On Sep 4, 12:00 am, "Don White" wrote:
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A friend has called me a "racist" over a political disagreement. I
intend to publicly call him a "scoundrel" thus provoking him to ask
for satisfaction. As the challenged, I will propose slide rules at 50
paces as neither of us knows squat about guns. Reading Wikipedia, I
see that the Southern Code Duello specifies that it be done on a
sandbar in a river which is very appropriate as we have been canoeing
partners. I need some appropriate suggestions for when our seconds
should call it off.

The way it used to work up here...it was over when one man was dead...or
seriously wounded.
scroll down to Richard John Uniacke:http://www.courts.ns.ca/history/personalities.htm

with slide rules as weapons, maybe "mentally fatigued" would do