(TFT) boomers

[srydzews@ix.netcom.com]

Someone mentioned that they thought boomerangs are 
sharp.  Can anyone confirm that?  Since they're an 
airfoil and all, I would expect boomerangs to be 
sharp on the trailing edge, not the leading one.

(My highly scientific view of the situation is based 
on exhaustive examination of the inevitable drawing 
(found in all encyclopedias and 6th-grade science 
texts) that shows a cross-section of an airplane's 
wing with arrows showing the air flowing around it.)

I like the idea of the 'aboriginal' weapons being 
IP of the lizard men.  Reminds me of the Olab from
the Elric novels.

One really weird idea: since a boomerang gets much 
of it's effectiveness from it's shape, and water is
about as dense as wood, if you had a mold you could
easily make ice boomerangs.  Add a little sawdust to
the water and the resulting ice will be suprisingly 
tough.  Not something for the lizardmen or other 
'classic' desert-dwelling boomerang users, but it 
might be just the thing for Inuit-type folks to hunt
penguins and PCs with.

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