One shot with a Luger - Page 2

unspellable · 06-25-2007, 07:55 AM

If I remember correctly, Charles Dickens ponderd this question in the opening passages of A Christmas Carol, citing Marley as being dead as a door nail and wondering why a door nail should be deader than a coffin nail.

thegundude · 06-25-2007, 08:42 AM

Perhaps the use of doornails is so dead, and has bee so dead for so long, that it's lack of use has become part of our culture?

Still, coffin nails, no matter how you look at them, will be pretty damned dead...

hqbmw · 06-25-2007, 12:15 PM

When I was a pup, I finally earned the right to carry the "farm" .22 on our Punxsatawney spread. Groudhogs were the order of the day, but none were running, so down to the pond i went.

Big frogs floated, their heads just peeping above the water line, what makes a fine target. Got 'em all...grave---yard dead! One proud marksman I was.

The next a-yem, off to the pond I went. Now floating upon the water's surface was a billion or trillion o' these graveyard dead floppers. What does a boy do? Can't swim out to clean them up cause there's monsters and snakes awaitin' just the kind of boy what would shoot an innocent little frog!

Never have lived that sight down. Ive wandered in many a target rich arenas in which to shoot , but to this day have not shot down another animal.

Now the birds attacking my poor defenseless little cat.....diffferent story; and a more sporting pellet gun and I am beginning to live down those frog demons.

Jack Hiles
Mesa AZ

Ron Smith · 06-25-2007, 01:26 PM

Jack,

What do you do with a pond full of dead frogs? What else...?

Ron

hqbmw · 06-25-2007, 02:04 PM

Ron

Suits me just fine!

Jack

06-25-2007, 08:42 AM	#22
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Perhaps the use of doornails is so dead, and has bee so dead for so long, that it's lack of use has become part of our culture? Still, coffin nails, no matter how you look at them, will be pretty damned dead... __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

06-25-2007, 12:15 PM	#23
hqbmw User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	True confessions When I was a pup, I finally earned the right to carry the "farm" .22 on our Punxsatawney spread. Groudhogs were the order of the day, but none were running, so down to the pond i went. Big frogs floated, their heads just peeping above the water line, what makes a fine target. Got 'em all...grave---yard dead! One proud marksman I was. The next a-yem, off to the pond I went. Now floating upon the water's surface was a billion or trillion o' these graveyard dead floppers. What does a boy do? Can't swim out to clean them up cause there's monsters and snakes awaitin' just the kind of boy what would shoot an innocent little frog! Never have lived that sight down. Ive wandered in many a target rich arenas in which to shoot , but to this day have not shot down another animal. Now the birds attacking my poor defenseless little cat.....diffferent story; and a more sporting pellet gun and I am beginning to live down those frog demons. Jack Hiles Mesa AZ __________________ Jack Hiles Mesa AZ

06-25-2007, 01:26 PM	#24
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Jack, What do you do with a pond full of dead frogs? What else...? Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

06-25-2007, 02:04 PM	#25
hqbmw User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron Suits me just fine! Jack __________________ Jack Hiles Mesa AZ

06-25-2007, 07:55 AM	#21
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts	If I remember correctly, Charles Dickens ponderd this question in the opening passages of A Christmas Carol, citing Marley as being dead as a door nail and wondering why a door nail should be deader than a coffin nail.