[FFML] Genma and fitness [was] Kung fu Panda poster

[Angus MacSpon]

On 31/05/2008, at 20:57, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:

> Folks?
>
> Does this discussion have anything whatsoever to do with fanfiction?

Well, let's see...





"Uh, Pops?" said Ranma.  "Why are you doing this again?"

Genma cleared his throat.  "Sometimes," he said portentiously (or was
that pretentiously?), "a martial artists's got to do what a martial
artist's got to do."

"But Pops, that's Chuck Norris!  They say he can spit bullets through
forty inches of steel!  They say he sharpens his teeth on alligator
hide!  They say he --"  Ranma paused.  "Wait a minute.  Alligator
hide?"

His father glared at him.  "So, what, are you saying I can't handle
him?"

"Well, duh.  I mean, *I* could, obviously.  But you're just a lazy,
flabby, middle-aged old bald guy with the brains of a lemming and the
ethics of a wolverine."

"Huh."  Genma gave him a black look and then stripped off his gi,
revealing quite a lot of muscle.  And, admittedly, the beginnings of
a paunch.  "Son, when all this is over ... you and I will have words.
Understand?"

With a final withering look at Ranma, he strode out of the Tendo dojo,
to where the other man waited for him in the street.  He stopped a few
paces short and the two stared at each other ... each waiting for the
other to make the first move.

"Ranma?" whispered Akane.  "You don't really think your rather is all
that, do you?  I mean ... really?"

Ranma slipped a thin booklet entitled 'A Beginner's Guide to Martial
Arts Slander' back into his pocket.  "Nah.  Just wanted to give the old
man a little encouragement, that's all.  Man, I thought he wasn't ever
gonna get out there!  C'mon, now, this should be good."

"Um ... okay."  Akane followed him out, a little intrigued by the
forthcoming battle herself.  "Hey, Ranma --"

"Hmm?"

"Spit bullets through forty inches of steel?  Really?"

"Sure.  It's well-documented on the Internet.  Nabiki showed me."

"Wow."  Akane settled down expectantly.  Ranma was right; this really
should be an interesting match.  And even as she watched, there came a
sudden shout from the street -- and the two men rushed at each other.

END

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