Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 17, 2018

I challenge thee AND thee to a truel! (Never knew there was such a word though.)

You somehow need to get the guy you are shooting at to shoot the other guy.

Clint Eastwood did it well in The Good The Bad and the Ugly. He simply disarmed one of the combatants beforehand by emptying his gun. Works every time!

In a truel it’s best to stand in the middle…

and duck!

AMONG is the correct word to use when there are three or more of anything; BETWEEN denotes TWO of anything!! Doesn’t anyone use English anymore?

Between seven is called a sexual.

Bad they didn’t allow two guns for each duelist.

What was the number of shooters at the OK Corral called?

It’s not the only one-syllable state. What about Tex, Lou, Miss, Al, and George?

Three is the maximum number that can compete in a duel, or “truel,” because a man only had two gloves to slap someone with.

Geese make a very effective lawnmower with that tongue and beak.

Eugene Onegin, is that you?

The only way I can see that working equitably is if all three had a gun in each hand that they could aim simultaneously…

The only way I can see that working equitably is if all three had a gun in each hand that they could aim simultaneously…

There was the one in Harry Potter, but Rowling does not use the word. As has already been remarked, “truel” is used mainly by mathematicians in theoretical cases.