Number One -- It fucking HURTS, but does not generally render
one
unconscious. I have been hit over the head with a steel pipe
by a street
punk during an attempted robbery and sapped by a New Haven
SCU cop who just
didn't understand the situation. In both cases I bled a lot
(nothing leaks
blood like a scalp wound) but never lost consciousness. The
mugger in NYC
got away; the New Haven cop didn't, though his downfall had
nothing to do
with me.
Number Two -- Properly applied, a 'jack could probably do the
job in jig
time. Whacking someone on the top of his skull ain't the way
to do it,
though. Someone, maybe Chandler or maybe Pronzini, once wrote
a lovely
description on how a sap shd be used -- just a quick slap
behind and
slightly below the ear. I've never had it done to me, but it
sounds like it
just might work.
Number Three -- Whenever possible, don't get hit on the head
by anything
harder than a feminine thigh. That has nothing to do with the
discussion.
It's a recreational tip.
PB
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