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{{quote|''If you love something, throw it at your enemies. If it cleaves their skull and comes back to you, you know it's yours.''|'''''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'''''}}
{{quote|''Comic book boomerangs, rather than being just sticks with a vague tendency to curve around, are nearly supernatural items with an ability to return where they started no matter what happens. They can bounce off the interestingly ridged skulls of alien conquerors, latch onto weapons or jewelry, or run off to the bar for a quick Jack and Coke, and yet still return to the waiting hand of whatever costumed goon threw it.
|'''[[Lore Sjoberg]]''', ''The Book of Ratings'', "[http://wayback.archive.org/web/20101101170927/http://www.bookofratings.com/arrows.html Green Arrow's Arrows]"}}
A real-life [[Battle Boomerang|boomerang]] is simply a stick carved in such a way as to get some rotor lift when thrown turning end-over-end. Thrown properly, the boomerang will curve back on its course and return to its point of origin. It was designed for hunting fowl and returned for another shot if the hunter missed the first time (if it hit, the hunter would have to retrieve the kill anyway). Bigger ones retain enough of energy on return to injure the thrower if not caught, which probably is one of the reasons why real-life ''battle'' boomerang don't return, but fly straight - they still have greater range and cross-section (therefore chance to hit) than purely ballistic thrown weapons. Some boomerangs allow for more complex trajectories, though these are more for sport than hunting.
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