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MiHale

(9,728 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2024, 10:08 AM Mar 17

If I had a ten foot pole...

Oh, the weird things I would touch.

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If I had a ten foot pole... (Original Post) MiHale Mar 17 OP

I'd have him scrub down my ceiling. :) n/t brewens Mar 17 #1

I wouldn't let it near TSF. Ferrets are Cool Mar 17 #2

It would not qualify as a sarissa. GreenWave Mar 17 #3

brewens

(13,589 posts)

1. I'd have him scrub down my ceiling. :) n/t

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Sun Mar 17, 2024, 10:11 AM

Mar 17

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)

2. I wouldn't let it near TSF.

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Sun Mar 17, 2024, 10:57 AM

Mar 17

GreenWave

(6,757 posts)

3. It would not qualify as a sarissa.

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Sun Mar 17, 2024, 11:04 AM

Mar 17

Around 350 bc, Philip II of Macedon introduced the sarissa, a pike 13 to 21 feet (4 to 6.5 m) long that gave the Macedonian infantry an extra reach before the pike blades of the opposing Greeks could reach them. These close formations of men marched or ran toward their opponents bristling with spear points, which they then thrust into the enemy’s line. Alexander the Great used sarissa-equipped infantry to conquer his huge empire.

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