badass
#11513
There were some guy I knew when I was a kid (he should be around 24 now). He once tried to show me what a LeParkour is and tried to go across the road (in retrospect, he really sucked at it). He got instantly ran over. Then, in combination of MajorInjuryUnderreaction and MadeOfIron, he just stood back up, like nothing happened. #QUOTE#'''Him:''' Well... That was embarrassing. #QUOTE#'''Me:''' Wha, huh, uhm, urgh... DUDE ARE YOU OKAY?!! #QUOTE#'''Him:''' Yup. Not a scratch #QUOTE#'''Me:''' What is this, I don't even... #QUOTE#'''Driver:''' Oh my god, are you okay?! Do you need to go to the hospital? #QUOTE#'''Him:''' Nah. I have been in worse situation than this. I do feel a bit embarrassed though. #QUOTE#'''Me, Driver:'''...
#11515
Well, I was going to say "...I don't even know that you can do that!" but I was cut off by that driver.
#11516
My brother. He was inside a sleeping bag, jumping around, couldn't see or breathe, and he still kicked my ass.
#11517
My grandfather definitely counts. He's right around 75 years old, is developing arthritis, and needs to take medicine for a thyroid disease. And yet, he still exercise for hours every day, has abs hard enough to break your hand on if you punched them, and plays racket ball against NYPD officers on a regular basis. And wins on a regular basis.
#11518
My dad's friend's dad survived the bombing (that town pretty much got burned to the ground) of Dresden. Afterwards he lived on food he stole from German camps and if you had been caught stealing the food, you would have been shot.
#11519
My grandfather fits this trope well. He was an orphan, poor, and could barely read, yet he managed to BREAK OUT OF THE ORPHANAGE, TAUGHT HIMSELF TO READ AND WRITE, and ultimately became the owner of a decent plot of property in LA. For another example of his badassery, he was well into his seventies when I was born, but was still building sheds and stuff. Oh yeah, and his lungs were mangled from a lifetime of smoking. Now THAT is badass.
#11520
This tropes knows a person who was cooking a pizza while home alone. He heard a sound and so, pulled out a seven inch steak knife. The intruder, weilding a gun, broke into the house by the front door. The person with the knife hid behind a wall and waited for the intruder to pass by. The moment the guy did, the person took the knife and proceeded to stab the intruder several times in the stomach, chest, and limbs. He was not injured. It gets better. He was only 15 at the time. He weighed 123 pounds and stood only 5'1". His opponent was at least 6'4" and built like a tank.