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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3417	Kipling on slingers Jun 15^th, 2009 at 6:05pm http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/limits/chapter19.html (short story; read to end; not sure where Kipling got his idea that Balearic slingers could hit a charging bull's horns, but it sounds good)
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Re: Kipling on slingers
Reply #1 - Jun 16^th, 2009 at 12:25pm

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‘Take the nuts,’ he said. ‘Tell me, is it true that those infernal Balearic slingers of yours can turn a bull by hitting him on the horns?’

‘On either horn you choose. My father farms near New Carthage. They come over to us for the summer to work. There are ten in my crew now.’

Thought I'd read all of kiplings works - but not seen that one before - thanks

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Lycurgus Senior Member Offline [ch924][ch927][ch923 ][ch937][ch925] [ch923][ch913][ch914 ][ch917] Posts: 445 Coventry, England Gender:	Re: Kipling on slingers Reply #2 - Jun 16^th, 2009 at 1:52pm Excuse me, do you like Kipling? . . . . . I don't know I've never Kippled . . . . Sorry, I can never resist the obvous classics.
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