(Leftee) | 19 Aug 2016 11:05 a.m. PST |
Perhaps Bill could give a prize of supporting membership for the best answer? From: TMP link |
Bellbottom | 19 Aug 2016 11:16 a.m. PST |
A Wise Anvil Halt, is what a Blacksmith takes when he's so tired, he's in danger of hitting his fingers. (perhaps?) |
David Manley | 19 Aug 2016 11:25 a.m. PST |
Its a small railway station on the branch line out to Ironbridge. |
Random Die Roll | 19 Aug 2016 11:42 a.m. PST |
Military tactic of Hammer and Anvil. Probably as the formation moves forward the "wise anvil halt" is set in place as the remaining troops try to move at top speed to the enemy rear flank "hammer" I am probably not even close, but this is the best guess that I have. |
freerangeegg | 19 Aug 2016 11:42 a.m. PST |
That's a win for mr Manley :-) |
zoneofcontrol | 19 Aug 2016 11:51 a.m. PST |
As soon as it is discovered, please forward the correct and successful reply to Wile E. Coyote. |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 19 Aug 2016 12:15 p.m. PST |
It's for folks who don't "fit in" at Medicine Hat. |
Mollinary | 19 Aug 2016 12:23 p.m. PST |
The order/spell shouted out, half flattering, half commanding, in desperation by the Sorcerer's Apprentice when his attempt to speed up shoeing horses goes disastrously wrong? Mollinary |
robert piepenbrink | 19 Aug 2016 12:37 p.m. PST |
Oh. Back in the early days of military aviation, a Lieutenant Englethorpe Wise, (Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers, detached) came up with the idea of dropping an anvil behind his aircraft on landing. It was chained to the tail wheel, and ensured his crate wouldn't go past the field, or plunge nose-down into it. It became known as the "Wise anvil halt" even in the RN detachments which used ships' anchors for the purpose. Rough on the ground crew, though, and never a satisfactory solution on paved runways, which is why you don't hear too much of it anymore. Well, you asked. |
Twig66 | 19 Aug 2016 12:43 p.m. PST |
It is a manga combat move usually followed by a Heavenly Cyclone Kick or a Super Ultra Hyper Miracle Punch. |
rustymusket | 19 Aug 2016 1:35 p.m. PST |
Rear guard command to hold steadfastly with no relief expected and no order to withdraw to be expected. |
MHoxie | 19 Aug 2016 3:52 p.m. PST |
Error message that pops up in a Turing test. |
AllegoryoftheCave | 19 Aug 2016 3:58 p.m. PST |
I don't lettuce my phone fish my words |
The Beast Rampant | 19 Aug 2016 4:40 p.m. PST |
If you guessed: h) All of the above You win! |
Weasel | 19 Aug 2016 4:51 p.m. PST |
Its a maneuver employed by Dwarven heavy infantry to counter an ambush. The forward elements halts to pin the ambusher (the "halt"), while the flanking force move up to crush them (the "anvil") The Wise part is a human mistranslation. It's supposed be mean "drunk". |
Ed Mohrmann | 19 Aug 2016 5:49 p.m. PST |
It is the command given when the motoforticyte brakes fail. 'Wise' is generally in the rear-most of the vehicle's seats and is tasked with tossing out the alternative stopping mode – the anvil. |
robert piepenbrink | 19 Aug 2016 6:35 p.m. PST |
OK, working this as a crypto problem, let's go back to the original quote: I thought "wow, here's a guy wise anvil halt thought about how he wants his website to look. I've thought I'll of him in the past but I reckon I'm about to be proved wrong". I'm going with "here's a guy who's about half thought about how he wants his website to look." As for the rest, "I've thought I'll of him" is pretty clearly "I've thought ILL of him." I haven't seen SpellCheck mess up something this badly since there were signs up on post about the lunchtime "penal decision" instead of "panel discussion." Next up: how many passengers can a motoforticyte carry? I thought a motoforticyte was something you tried to treat without surgery. (Sorry, Ed.) |
Dn Jackson | 19 Aug 2016 7:01 p.m. PST |
It's a unit for dwarves in Age of Sigmaanvilr from Games Workshop. It consist of a figure with two hammers and a small anvil. There's lots of fluff, but the basic idea is that if he hits the anvil with one hammer it halts an enemy unit for the turn (the 'halt'). If he hits it with the other hammer all friendly dwarf units with 25 inches get a +2 on command for the turn, (the 'wise'). You can buy this figure from GW for only $45.99 USD. Version 2 will add wheels to the anvil, triple it in size, the dwarf will stand on it, and it will be pulled by six giant boars. Retail $99.00 USD.
You don't want to know about version three. But you can't play any sanctioned events without the proper figure. |
miniMo | 19 Aug 2016 7:05 p.m. PST |
It is the act of the Roadrunner suddenly stopping just short of the bullseye the Coyote painted on the road where it passes alongside the tall cliff. |
(Leftee) | 19 Aug 2016 7:51 p.m. PST |
Editor, any potential winners? |
Narratio | 19 Aug 2016 8:51 p.m. PST |
I thought it was something to do with Cavalry movements and taking time out for a complete unit check on the state of the horse shoes? Obviously I'm wrong. |
miniMo | 20 Aug 2016 1:27 p.m. PST |
Oh, and I forgot to mention the obvious use — it is used to avoid getting hit by the falling anvil. |
CeruLucifus | 21 Aug 2016 10:15 p.m. PST |
I just posted on the original thread. I think it was auto (mis)correction from voice dictation or Swype keyboard. IMO probably "wise anvil halt" was meant to be "who's only half" and in the next sentence "I'll" should have been "well". |