I don't care what your political affiliation is...

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:26 am

Point that has to be made is not to microwave those turkies.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:28 am

Mercury Hat wrote:It was birdshot, not a shotgun shell and it's not overkill at all. It's why the man he shot didn't die after being hit in the face. Birdshot doesn't do much damage at all, it kills birds without tearing them up the way bullets would.

Just a point that birdshot is a shotgun shell - a 28-gauge shotgun shell in this case. For those who don't know, the higher the gauge, the smaller the pellet. 28-gauge is very, very small. Birdshot doesn't rip a bird to pieces like a larger bullet or pellet would, but it does enter the animal and tear its insides up.

Oddly, I'm not a hunter. I just frequent gun and knife shows. I don't even own a gun. I'm a poser gun-enthusiast.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:35 am

You'd think he'd have shot a democrat, not another republican...

That's just poor strategy, there. NEVER SHOOT YOUR OWN GUYS!

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:57 am

avatar007 wrote:
[AlmightyPyro] wrote:No. You try shoot a flying object the size of your fist with a single bullet. Fing hard! Much easier to use a gun that spreads out alot of little bb's.
Well, that sort of takes the skill requirement out of it, I suppose.

You can survive being shot in the face though, even with a more dangerous weapon.

Your nose is part of your face. If you get shot in the nose (sideways) and it gets blown clean off, you're not going to die. As long as its not the arteries, or brain, you could technically survive.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:40 am

grabmygoblin wrote:...this is hilarious!!
Vice President Cheney accidentally shoots hunting partner

Read that this morning.
Instantly began singing Tom Lehrer's Hunting Song with my dad.. >_>

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:51 am

Dutch! wrote:
grabmygoblin wrote:Cheney actually donated a bunch of turkeys he shot with birdshot to some charities for thanksgiving. I'm sure they appreciated the gesture, but uh it kinda makes it hard to eat when the bird is peppered with a ton of bbs. plus, wild turkey don't make for good eating, they are too lean and sinewy. (quoth the vegetarian)
Um...if they had to go to a charity, then why should they bitch about what state the free bird is in..?

I've worked with soup kitchens/charities that work to feed the poor, and the food they generally work with isn't that bad actually- mainly massive bulk stuff like those gallon containers of tomato soup and overstocked items.

while I've never shot a gun in my life so I don't have any idea what the result is, I personally wouldn't want to be the poor volunteer that has to (I presume) fish a half-dozen bbs out of a tiny turkey, then try to prepare the tough meat, now gun-powder flavored, into something someone would want to eat.

Tim wrote:
Pillywiggin wrote:Yeah, that made me laugh when I first saw it.
My first thought was "Are we sure is wasn't just an "accident"?"

aww great, now my inner conspiricy theorist is wondering. the white house very recently began facing a lot of flak for New Orleans and for the leak of that CIA agent's identity, this would be a great distraction... bah, I'm just being paranoid.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:15 am

rkolter wrote:Just a point that birdshot is a shotgun shell [...etc]

D'oh

. I don't know much about guns, I just knew birdshot wasn't the stuff used to splatter zombie brains.

Noise Monkey wrote:You'd think he'd have shot a democrat, not another republican...

That's just poor strategy, there. NEVER SHOOT YOUR OWN GUYS!

Maybe he wasn't Republican enough.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:20 am

Mercury Hat wrote:
rkolter wrote:Just a point that birdshot is a shotgun shell [...etc]
D'oh . I don't know much about guns, I just knew birdshot wasn't the stuff used to splatter zombie brains.

If you fired at really close range, you turn the zombie into a raver (ya'know, because of all the heavy metal that'd be in its head)...

Mooman · Post by **Mooman** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:25 am

rkolter wrote:
Mercury Hat wrote:
rkolter wrote:Just a point that birdshot is a shotgun shell [...etc]
D'oh . I don't know much about guns, I just knew birdshot wasn't the stuff used to splatter zombie brains.
If you fired at really close range, you turn the zombie into a raver (ya'know, because of all the heavy metal that'd be in its head)...

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:49 am

But... Rave has nothing do to with Heavy metal...

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:53 am

But it has plenty to do with zombies who have pellets rattling around in their heads.

Soldier Volkov · Post by **Soldier Volkov** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:46 am

I think everyone is missing an important point here...
Aren't you aware of the latest fads?
Bush is somehow to blame for this!

(drum beat and symbol clash)

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:49 am

Mercury Hat wrote: Maybe he wasn't Republican enough.

I dunno, you can be Republican and not a neo-con. (McCain, for example.)

TheBladeRoden2 · Post by **TheBladeRoden2** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:00 pm

Gun control means being able to resist shooting your homies in the face.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:07 pm

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:09 pm

The Neko wrote:
Mercury Hat wrote: Maybe he wasn't Republican enough.
I dunno, you can be Republican and not a neo-con. (McCain, for example.)

I don't know, the majority of republicans in 2000 were smearing McCain's record, which leaves me wondering who/where the moderate republicans are.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:14 pm

If George Bush hadn't invented guns, this never would've happened.

Soldier Volkov · Post by **Soldier Volkov** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:21 pm

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:If George Bush hadn't invented guns, this never would've happened.

Exactly!

Now just imagine what the world would be like if Al Gore hadn't invented the internet.

(joking)

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:27 pm

Al Gore didn't invent the internet. My father did.

Stop stealing his credits.

Soldier Volkov · Post by **Soldier Volkov** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:40 pm

RPin wrote:Al Gore didn't invent the internet. My father did.

Stop stealing his credits.

Blasphemy!

You wouldn't be able to say that if Gore hadn't invented the internet.

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