Do guns firing rubber bullets fall under this exception?
No, because cowpokes in the wild old west did not use rubber bullets. Moreover, I can't see as how rubber bullets would work very well on cattle, since I believe the shooter is meant to be some distance away from his targets, thus reducing the classical conditioning usefulness of the pain the rubber bullets cause.
Semantics is funny. I can see a bullwhip as a weapon only if there's also a human victim in the picture, but the cat-o-nine-tails? A weapon and nothing else. (It has no use that I know of, except as a weapon.) A scythe is a tool, unless juxtaposed with a human victim (or a wielder with a maniacal grin staring out of the picture at me). A rake is a tool, and you could probably club someone to death with it, but that's not the first thing that leaps to my mind. (Not the plastic kind of rake, but the old wooden kind.)
or a wielder with a maniacal grin staring out of the picture at me
I first read this was "welder." It was a strange image.
I read it as Wilder and went to a Blazing Saddles place.
"But I shoot with this hand."
I first read this was "welder." It was a strange image.
An image from Flashdance?
I read it as Wilder and went to a Blazing Saddles place.
Hee.
"Are we awake?"
"We don't know. Are we...black?"
"Yes, we are."
"Then we're awake, but we're very confused."
No smoking the good cat crack jokes, not even a Christina Aguilera corset dress joke? Have I logged into the wrong board?
Sorry, caught up to the thread too late. But I do think we have an explanation for Halle's acting choices, based on that quote.
"Since you are the guest, and I am your host, what's your pleasure? What do you like to do?"
"Oh . . . . Play chess . . . . Screw . . . ."
"Let's play chess."
" 'Scuse me, while I whip this out."
"What in the wide wide world of sports is going on?"
[Governor tries to put the pen back in the holder, but misses.]
"Just think of your secretary, sir."
"Mongo merely pawn in great game of life."
"Candygram for Mongo!"
"I think Mongo's taken a fancy to you."
"Ohhh, Mongo STRAIGHT!"
...I am suddenly realizing that I really haven't ever seen Blazing Saddles in any form other than cut-for-TV.
Man, those schnitzengrubers wear you OUT!