to help her with the bars.
>

Depending on which episode the "chains" reference is from, she may
also have had better leverage for bending the bars than she did for
the chains.

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Michael Ikeda mmi...@erols.com
"Telling a statistician not to use sampling is like telling an
astronomer they can't say there is a moon and stars"
Lynne Billard, past president American Statistical Association