FoxTrot by Bill Amend for February 09, 2006
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Transcript:
Jason: Ok, I'm gonna try something different... My warrior attacks the Orc with a blue bic ballpoint. Marcus: And the Orc's Scimitar of +3 swiftness cuts the bic in half. Then he cuts you in half. Jason: So much for pens being mightier than swords. Marcus: Oops, my bad. He cuts you into quarters.
‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ was coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in for his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy, 1839:
True, This! – Beneath the rule of men entirely great,The pen is mightier than the sword. BeholdThe arch-enchanters wand! – itself a nothing! – But taking sorcery from the master-handTo paralyse the Caesars, and to strikeThe loud earth breathless! – Take away the sword – States can be saved without it!