Self Defence For The Young Gentleman About Town!

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Scientists have performed a macabre set of experiments to attempt to determine if one of the reasons the human hand evolved the way it has was to provide protection against broken bones during fights. The theory is that striking someone or something with a clenched fist reduces the strain on the fairly delicate bones within the hand. In order to test out the theory they needed to implant stress sensors into the hands under test. The only way they could do this was to use arms removed from dead bodies and swing them from a pendulum into a solid object. The results indicated that using a tightly-clenched fist, rather than a loosely-clenched fist or open-handed slap, did indeed significantly reduce the stress on the bones of the hand. So there you have it! The next time you’re entertaining a damsel with an evening of dinner, cocktails and the opera, and some uncouth ruffian has the affront to attempt uninvited entrance to your personal box, you know exactly how to deal with the bounder without causing injury to yourself. Simply smack him with the dead person’s arm you cunningly concealed in your young lady’s handbag!!