Oh that's right, remembered that wrong somehow. http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/konfus/a050.gif
Uh, thanks…But still, that doesn't suddenly make me doubt everything I said. Maybe if I didn't see how vital Lao G looked 16 years ago, only to become a shriveled geezer today. It's not like there weren't old people shown fighting in OP, but they look incredibly fit. And Lao G isn't older than any of them. But he looks like he is.
So yeah, I'm still in the devil fruit camp.
You should argue his character design next.
I'm not being sarcastic, from the beginning his character design resembles that of a superhero, added with his.. connection to 'G' well..
First off, the same thoughts crossed my mind as you did - more or less, but specifically ideas/powers relating to that of acceleration and I immediately thought of g-force (for obvious reasons).
Which actually matches with his character design (arrows) now that I think about it..
The thing is, with a (possible) power like this, it doesn't make your physical/martial arts prowess obsolete, it helps to reinforce it.
Oh well, it's just mostly speculation.
Like I said before though, if Lao G does turn out to have a DF then heheh…