why is a pen mightier than a sword??
83003
a pen can write!! a sword  can't!!
967030
You need to learn sword under an experienced person.\nYou really should learn the basis of an empty hand art and then learn the weapons that go with that art, this is the most effective way to learn to use a weapon.
672380
only if you're planning a diabolical plot to steal all the pens in the world and send them back to pen island so we alll have to use pencils agian like the 1400s BCE\nactually. the pen came first. so you'd actually be modernizing us. :)
822905
The Magic Head?  Are you talking about the giant Math, in the Mabinogion, whose head kept talking even after it was cut off?  I don't know what you mean otherwise.  And Excalibur was Arthur's sword, which was magical, and marked him out as the King of the Britons.  He had to return it to the Lady of the Lake at his last battle.  As far as I know, there is no real similarity between these stories, but I might not have the right ones.
841597
If it's a serious answer you want then it's a pen to put sheep in. It's usually made of wicker hurdles and is of a temporary nature but it could also be a permanent steel structure. If you want a funny answer I can't think of one.
693633
This is something i was an expert at.  Sometimes I would write on my desk in pencil so i could wipe it off quickly.  Or i would type up a tiny cheat sheet in a super small font and put it in my  sock. I would sit with my foot propped on my other leg so I could see the paper easily. Don't write on the palm of your hand- the inside of your fingers may be better but I still don't recommend it. Just be careful.
596239
For three reasons:\n\n1) Horses like routine, so it is better to always do something the same way, especially when they are young and being trained. Therefore, it is a good idea to pick a side, and then once you pick it, do everything from that side. \n\nThe left side was chosen (rather than the right) for two reasons \n\n2) When many riders wore swords, the sword was often on their left side (to make it easier to pull from its sheath in a hurry by right-handed wearers).  This meant that if you mount on the left side, your sword will stick out into the air, but if you mount on the right, it will stick into the horse’s side and get in your way as you mount.  It’s even worse if you are trying to carry a spear. Once people stopped wearing swords and carrying spears as often as they did, the tradition continued, partially because that’s what the horses learned and continued to learn (and were used to) and partially for reason 3:\n3) Horses are like people – they have sides, and they tend to be right-sided.  Therefore, if they want to be upset and bite or kick, it is harder for them to do it from the left side than it is for the right.  On its own this may not be a big enough reason to mount from the left, but it is enough to encourage people to do it even after they stopped wearing swords.
801806
The pen is mightier than the sword, the cheque book is mightier than the pen.  Democracy, it seems, is only available for those who can afford it.
100021
It is older than than 626 year. It comes from when archers were captured in battle they were typically very young small boys that could not wield a sword well. Most of the time they were spared but their middle finger were cut off to make them ineffective as an archer. So when some one was captured from the other side the archers would show there  fingers in devience as though saying ha ha I am still killing with this finger.
591103
because in older days. the knights, which belonged mainly to England and the u.k, had swords on their left as most of them were right handed men. and if someone challenged them to a fight at the time they were on the road, it was easier to pull out the sword with their right hand if the scabbard was in the left. also during the medieval ages, their was something like the cast system.so the nobles rode on their left and the peasants on their right of the road.\nbut in the u.s the people who travelled on the roads were mainly those who transported stuff in the big waggons driven by a team of horses, with the best horse on the left as that made it easier for the other 5 horses to pull. so the owner sat on the left of the waggon in the front, and they found that it was easier to travel on the right of the road so that they pass face to face with the other waggon owners. This is why people travel on the left of the road in th U.k and The commonwealth and on the left in th U.S.
544870
While you are doing the quest you can use a special technique (dropping) to get a 2nd Blurite sword for your own. When you give the originall one to Squire and the quest is completed you can use your Blurite as a weapon. But I say this to you, it's is a very crappy sword and I think even mithril is better, it just looks cool to have. I hope this helped you.
740910
I train in a 450 year-old school of Japanese swordsmanship. One of the techniques taught to students in our school is kaishaku which means "to assist". When a person commits seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowlment) they will have a second called a kaishakunin who will put them out of their misery before they can shame themselves by crying out in pain.\n\nThe stroke we are taught is designed to sever the neck with the exception of a small portion of skin at the front of the neck (to keep the head from rolling away in an undignified fashion). The strike is performed with the right hand, but the left hand steadies the sword at the end of the stroke. This strike has been used historically and is taught the same as it was at least 100 years ago. \n\nThe strike is not particularly hard although it is fast. My experience cutting mats using Japanese and western swords is similar. In class we say "the sword cuts, not the man". Which means that the sharp edge of the sword is supposed to slice the target. It's more important to have proper blade alignment and speed than it is to have power.\n\nSo the answer is technically: No. A sword can take a man's head off with much less force than a softball player uses to hit a ball if it is done correctly.
741666
When you eat, your stomach needs a significant supply of blood in order to begin digesting the food.  More blood to your stomach equal less blood to your pen is.  \n\nHope this helps!\n\n:)
174116
swords, because they take skill to master.  any idiot can use a gun.
335505
Why must one be better than the other, when they are more powerful when used together.
266362
It actually makes the blade much more deadly!\n\nThe blood groove allows air to enter the wound you just gave your opponent, exposing it to the air and making the wound bleed almost immediately, making your opponent lose blood.\n\nAlso, it also speeds the infection of that wound.\n\nThis type of design is also used with bayonets.
322608
hey, i am a junior primary teacher and they told us about that when i was studying at uni. I don't use red pens and i don't use crosses when a child gets an answer wrong. I put a dot instead or write an encouraging comment. Not because I think it causes stress but because I think it is more likely to encourage them to try harder or pay more attention to their work. Kids are so eager to see what teachers have written when their work is handed back and i think that you need to make the marks as positive as possible, even if there really isn't anything positive about the kids work!!! Especially with the children who really struggle with their work, if they try their hardest on something and then get it back with big red crosses all over it they just put it in the bin and give up!! I think highschool kids should be able to deal with the dreaded red pen though!! You sure as hell get used to the dreaded red pen when you get to university that is for sure!!!! And that causes a hell of a lot of stress then!!! ;o)