[MR] Help with Latin translation

[Alofredus Scurra]

Would someone please be so gracious as to translate the following

phrase into Latin:

 

"You _can_ beat it with a stick"

Unfortunately, the English phrase turns on the fact that "to beat" can 
mean

"to flog" or "to defeat in a contest".  Latin uses two separate words 
for these

concepts.  So I'll cheat a little and propose something a little 
different:

 

    De fustibus non est disputandum.

     You can't argue with a cudgel.

 

This plays on the proverb

 

    De gustibus no est disputandum.

    There's no accounting for taste.

 

Or perhaps you'd prefer

 

    De gustibus est disputandum.

    You must argue with cudgels.

 

-- Alfredus Scurra

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