Nunchucks

While saying this one has to keep in mind the fact that there is a continuous tug-of-war going on between truth and untruth and hence one can easily understand how difficult this task is.

~ Atharva Veda

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We went to Tug Fest a few days ago. This is an annual tug-of-war event between a town on the Iowa side of the Mississippi and a town on the Illinois side.

From the Tug Fest web site:

Prohibited items include animals,coolers, alcohol, glass containers, bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, motorized transportation vehicles(except for handicap use), knives (no matter how long), firearms, walking sticks (except for handicap use), pepper spray/mace, stun guns, scissors, box cutters, throwing stars, nun chucks, backpacks, duffle bags & briefcases.

I don't think I've ever gone to something that had to explicitly prohibit throwing stars and "nun chucks." After having gone, I am glad they prohibited those items. I'm not sure that someone could have thrown a throwing star across the Mississippi and hit one of the Illinois fans, but you never know.

On a loosely related note, I believe the proper spelling is "nunchucks" or "nunchakus," but maybe a "nun chuck" is something related to a habit or to the unstoppable teaming up of a cloistered woman and Chuck Norris.