Re: Spiders

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from Richard Robinson <richardR@xxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

> >>I once heard that Mongolian warriors wore silk shirts as a kind of
> >>armour. An arrow would still pierce the flesh but not tear the silk, so
> >>the arrow could be pulled out (owww!)
> >
> > Japanese warriors also apparently had silk armour. Also, allegedly,
> > Archduke Ferdinand- though it's not much help with a head-shot.

> Would be nice to see Vzcbegnag Cbyvgvpvnaf obliged to put their head in a
> cloth bag for all public appearances.

I wonder if we could twist a silk bag into a silken rope?

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