A Conversation for Umbrellas
Umbrella's as Weapons
Bucephalus Started conversation Jul 26, 2000
Wasn't there a Russian weapon that took the shape of an umbrella? I believe it was used for assasinating defectors.
I always wanted one of these 
Umbrellas as Weapons
JonBob Posted Jul 26, 2000
I'm positive there have been James Bond, Mission: Impossible, or similar film and television treatments of dart guns and the like masquerading as umbrellas. The shape is just too perfect... Didn't the male in The Avengers (I forget his name) have some sort of gadgetry in his umbrella?
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The Jedi's Queen Posted Jul 26, 2000
I think I saw a mystery show about a man who was poisoned from an umbrella. The assin had the point of the umbrella drilled out and put in some sort of poisoned ball that was injected by "accidently" poking the victim in the leg while walking by.
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LL Waz Posted Jul 26, 2000
John Steed, yes. Some sort of bayonet I think. Quietly efficient, like Steed himself.
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Penguin Girl - returned at last Posted Jul 27, 2000
John Steed...the movie really didn't do him justice, but the teady bear suits were wonderful.
Wow, I've always wanted a Russian Umbrella Gun too!
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Wand'rin star Posted Jul 27, 2000
The "Russian" assassin was a true story - but the guy was Bulgarian
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Penguin Girl - returned at last Posted Jul 27, 2000
A Bulgarian Umbrella Gun then!
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Jim diGriz Posted Jul 27, 2000
Actually, it was an American umbrella armed with a Russian pellet containing the lethal poison Ricin. The victim was a Bulgarian named Georgi Markov.
There's a good summary (from a 1996 article) here: http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/1996/09/F.RU.960918155306.html
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Wand'rin star Posted Jul 28, 2000
Thanx. That's undoubtedly right. Just that when I was in Bulgaria, it was the one thing (apart from wine and roses) that we ever conversed about
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Salamander the Mugwump Posted Jul 28, 2000
I remember that. They made the ricin from caster oil beans didn't they?
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Gandalf ( Got my own Comp Now!! Still Redundant!! ) Posted Aug 7, 2000
Re Umbrellas as weapons..
Swordsticks, as they are more correctly known as, have been around since the eighteenth century, and probably earlier as they were used for surrepticious dulling!!!
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Penguin Girl - returned at last Posted Aug 15, 2000
Why didn't I hear about this poisoning umbrella thing? I must live in a hole...
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Gandalf ( Got my own Comp Now!! Still Redundant!! ) Posted Aug 15, 2000
See Jim DiGriz (above)
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Penguin Girl - returned at last Posted Aug 28, 2000
Ah hah! I wasn't born when it happened!
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- 5: LL Waz (Jul 26, 2000)
- 6: Penguin Girl - returned at last (Jul 27, 2000)
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- 9: Jim diGriz (Jul 27, 2000)
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- 12: Gandalf ( Got my own Comp Now!! Still Redundant!! ) (Aug 7, 2000)
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