No sir, it wasn't my intention to be unkind, nor do I feel that it was your intention to impune the integrity of my poor little pistole and to hurt its feelings. I was merely picking up the gauntlet laid down at my feet to provide a photo of my poor little bastard child, which I have done.
Your interpretation of the good Friar William of Occam's principle diverges from mine I'm afraid. My interpetation is "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best." that coupled with the old axioms "don't believe everything ya read." and "to every rule there is an exception." would, by my score, put the ball squarely back in your court.
Unlike the Jabberwoky this creature exists... it may NOT be unique which would support my position if other examples turn up... but it does indeed exist.
(I, by the way do not believe in nickle plated wartime manufactured Lugers... I have yet to see a convincing example.)
Wartime records, I don't believe can be taken as gospel. Nor are official records 100% correct all of the time. Boker Cutlery for example denys it's Nazi past and has no records of making daggers for the Allegemeine SS, yet there they are.
I can assure you sir, that my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek most of the time and a yankee sense of humor courses thru my veins, so I was of course, amused by your Ben Franklin and George Washington Luger set remark, and I was playfully responding in kind - in a "I showed you mine, now show me yours" kind of way. Perhaps I should have said, "I showed you mine now show me a picture of your text book."?
The problem with the internet and these kinds of exchanges is the lack of visual clues one gets from a face to face dialog, I'm certain that humor and meaning gets lost along the way when laid out upon the page...perhaps I should employ emoticons (which I am not adept at)
I'm here to learn, not smash statues, but if one or two gets a mustache painted on it... "It wasn't me.", as my little brother used to say.
Cheers,
Piker
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