07-02-2006, 10:06 AM
way cool! thanks! Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short novel where the octopi were the "alien threat" of the story. I can't remember the title of the book, though...
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.