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Anti-everything activists caper and prance ahead of tomorrow’s G20 summit:
The troupe of eight women and two men - whose chest hair protruded above their pink singlets - shouted chants including: “We don’t believe in corporate sh-t, we’ll make our stand and this is it.”
“Pom poms, not bomb bombs,” the sang. “We’re sexy, we’re cute, we’re radical to boot” and “We cheer, we lead, we don’t like corporate greed.”
Members of the group declined to be interviewed, saying: “All we have is our chants.”
“One two three four, get your booty off the floor, five six seven eight, c’mon kids lets smash the state.”
Tomorrow is also buy a gun day.
I also like nice little 9mms too.
—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2006 11 17 at 02:42 AM • permalinkThe troupe of eight women and two men - whose chest hair protruded above their pink singlets
Normally I would call this bad grammar, but in this case, the antecedent is irrelevant.
Members of the group declined to be interviewed, saying: “All we have is our chants.”
Of that I have no doubt.
“One two three four, get your booty off the floor, five six seven eight, c’mon kids lets smash the state.”
“Nine ten eleven twelve, the stench of failure is our smell. Ve.”
one, two, three, four
protestors are such a bore
five, six, seven, eight
I hate the way they irritate
nine, ten, eleven, twelve
are there any depths they will not delve?—Nora
It’s 4.53pm here I’m not getting any more work done today.
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2006 11 17 at 02:54 AM • permalinkOf this mindset Andrew Landeryou has a copy of the Green’s campaign manual. Examples:
Pleas to activists to wash, wear make-up and tidy their hair before interacting with the populace. A further mandate not fiddle with hair while talking on camera (page 84);
Instruction to activists to wear “conservative clothing” if delivering a “radical message”
Instructions to avoid traditional and well-established Greens staples in press releases, including ‘excessive’ self-congratulation, errors of fact and hypocrisy
Posted by walterplinge on 2006 11 17 at 03:04 AM • permalinkone, two, three, four..
I’m cold, I blame Al Gore!
Posted by curious george on 2006 11 17 at 03:12 AM • permalinkPleas to activists to wash
Wow, that is radical.
—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2006 11 17 at 03:14 AM • permalinkWe Are Wankers!
We Are Twats!
Rational Discourse
We Like Not!We’re Stinky!
We’re dirty!
And Howard Gets Us Shirty!
Stop The War
And Save The Poor!
We’ll Do It By Four-thirty!Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2006 11 17 at 04:12 AM • permalinkMindless Lyrics to
LET’S ALL CHANT
by The Michael Zager Band(Ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh) let’s all chant
(Ooh ooh) let’s all chant
(Ooh ooh) let’s all chant
(Ooh ooh) let’s all chantYour body, my body
Everybody move your body
Your body, my body
Everybody work your body
Your body, my body
Everybody move your body
Your body, my body
Everybody work your bodyAh ah eh eh let’s all chant
Ah ah eh eh let’s all chant
(Ooh ooh) your body, your body
(Ooh ooh) oh work your bodyWell, it works for me….
[T]hey are trying to promote the purchase of guns as if it is the same as purchasing a ribbon for AIDS victims or a badge for Amnesty International.
Unlikely. I wouldn’t be caught dead with an Amnesty International badge, sticker, poster, paperweight, tote bag, or anything else from that bunch of America-hating appeasers of tyranny. Nor, I suspect, would anyone else who values the right to personal firearm ownership.
“Instructions to avoid traditional and well-established Greens staples in press releases, including ‘excessive’ self-congratulation, errors of fact and hypocrisy.”
So I guess that means all future Green Party press releases will look like this.
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Minionmeister for the VRWCRelated news, which qualifies for for OpinionJournal’s ‘World’s Smallest Violin’ tag. Gunns guns for greenies - sues them for $ millions again:
Wilderness Society spokeswoman Virginia Young said the persistence of Gunns was “debilitating and exhausting” for defendants, including her organisation.
Oh…diddums. It’ll really debilitating and exhausting if Gunns succeeds this time around. The bankruptcy court in Tasmania will be working overtime.
Posted by walterplinge on 2006 11 17 at 04:59 AM • permalinkAs an addendum to #20 I guess Gunns’ tactic is to wear them down with legal costs. Gunns have lost so far and have had costs awarded against them. But this will be ‘party and party’ costs and these won’t cover the defendants’ total costs, which could be substantially more. And crippling if you’re an unemployed hippy, which most of this lot are.
Posted by walterplinge on 2006 11 17 at 05:04 AM • permalinkFor more on these people, visit Melbourne Indymedia. Comments are open.
Posted by Evil Pundit on 2006 11 17 at 05:23 AM • permalinkNational Buy a Gun Day. Dammit.
I can’t afford a new gun just now, but I will go out and buy a couple of hundred rounds of ammo.
Pity I can’t combine a little target practice with the G20 chanty ranty crowd.
LOL, Hooligan! (#26)
Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2006 11 17 at 06:14 AM • permalinkBTW, Chris Per at #24, any link for the “Buy a Gun” Day site?
Friday night is good for troll hunt and destroy action.
Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2006 11 17 at 06:20 AM • permalinkCome on guys… They’re being stupid but it’s largely harmless isn’t it?
From what I’ve seen, Police won’t need to disinfect their batons and that’s actually a good thing.
So much better than the behavior a few years ago of some spoilt uni students, smashing Maccas and Starbucks’ windows, bitching about globalisation and then eating McDonalds on their way home.
The troupe of eight women and two men
I agree this is all stupid showing off. But I’ll admit that with a 4 to 1 ratio of gals* to guys, especially if the chances are good that after a night of drinks and pot I have four gals go off with me, I’d dress up in a pink costume and prance around too. I’d even wear mouse ears and a tail.
And so would 90% of the guys here. You know you would.
* this assumes they are decent looking, not necessarily pretty mind you, just decent looking
Posted by wronwright on 2006 11 17 at 07:16 AM • permalinkYou know, it occurs to me it could be 8 gals to one guy. The other dude could be gay. For those odds, especially if the 8 gals looked like Lara Bingle, I’d wear a Bushitler puppet.
(yes, my mind tends to work this way)
Posted by wronwright on 2006 11 17 at 07:19 AM • permalinkOT I know but we’re past the 10 comment mark.
Al Reuters reports Israel is developing
nano-bombs.Weaponry the size of hornets makes more sense than sending planes worth “$100M against a suicidal terrorist”.
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Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 11 17 at 08:12 AM • permalinkIf Protesters Were Honest
it’s no joke
we’re dead broke
because evil fat bastard capitalists don’t pay us millions to sit around on our asses and compose post-postmodern literature while assaulting traditional memes of morality and patriotism and the so-called virtues of hard work and earned merit
so here, take another toke#22 evil pundit
Thanks for the link with the lovely pics of those delightful protesters
How very adult!
(I’ve lost my sense of humour these days)
Posted by aussiemagpie on 2006 11 17 at 10:09 AM • permalinkO?T
Then on Lateline tonight, Bono admitted he may have been a little arrogant demanding that John Howard meet with him
Having lost my sense of humour I said some bad things but I couldn’t change the channel because lefty lawyer was listening intently
Instead I had some comfort food - Vegemite on toast
#42 Dan Lewis
They are for attacking Matchbox Ambulances belonging to Palestinian children.
Good heavens I’m laughing again THANK YOU!!!
Posted by aussiemagpie on 2006 11 17 at 10:13 AM • permalink#19 MarkL: You guys in marketing just can’t wait, can you, you just can’t wait for the authorization memo! Now we’re going to have to issue a recall on that stuff. There was a breakdown in quality control at the lab, and it turns out that the ingredients are seriously tainted. The pig stools turned out to be loaded with trichinosis, and the tincture of head lice shows indications of plague. And I’m not even going to get started on the essence of organic pot. So listen, Mister: stop that junk at the warehouse, rebrand it as Hummus for Hamas, notify the CIA that we have an extra-large shipment under the classified program, “Operation: Kill ‘Em With Kindness”, and get that crap on the first boat out of here.
A bit O/T, but it looks like those crazy foreign fanatics have developed a new strategy for getting at Americans. Although, actually, I see Pelosi’s fingerprints all over this.
Via Coalition of the Swilling, through Florida Cracker , which, incidentally, has a hilarious Army recruiting advertisement apparently put together by a Marine.
#50 paco
From your linkKi Gendeng Pamungkas slit the throat of a goat, a small snake and stabbed a black crow in the chest, stirred their blood with spice and broccoli before drank the “potion” and smeared some on his face.
Sounds like a goer for a new cooking show don’t you think?
And thanks for your #49 Stlll laughing - Hummus for Hamas! Good one!
Posted by aussiemagpie on 2006 11 17 at 11:22 AM • permalinkIn the spirit of “turnabout is fair play” regarding the recruiting poster Paco linked to earlier, I reserve the right to make a joke at the USMC’s expense:
It is military custom that each branch of the service has its own unique name for various things. For instance, the Air Force calls helicopters “slicks”, the Navy “whirliebirds”, the Army “choppers” while the Marines point excitedly at the sky and go “ooh, ooh, ooh.”
I await angry denunciations punctuated by shouted grunts of “ooh-rah”.
I reserve the right to make a joke at the USMC’s expense
A few problems with your premise. A) There is no inherent constitutional right to have fun at the United States Marine Corp’s expense B) You haven’t watched much Jane Goodall, apparently. “Oooh, ooh, ooh” is the sound cavemen and chimps make, hence we’re back to the Army. C) Not much given to cutesy nicknames Marines usually call helicopters….um…helicopters. “Skids” is reserved for those helos who land on rails sans wheels (Hueys, Cobras ~ “Bird” being generic for airplane in general.)
Visual aids being a great asset, I have a chart here ~ in addition to the Army recruiting poster I sent her that Cracker took exception to (Responding almost like a Democrat ~ threats, mumblings, generally nasty disposition.) ~ that graphically illustrates the basic differences betwixt the services.
Posted by tree hugging sister on 2006 11 17 at 12:46 PM • permalink“What do you do with a smart Marine?
—No such thing as a smart Marine.
What do you do with a dumb Marine?
—You teach him his left from his right.”Paco, wonderful, just WONDERFUL. Pass on to him we are so PROUD of him, would you? And he’ll be home with Marine Corps cadences to share, I’m sure. Heroic adventures in metered time, like “C-130’s comin’ down the strip, Recon Rangers gonna take a little trip! OO-RAH! Gimme some!” Motivating stuff like that. Not the Army tripe of the example above ~ you know, where they use cheap humor to teach ARMY recruits their lefts from their rights. Marine Corps recruits are already aware of the whole left/right concept and take it to an even more difficult, traditional, nautical level ~ port, starboard, for’ard, aft ~ technical terms. Which is why you can’t be a United States Marine unless you’ve at least a high school diploma. Even a GED requires a waiver.
How to tie your shoes 101 ~ Army
Boots on the ground ~ United States Marine Corps
Posted by tree hugging sister on 2006 11 17 at 01:08 PM • permalinkPendleton, Florida, is apparently home to representatives all four services. Hence the local radio announcer used to announce the time:
“It is now 3:00 PM for the Air Force.
For the Army, that’s 1500 hours.
For the Navy, that’s six bells past the noon watch.
For the Marines, that means the big hand is on the three and the little hand is on the twelve.”
A Soldier and a Marine are using the latrine. When they are done the Marine goes to wash his hands, but the GI heads for the door.
“Hey,” says the Marine. “Don’t they teach you to wash your hands after you piss in the Army?”
“No,” the Soldier replies. “In the Army they teach us not to piss on our hands.”
The enlistment oaths were great!
Sister- As I discussed once with former members of the East German Army, which, by the way, no longer exists because of the dogged determination of USAEUR to crush them, most of the American Army’s cadences are humorous. Probably because we’re not just filing from the left onto a plane or ship, or singing lullabies while doing a little light PT: we’re marching, slogging, marching and need to keep our spirits’ up. Besides, our “corporate culture” is we’re the funny branch of the military; humor is prized above all else. Thus we grind our muddy boots into the enemy’s face whilst exchanging bon mots and witty repartee with our colleagues.
Reading this has inspired me to go to the range today and send some lead into the wall. Damn I love America!
Posted by swassociates on 2006 11 17 at 01:35 PM • permalinkI already brought another gun on wednsday- that will have to do!
I’m rationed to four a year…
Posted by oswald bastable on 2006 11 17 at 02:16 PM • permalink“We don’t believe in corporate sh-t, we’ll make our stand and this is it.” “Pom poms, not bomb bombs,” the sang. “We’re sexy, we’re cute, we’re radical to boot” and “We cheer, we lead, we don’t like corporate greed.”
The unassailable logic of their powerful reasoning has finally convinced me. Where do I pick up my pink tutu and paper mache pupptet head?
Has anybody seen MarkL? He was supposed to help me send out reminder notices to reporters about including references to plastic turkeys in articles. He always seems to be busy but it’s not with anything I need him to do.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 11 17 at 02:39 PM • permalinkLast week I ordered a surplus M1 Garand from the Civilian Marksmanship Program, and this week I got the notice from shipping that they were processing the order.
So that’s going to have to count for my “Buy a Gun Day.” Now, if somebody could explain to the protestors what the M1 Garand’s significance is in combating totalitarianism, vis a vis what theirs is…
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 02:59 PM • permalink#74 - Excellent, now we’ve got them all in one spot! And incidentally, the “new” M1 I ordered is going to be my second one, which means - heh heh - that I already have one and plenty of .30-06. Now I just need to double check the hippie endorsement on my hunting license and make sure it’s still good.
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 03:07 PM • permalinkOT but the Dutch just banned the burqua
Lots of uncovered meat is forecast in the Netherlands
Posted by Pogue Mahone on 2006 11 17 at 03:19 PM • permalink“We’re sexy, we’re cute, we’re radical to boot”
Just remember folks—they probably have not showered in a week or so. Soap is part of the great global capitalist conspiracy.
(When living in Washington during the anti-globalist demonstrations in 1999 or 2000, I lead some construction workers in a “Get A JOB! chant)
The Dutch used to have cojones.. looks as if they might just have remembered where they put them all those years ago. Watch for the usual EU twits to have a cow.
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 03:47 PM • permalinkOh, by the way:
A man walks into a bar and says to the bartender, “I just heard this hilarious Marine joke!”
Another man sitting down the bar says “Wait a minute, pal, I was a Marine!”
“Oh, okay,” replies the first man, “I’ll speak very slowly.”
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 03:54 PM • permalinkWhat do you get if you cross a Marine with a gorilla?
A dumb gorilla.
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 03:55 PM • permalinkAnd finally:
USMC - Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children
US Army - Uncle Sam Ain’t Released Me Yet
NAVY - Never Again Volunteer YourselfThe Air Force probably has one but I don’t know what it is.
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 03:57 PM • permalinkIf you tell the Army to secure a building, they will occupy the building so no one can enter.
If you tell the Marines to secure a building, they will assault the building, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat, leveling it in the process.
If you tell the Navy to secure a building, they will turn off the lights and lock the doors.
If you tell the Air Force to secure a building, they will take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.
If you tell hippies to secure a building, they’ll smell bad and be fucking stupid.
Muscle Are Required Intelligence Not Expected.
Sorry, I read that the other day in a porta-john. Thought I’d share.
When I was 5 years old, I distinctly remembering looking at some of my stupid brothers hippy friends and thinking, “Wow, you guys are stupid.” Many years later that assessment from a 5-year old still stands. The worst of the generation of wrong. I blame practically EVERYTHING that’s screwed up in the US on the boomers, but for the hippies I hold a very special cup of contempt. May they one day wake up and realize with woe how they’ve pathetically wasted their miserable lives. I’m not holding my breath though.
#78: What a lame take-off on 1940’s jive talk!
About a beautiful dame, one would say, “She’s root, zoot, cute and solid to boot!”
For my Ozzie friends, permit me to explain that “root” in this context was a variant of “right” or “all right”. Another variant was “all reet”. Hah! Mentalfloss ain’t the only one here who dabbles in dead languages!
#47
I’m sorry to say that it looks like the diabolical Israelis are at it again; scroll down this page to see what their latest nefarious weapon has done to a perfectly innocent Jeep.
“What else — other than lightning — could have done the damage?” What else indeed!
#66—Kent:
“For the Marines, that means the big hand is on the three and the little hand is on the twelve.”
Last I checked, that visual description of a clock is 12:15 pm. (The hour “hand” being smaller/shorter than the minute “hand” on the clock.)
#51—blogagog:
“Does it come in toilet water?”
Umm, it’s water straight from the toilet.
Cheers
Meanwhile, looking at the illustration in the linked buy-a-gun article, I note that the boy sighting the rifle is left-eyed.
One hopes his dad gets him a left-handed rifle, it will make things easier for the lad. (Seriously, one of my daughters shoots left-handed since she’s left-eyed. Places well in competitive shooting, too.)
Geez! I was browsing through some of the older recent posts and saw that Miranda had, again, attached herself like a bumper sticker to the comment section, posting a comment almost 24 hours after the one that preceded it. The tone is the usual bitter, garden variety sarcasm. I tell ya, Tim: I think what you’ve got here is a woman scorned. Wouldn’t matter what your politics were, she’d still be out there nagging you. In fact, I bet if you ran a blog dedicated exclusively to Duesenbergs, she’d be lurking in the comments section, waiting for a chance to extoll the Hispano-Suiza. Pure contrariness. Pure, vengeful spite. Nothing you can do. Except, maybe, marry her off to Bongoman.
We own numerous rifles.
Several years ago, after we’d been living in our new house a couple of months, I was in the government parking garage at work. It was a couple of blocks to work and it was raining, so I went to the trunk to get an umbrella. When I popped the trunk, I let out a gasp and my knees buckled because it was filled with guns, guns, guns, and a ton of ammo. And an umbrella. It looked like Mary Poppins’ arsenal.
When I got home I asked him, “Do you know where all our guns are, Sweetie?”
He looked at me blankly.
“Concealed in my trunk,” I said. “The one that sits in a government garage five days a week.”
“Oops,” he squeaked, then giggled nervously.His moving skills could have gotten me fired and jailed.
Paco, Miranda’s obviously off her oats.
That’s why back in the Weather God thread I called for a better effort from PW, who had stepped up to the mark previously. But you then so admirably filled the breech.
<Hands paco a ‘The Scream’ mask>
You are now this blog’s Official Maranda Divide Substitute. Just check all reason at the door before proceeding.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 11 17 at 06:22 PM • permalinkPaco - maybe ``Miranda Divide’’ is actually ``Maureen Dowd.’’ Same initials, and all that.
Re: buy a gun day - I found out recently (in my search for a firearms instructor) that it is illegal for a Chicago resident to own a gun. Of any kind. (I’d thought it referred only to handguns; I was wrong.) I mentioned this to Urbs in Horto who said, ``Maybe it’s time for us to move back to the United States.’’ ::Sigh::
And I think I’d better stay out of the soldier v. Marines debate. My second son is a Marine and my older one (who posts here once in a blue moon as Secundus) was a Marine for four years before he joined the Army. Anyone got some Air Force jokes?
Posted by Sonetka's Mom on 2006 11 17 at 06:32 PM • permalink#98—paco: What can you say about a virtual presence that’s a day late in her stalking?
-The light’s on but nobody’s home.
-The elevator doesn’t go to the top floor.
-Ninety-eight cents short of change for a dollar.
-With looks like that, she’d make a train take a dirt road.On second thoughts, maybe Miranda—like other Clinton-adoring women journalists—just wants to give Tim a BJ.
Your results may vary.
Cheers.
#67 91B30 — an oldie but a goodie.
How old? I last used it 40 years ago in a pub toilet in Manhattan.
In that event, the following substitutions were made:
Soldier = Aussie
Marine = Yank
The Army = Australia
My doctor once told me he never washes his hands after pissing. He knows where his dick has been but nobody knows who has been touching the taps.Actually, I bought a cool weapon about a month or so ago. So that’s my quota for a while.
BUT, on Turkey Day next, my brother, his wife, and I will terrorize an innocent hillside in the quest for the perfect shot group.
And then we will feast in celebration of our prowess. After giving thanks, of course, for the plenty around us.
But I dedicate at least one box of ammo next weel to the noble Australian “Buy A Gun Day”!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 17 at 07:03 PM • permalinkOh, and…..
How does the Navy determine the strength of the Marine Corps?
They count the number of gates on Navy installations, and multiply by two!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 17 at 07:05 PM • permalink87, 88 - Those are a lot better than I used to do. Every morning I’d look down for a final check before muster and wonder why I was wearing Annibuks’ BDUs.
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 11 17 at 07:11 PM • permalinkIf there are any potential counter protesters reading please remember to bring your rhyming dictionary.
A rhyming dictionary is key to winning them to your point of view. They won’t be able to resist and will do anything you ask (e.g. run around in pink singlets.) Mao said power grows from the barrel of a gun but clearly cadence and words that rhyme will change the world.
Posted by Col. Milquetoast on 2006 11 17 at 07:57 PM • permalinkC’mon Paco. Surely with your imagination you can create a reasonable facsimile. Just think dumb thoughts. dumb thoughts.
Posted by Kathy from Austin on 2006 11 17 at 08:51 PM • permalink#97 Meanwhile, looking at the illustration in the linked buy-a-gun article, I note that the boy sighting the rifle is left-eyed. .... (Seriously, one of my daughters shoots left-handed since she’s left-eyed. Places well in competitive shooting, too.)
SteveH: I am also one of those left-eyed, right-handed anomalies. It explains why I was always chosen last in junior high softball, not to mention why I insisted on resting my dad’s .22 rifle on my left shoulder, much to his chagrin. In those days, there was no explanation, but luckily, your daughter lives in a more enlightened age.
Btw, in case you’re wondering (which you probably are not), it’s genetic. I had a left-handed daughter, a left-handed grandson, and two other grandchildren who are left-eyed, right-handed.
Old Army joke from WWII…
“What’s the TO&E of a Marine squad?”
“Eight riflemen and three Life photographers.”
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 11 17 at 09:43 PM • permalinkOnce last military humor link: 213 things SPC Skippy is not allowed to do in the Army.
167. Not allowed to operate a business out of the barracks.
168. Especially not a pornographic movie studio.
169. Not even if they *are* “especially patriotic films”
RebeccaH: antecdotal evidence says that left handed people are smarter. I believe it. I think they have to be to maneuver in a right-handed man’s world.
Posted by Kathy from Austin on 2006 11 17 at 09:59 PM • permalink#111: Ok, Kathy, just this once. Clears throat. “Me, me, me, meeeee”.
What, the bloghead fears the innocent chants of a few girls and a poofter or two? That’s rather “Chickenhawk” spelled with a capital ‘C’, isn’t it, Blair? Does the color pink remind you of the bloody froth coughed up by Iraqi children everytime the Marines use them for bayonet practice, does it, hmmmmmmmmmm? It’s either fear or guilt or both, and no amount of blustering, jingoistic blogorhea can obliterate that truth, blog lice!”
Ok, that’s enough Miranda for one day. Time to take a shower, now (maybe even “rinse and repeat”).
I propose changing “Buy a gun day” to “Buy Dave a gun day.” Participants may wish to consider the Springfield Army GI Model and the Ruger New Vaquero (stainless, 4-3/4”, .357, please.)
The well-heeled may go for the Webley-Fosbury Automatic Revolver*. Thanks.
*Detective Paco may recall that as the gat some gunsel used to put a dum-dum in Miles Archer’s groceries.
No Dave
The proper retro model would be the Ruger Old Army.
Blued, not stainless steel ...Cheers
Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2006 11 18 at 01:00 AM • permalink#112 Craig Mc,
There is such a game, Destroy All Humans 2. You play a funky little alien running around in the 1960’s killing hippies and commies. There’s even an anal probe!.Posted by Daniel San on 2006 11 18 at 02:09 AM • permalink#120 Paco: you never disappoint, my friend!
The only poster I know who both entertains and gets a damn Instalaunch. As a commenter. Not a poster.Well deserved!!!
Posted by Kathy from Austin on 2006 11 18 at 02:18 AM • permalink#114 My dad was enlisted in the RAA, though was not fit for combat duty due to being blind in his right eye. On the range he was critised for holding his rife incorrectly by an NCO and told he’d never make it as a rifleman and that he should stick to being a transport instructor and keep off the range. Dad took the company trophy for marksmanship.
And you don’t tell us what? Tease.
HAH! Yes, I should have said what.
And what did I buy? A Mossberg 500. Once you pull out the wooden dowel, you can load 8 rounds. Add a heat shield and ammo holder, and it’s bitchin’, man!
I’m also looking into black powder cap-and-ball pistols…I hear that those are fun.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 18 at 12:25 PM • permalink#131: RJ - a friend of mine had a reproduction Colt Navy (I think it was) that shot paper cartridges and ball and it was tremendous fun. You really know you’ve discharged a weapon with one of those things: the flame would shoot a foot out of the barrel and there was Gaia-chocking smoke all over the place.
That Mossberg sounds sweet.
‘Anti-everything activists caper and prance ahead of tomorrow’s G20 summit:’
‘The troupe of eight women and two men - whose chest hair protruded above their pink singlets - shouted chants including: “We don’t believe in corporate sh-t, we’ll make our stand and this is it.”’
‘Tomorrow is also buy a gun day.’
What a fortuitous coincidence.
Posted by Dave Surls on 2006 11 18 at 02:29 PM • permalinkThe 590 is a fine weapon, Dave. So are bayonets! But I got a good deal on the 500 (the gun dealer I went through is a friend of mine). I’ll just have to butt stroke those clay pigeons, is all.
paco—that’s what I hear. I’m still looking, never can tell what’s out there!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 11 18 at 05:26 PM • permalinkThe Real JeffS—Go for one of the Colt Open Top replicas from folks like Navy Arms and Cimarron. Probably the most elegant revolvers ever built…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 11 18 at 07:36 PM • permalink
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