Technically, I think most burglars would flee if they saw someone home, unless they were either armed, or stupid. So, I guess if he was armed, like, with a gun, I'm screwed. If he has a knife, maybe I could resist. So let's see here.
Uhm, I'd probably take either this glass drinking bottle of strawberry soda here and chuck it at them, (resulting carpet stains be damned) or grab my golden N64 controller (it's the only one with it's cord unraveled right now. And who cares about a collector's item when your life is on the line?) and start going Vampire-Killer style on the burglar, and hope he simply decides it's not worth the fight and runs.
I have a replica katana in my room(not much, but it will still do damage, and they don't know it's not authentic, right?), but realistically, I wouldn't be able to get to it and unsheathed in time unless I had about a five seconds heads-up. Though I suppose I could kick my chair into the intruder's way to hinder him for a few seconds, MAYBE buying myself enough time. Since I have a big room with not much in it I could probably use it to it's fullest advantage.
CrazyCapnMorgan said:
Hmmm, eighteen swords of varying descriptions (my most favorite being the two-handed devilish bastard sword), a crescent hand axe, a lamp, a craptastic ton of Heroclix, thousands upon thousands of collectible trading cards, 2 lighters, 2 stuffed teddy bears and a bottle of lube.
I think I'm well prepared.
I don't suppose you've seen the trailer fight in "Kill Bill part 2", have you? Is the room you are in big and open enough for you to actually USE those weapons? A two-handed sword won't do you much good if it gets stuck in the wall on the first swing...unless you're trying to make your opponents laugh themselves to death.
Sniper Team 4 said:
I have a bow and a full quiver of arrows sitting next to me. Not kidding. Also, stapler, pens, pencils, speaker, cables, radio...pretty much anything can be a weapon if used the correct way.
Bow and arrows. Nice, I imagine that would be very effective if the burglars were pegasus knights. However, inside your house, and only a room or two away, most people would probably panic, and with the adrenaline rush, rather go for a "whacking" weapon to take advantage of it. A bow and arrow would require far too much concentration and cool-headed-ness, not something likely to have unless this sort of thing happens to you every other week.