Umbrella as an Improvised Weapon

SRoach · 06-20-2024, 10:07 PM

That last bit is excellent.

I wanted to make two comments.
One, SOME telescoping umbrellas will telescope, if the canopy is bound, while others will not telescope UNLESS the canopy can also open. I've handled both.
Two, with your Bulgarian umbrella, I'm pretty sure it's heavy metal poisoning that kills the victim, rather than the radiation of the polonium pellet. That it is radioactive is probably a compromise, as it probably makes the umbrella easier to detect, and the nature of the "illness" easier to discern. I could be wrong on this. Perhaps they're also banking on the radioactivity to add to the psychological horror of the attack, or perhaps the radiation is actually significant enough in its own right.

06-20-2024, 10:07 PM	#25
SRoach Join Date: Oct 2015	Re: Umbrella as an Improvised Weapon That last bit is excellent. I wanted to make two comments. One, SOME telescoping umbrellas will telescope, if the canopy is bound, while others will not telescope UNLESS the canopy can also open. I've handled both. Two, with your Bulgarian umbrella, I'm pretty sure it's heavy metal poisoning that kills the victim, rather than the radiation of the polonium pellet. That it is radioactive is probably a compromise, as it probably makes the umbrella easier to detect, and the nature of the "illness" easier to discern. I could be wrong on this. Perhaps they're also banking on the radioactivity to add to the psychological horror of the attack, or perhaps the radiation is actually significant enough in its own right.