It's expected that you're gonna take a surprise ball to the head like an artillery shell in lacrosse, like that one guy in Saving Private Ryan, but no-one ever sees the broken and bruised shins field hockey players get week-in, week-out. That's torture.
And hockey sticks make better weapons.
Blood group O Negative , or the band, Type O Negative?
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Please replace the handset, and try again.