Question!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:14 am
What is the proper length of time for a sober person to allow a drunk friend (actually, let’s say acquaintance) throw playful-but-still-too-hard punches at your shoulder and arm area before you snap and nail him in the gut a bit harder than you should?
My answer was probably around 45 seconds, but only because he caught my elbow.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:38 am
I’d give it 15 seconds, my patience is too short.. =P
April 1st, 2008 at 12:39 am
At least it was a guy. I’d say that’s called for.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:48 am
April 1st, people. I’ll bet that gut is just fine.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:53 am
Second he catches your elbow, all bets are off.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:27 am
It all depends if I am feeling like doing some pain endurance-masochist training or not.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:41 am
45 seconds? You havethe patience of a saint, jeff! I’d of smacked him in about the first 10 seconds.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:51 am
I’d let him walk away unharmed, then kill his family.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:05 am
I say record the events happening. Overlay some kind of ‘underdog music’. Eye of the tiger by Survivor would be perfect for this. Then upload and enjoy fame.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:11 am
12.3 seconds.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:21 am
1 annoying punch and i’d drop him!!!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:05 am
The whole “friendly punch” thing is just a subconscious outlet for deeper feelings of hatred being expressed in a “harmless” way and the only proper response is maximum violence.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:15 am
For a friend 1 minute and 45 seconds or 4 punches, whichever comes sooner. For an “acquaintance” 40 seconds or punches whichever comes sooner.
Response should be a well aimed kick to the knackers.
It’s not Ryan is it?!?!?!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:16 am
edit: that 2nd one should’ve said 2 punches…
April 1st, 2008 at 3:39 am
Well…Clearly the answer is 42….the answer to all questions.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:41 am
45 seconds before i jack them in the giggle berries and take all his money from his wallet….. thats what friends are for.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:05 am
JACK HIM IN THE FACE!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:12 am
Nah don’t punch him in the gut, take his thumb and bend it back until he apologizes
April 1st, 2008 at 5:12 am
Sensitive elbows?
April 1st, 2008 at 5:41 am
Infinite because your weapons cannot harm me. Flex your arm and shoulder muscles and he can punch you until he tires himself out. If that doesn’t work you can also make him hurt himself by moving into his punch before his arm is fully extended. If done properly you may hear an audible “pop” or “crack”. Try it yourself!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:47 am
Should have went with the deep body massage…
April 1st, 2008 at 5:58 am
Definitley under 20 seconds if he’s an acquaintence. Wasn’t there an actual friend of his there that he could punch?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:32 am
SMH…white boys.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:34 am
Jeff, grow up and keep with gaming instead of wrestling.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:01 am
Good question! I’d say it would depend on how frequent the punches were, and how hard they were. I’m assuming this was beyond the “distract the drunk” tactic or the “fake bob-and-weave” (that lets them know you were playing, but now are finished) tactics. 45 seconds is actually pretty long, especially if it’s an acquaintance AND they’re harder than they should be, so on the face of it I’d say you were actually pretty patient, as long as you gave some sort of warning ahead of time, either the tactics above or something else that fit the context.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:12 am
Honestly, 45 seconds seems 10 seconds too long for me.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:16 am
The time required is possibly a ratio of:
((fighting ability of person in relation to your own) * (possible (social) consequences in the future))/dunkenness
All the best!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:58 am
gut…IN THEIR FACE!!!!…
or throw a bin at them .. i saw it on wrestlemania so its an acceptable form of payback
April 1st, 2008 at 8:30 am
Ask them to stop, if they don’t, then a punch to the gut is required. Thats my philosophy.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:26 am
I say ignore it completley and encourage them getting even more drunk. Then after they pass out get your revenge. Tatoos are good.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:47 am
Forget that, I say 20 seconds.
Less if I don’t really like this friend that much.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:52 am
You respond to kind of too hard punches to the shoulder with too hard punches to the shoulder to the other guy. This is called trading shoulder blows they increase in power with each hit. Hopefully you’ll both back down before it gets too crazy but you don’t just sit and take shoulder blows because then it can result in angry gut shots. You just respond in kind when you get hit. Doesn’t matter if you’re sober and think it’s silly that is just how it works. Make sure you laugh and keep it humorous during the exchange because getting pissed and yelling could result in an actually fight.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:15 am
1 jab from a drunk man = 1 snap jab to the drunkards face…
April 1st, 2008 at 10:38 am
i say 3 seconds, i don’t like anyone punching me, sober or drunk.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Im surprised that it took 45 seconds before the smack started being laid down dude.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:38 am
0 seconds. I don’t take shit from no one.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am
Negative 1 second. Beat him to it. Reference ‘Minority Report’/thought police.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I have a similar instance were i decked my friend in the face for doing that. He woke up the next day, and asked me how he got a black eye. I shrugged… well thats Zoo-mass for yah.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
April fools..?
April 1st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Not long. I’m not a fan of the physical drunks…
April 1st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
F*cking drop that kid like a Giant bomb! WAY TO GO JEFF!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:59 pm
:O
April 1st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I’d probably throw up a “not cool” and if that doesn’t help a punch to the gut sure should.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
That’s wack Jeff, gotta say you in the wrong. Everyone knows you gotta hit the mutherfucker in tha face to get ‘im right y’naw mean.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
what?, drunk friend, and I sober?, no way!!, I would let Im kick my ass, while Im drinking to catch up with him, after I catch up, I kick his ass!
April 1st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Sounds about right.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Wow you put up with it for that long….I would have decked him like 10 seconds later.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:57 pm
This is a trick question. The real answer is to punch them in the gut before they even do anything to you, just to keep them in line.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Dude, Jeff, it that really happened it would take me around 32 seconds before that really got to me. I can usually take that for a time or two, but you went almost a minute sir! Hats off!
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 am
cmon jeff, you gotta get in on the hit for hit, makes ya a man!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 am
It depends
What is the size of the friend
;-0)))
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
I’d call it more a number of punches rather than a time limit. 3 drunk punches is about as much as anyones allowed, 4 is pushing it and at 5 they get hit back.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:45 am
It depends of the number of punches… I would say four is my limit.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 am
I would go for about a minute and give a warning that he will have his ass kicked if he continues to punch, then when the minutes up you punch them in the gut and start choking them till they apologize and tap or cry uncle.
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 am
well he is drunk you can belt the living daylight out of him and just hope that he doesnt remeber or if he does just say that he was ripping off your deap cousin.
the perfect plan
then again i live in Australia and we belt the crap out of each other for the sake of it
April 5th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Fuck a punch in the gut – a kick to the balls should do it.
April 6th, 2008 at 11:20 am
15 seconds then a Shoryuken is headed his way.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
aha! gerstinator on the loose..
April 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I’d say about a half a second or so.