The Blue Raja: May the forks be with us.
The Sphinx: You must be like wolf pack, not six-pack.
The Blue Raja: I'm a superhero, Mother. An effete British superhero. Your boy's a Limey forkflinger, Mother! What WILL the bridge club say?
The Shoveller: God's given me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well.
Chosen answer: Gauntlets that look cool and would help him block blows in hand-to-hand. (If he wasn't so bad at it, anyway.)
Grumpy Scot