Every single one of today’s posts is about guns. Including the Funnies.
Try to control your shock and surprise.
Tag: Entertainment
Comparative Outrage
First we see this (no links):
…and then we see this:
The first headline makes me want to sharpen my bayonet; the second makes me giggle like a little schoolgirl.
Afterthought: Possession of an AK-47 is illegal in Frankistan, so that gun control law is obviously working well.
Shortcoming
I’ve got this pic set as my laptop’s wallpaper. Can you see what’s wrong with it?
As the Son&Heir commented: “No room for even a plinking range. WTF?”
It’s a good point, although there’s enough space to put a clay-tosser for a little shotgunning fun…
…using only non-toxic shot, of course.
Lovely Stuff
I know we’re all supposed to act our age, but this is just priceless:
A Massachusetts woman was arrested and charged after the Townsend Police Department said she crashed into a building and then left while driving under the influence of drugs.
Deborah Gyles, 61, was charged with operating under the influence of drugs, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and unregistered motor vehicle.
Sixty-one? And massively stoned?
It’s a kind of reverse precociousness. Wonderful.
I was having a bad day until I read the article (courtesy of Reader Mike L., who should know better than to send me stuff like that).
I just want to know what drugs they were.
Time For An Update
This is one of my favorite Reader games, and I can’t believe I haven’t run this in so long.
Here’s the setup. It’s called HANG THE SOCIALIST, and starts with the well-known Hanging Tree:
Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to put a name to each number. Your list ought to be in order of preference. (I know, only 15? Deal.)
Have at it in Comments.
Slim Pickings
I have to say that for an armchair commentator and pundit like me, there’s not much to write about at the moment — I’m really bored with politics — which is why the posts on this here back porch have recently been mostly about cars, boobs, guns and a little bit of art.
Not, as one Reader told me, that this is necessarily A Bad Thing, especially when it comes to the classics:
1935 SS (later Jaguar) 90 Airline
Yvonne Furneaux
And just for the hell of it, a different take on the venerable Ruger 10/22: a twin-gun mount with a Gatling-style actuator and two 25-round mags:
John Atkinson Grimshaw — Boar Lane, Leeds
I would respectfully suggest that all the above are desirable, for different reasons.