Ordinary Household Items that double as Epic Weapons!!

[failing_banana]

Letter opener is a pretty decent knife, but if I wanted a knife, Id get one.

Umm... PS3/360 power pack? They're pretty hefty for a crack on the head.

i actually dropped a 360 power brick on my foot, have no toe nail on my big toe i swear it left a wound the went to the bone.

 

[SimuLord]

Idea stolen from MAD Magazine, but "The Iron Ning Board." Useful both as a melee weapon and as a shield, and if you've got the iron to go with it, so much the better!

 

[Aerodyamic]

Considering that nearly all ancient Chinese weapons originated from regular household objects (they were farmers) I can't say that I'm surprised.

I think that trope applies to most medieval hand weapons, whether they're asiatic or occidental ones; the nunchaku, the footman's flail and the three-part-staff all originated as threshing instruments, for example. Then there's the various polearms that started as grain-cutting, tree-limbing devices, or hunting tools.

Anyways, OT, In my room ALONE we have the following:

A cat
A 3' replica of a Persian headsman's' sword
an 18" middle-eastern cavalry long knife
several 'flip-out' utility knives
a 3"x 1.25" stick of rattan
my SCA shield, which has a 16ga steel centre boss, and my SCA sword (fibre-taped 3'x1.25" rattan with a plastic basket-guard)
a 5" long 1" oak dowel
coat hangers
an antique wood breakfast tray
~20' of 3/4" heavy poly-cotton rope, and several other shorter lengths
an antique ammo box
3 100g bottles of butane
my 2lbs weight gloves
a plastic milk-crate

Any of those has serious 'improvised weapon' potential. That's besides the large variety of hand and power tools I have in the storage room, the cinders blocks on the balcony, and the pair of propane torches I have at work (that pump out bewteen 60k and 70k BTUs), and the 20lbs propane bottle for my barbecue.

*evil grin*

 

[Joethelama]

I would have to say tieing a knife to a broomstick it gives you sum range

 

[Sacman]

The Toaster...

 

[slyywiskers]

Oh, and there's also spoons. They're blunt, they'll hurt more.

spoons are deadly weapons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y

The funniest and most epic thing I have or will ever see

 

[CivilWar]

Letter opener is a pretty decent knife, but if I wanted a knife, Id get one.

Umm... PS3/360 power pack? They're pretty hefty for a crack on the head.

i actually dropped a 360 power brick on my foot, have no toe nail on my big toe i swear it left a wound the went to the bone.

Haha. I've never dropped one personally, but transporting the 360 to a friends house is pretty annoying, especially when you have to take the brick along with you.

 

[GreyWolf257]

I would have to say tieing a knife to a broomstick it gives you sum range

Jimmy, remember: lock-in-a-sock!

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

WiiMote! The greatest Garrote in exsistence! Or a fake Gun. People can piss their pants if you paint it Silver like a Desert Eagle.

 

[jobobob]

A lighter, and hairspray.

 

[Malevolent Stranger]

Glue some corn holders to some oven mitts to make anti zombie gauntlets...
...drench in vegetable oil and ignite for added effects.

I lol'd. Also, I create stuff like this frequently, but most of my weapons are created from junk, so I'll go with a glass bottle.

 

[Joethelama]

Jimmy, remember: lock-in-a-sock!

Yes sir

 

[Pimppeter2]

Chairs

I mean, who doesn't love throwing chairs?

 

[imp_spittle]

One of my old college textbooks. 900+ pages of literature no one reads anymore will leave their heads spinning. Those are some dense books, not unlike most college students.

You could say epic poetry makes for an epic weapon.

bah-dum, tish!

 

[Pm0n3y]

Oh, and there's also spoons. They're blunt, they'll hurt more.

spoons are deadly weapons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y

Okay, that was fuckin hilarious.

 

[technoted]

well my decorative axe would probably work well, if not one of those globe things that when plugged in makes the purple lines that attract to your hand, smash that on some ones head whilst it's on and see what happens

 

[Nimbus]

I happen to have a sentient iPod who also happens to be a master assassin. Does that count?

Also, the sheer amount of things that could be used as strangle-wire in my room alone is slightly disturbing.

 

[ottenni]

Electricians pliers. What cant they do?