Just reading threads

[AtW]

You made him/her/it/one of the other 50 genders run away.

A word is mightier than the sword

 

[rugbeater]

To give the OP some credit it's not a bad opener for anither tedious sockie.

sorry been unemployed for a while

 

[LondonManc]

A word is mightier than the sword

But nowhere near as mighty as a chicken's sneeze.

 

[OwlHoot]

I thought he was your Commanding Officer in the Queen's Own Effeminate Light Infantry.

I thought he was in the First Fleet of Foot regiment.

As soon as the going got tough, they'd start moaning, and then have it away on their toes

 

[OwlHoot]

A word is mightier than the sword

What about the word "toothpick"?

I doubt you could flash that about, and win against someone armed with a sword.