Posted on 11/05/2009 10:59:53 AM PST by Reaganesque
One of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Twitter followers asked Tuesday whether he still has the sword from the movie "Conan the Barbarian."
Not only did the governor confirm he has the sword, he provided a picture.
"I do still have the Conan sword, and I keep it in my office. Here's a picture," Schwarzenegger tweeted.
The question came from a follower with a blog devoted to screen captions ("the VERY BEST and HIGHEST QUALITY," we're assured) of television news anchors.
Here's a Tuesday blog post from "shadow:"
"Yes... the Conan sword from the original Conan the Barbarian movie! I sent Arnold a tweet recently asking him if he still had it and he replied back today with a photo he took just for me! Yes, that was very cool of him to do. The photo was taken August 25th, 2009 with a BlackBerry. I remember seeing an interview with him back in the 90's and I saw the sword hanging on his office wall. I didn't think he would actually have it in his office, now, as the Governor of California."
The sword picture generated comments such as, "AWESOME," "epic!" and "rad :)." A commenter named Sipovic asks, "And what about grenade Launcher from T2? Is it around somewhere too)?"
Probably not, but there is a large knife somewhere in Schwarzenegger's arsenal. He showed that off last month in a TwitVid (below).
The sword is stored in a case behind the governor's desk, and he's not afraid to use it. Before the start of budget negotiations in January, Schwarzenegger brought out the sword and placed it on a conference table in front of legislative leaders.
A series of "budget cutting" references followed.
I’d keep it too...
What he’s doing is probably illegal in Cali-, I mean, Kaleefornyuh.
Does he have the piece of steam pipe that he used to kill the guy from “Road Warrior” in “Commando”?
That’s good.
Maybe he can act like a disgraced Roman General and fall on it.
Beautiful piece of work by Jody Samson IIRC. I’d keep it on display too. BTT
This Thread Is Useless without Conan Pix.
When I’m elected president, my collection of battle rifles
will hang on the oval office wall, with loaded magazines
stacked underneath. I will appear with my .45 on my hip
when I give the world terrorists their final address.
I've always hoped Arnold would return to the Conan role. The original stories by Howard do cover the later stage of Conan's life when he wasn't as strong yet still defeated his enemies through wisdom and expertise.
Perfect timing! I just watched it again last weekend on Netflix (wife had never seen it.)
Still a decent flick, even after a couple of decades.
The man has the most charisma of any current politician (including Odumbo). It’s too bad Kaleefornyuh is ungovernable or he might’ve gotten some things done.
"Let off some steam...Bennett"
I wonder if he still has Richters two forearms from Total recall in his office.
“I’ll see you at the party Richter!”
LOL
**sigh** If only he WOULD Crush his Enemies, see them driven before them, and hear the Lamentations of the Democrats.
That would be good. . .
This extremely funny Terminator “trailer” is closer to what the real Schwarzenegger turned out to be as Governor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfwQKapDMws
"That's right. You promised"
"I lied"
Reagan, USA hockey and Arnold. Man, the 80s were great.
Greanada belongs on that list.
That is Grenada.
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