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Loki: "I have an army."
Tony Stark: "We have a Hulk."
The size of the one may have some bearing in the matter. As does determination.
View Poll Results: Can one man be a stampede?
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One man can be a Stampede
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No, It takes two to tango
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Depends on his speed
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Sheer determination is what is needed
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05-24-2012, 12:41 PM #1Senior Member
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Stampede?
Stampede or no
It has been discussed elsewhere that one running man, if determined enough, could be considered a stampede. Do you think one man can be a stampede? Does it take two or more. Is speed a determining factor? Or is it just overall determination regardless of participants?"Popeye"
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tcox4freedom and Sarge like this.Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. -John Wayne
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The only way to know for sure is if someone will volunteer to stand between me and a cold Sam Adams.
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I voted takes too... The better analogy in my opinion is a charging bull.
Though humans can be stampeded in groups, can anyone saw Black Friday at Wally world!?Last edited by TexasAviator; 05-24-2012 at 04:42 PM. Reason: Grammar
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I don't know if they can BE a stampeded (noun) but one man can certainly stampede (verb). So I went with speed. I think one man stampeding fast enough may just qualify them to be a stampede unto themselves.
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Enough speed and determination (or reason!) and one man could indeed be a stampede.
And if you aren't sure, get between a man and an ammo sale or a woman and a sale she may wish to view. Or me and a single barrel bourbon and a med rare steak!
SargeTexasAviator and LongTermGuy like this.Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest. -- From the Declaration of the Continental Congress, July 1775.
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"It's not the size of the army, it's the fury of its onslaught."
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this you will heap burning coals on his head." Romans 12:20
"Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them." Proverbs 28:4
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When it comes to redefining terms for whatever purpose, I always borrow from Lincoln: If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?
Only four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.chicharrones likes this.
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No. One man can START a stampede......but NOT BE a stampede.
chicharrones likes this.NOTHING is ever fixed by breaking it.........
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"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this you will heap burning coals on his head." Romans 12:20
"Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them." Proverbs 28:4
"Even minutiae should have a place in our collection, for things of a seemingly trifling nature when enjoyed with others of a more serious cast may lead to valuable conclusions." George Washington, 1776
Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam!
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