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Authentic period article on how to defend yourself with an umbrella<\/a> from someone attacking with a banana<\/s> pointed stick. Here’s another<\/a>. Hmmm. Wonder what was going on in 1901 …<\/p>\n

(via Boing<\/a>Boing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authentic period article on how to defend yourself with an umbrella from someone attacking with a banana pointed stick. Here’s another. Hmmm. 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