You haven't seen The Incredibles, have you?
But in my plan you are jet-engineless
(just in case that counts as an Incredibles spoiler)
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
EpicTangent - May 17, 2005 12:23:08 pm PDT #9561 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
ChiKat - May 17, 2005 12:23:10 pm PDT #9562 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Susan, I grew up with a bunch of guns, too, so it doesn't seem strange to me. My dad had a bunch of shotguns, my mom had one antique rifle, and they had a handgun. The hunting guns were locked in a cabinet while the shells were locked in a metal box in my dad's closet.
The handgun? I had no idea where that was until I was 19 and staying home for 2 weeks alone while my parents went on a vacation. Turns out, they kept it in my dad's sock drawer. Loaded. They did keep the first 2 chambers empty, so you have to fire 3 times before bullets come out.
Interestingly, a cop gave the handgun to my mom when she went to the police station to register our dogs. She was verra pregnant and had 4 other kids in tow. The cop found out that my dad travelled a lot for work and he gave it to her for protection when she is home alone. The gun was evidence from a case that had gone to trial already. The serial number is shaved off of it.
Aims - May 17, 2005 12:24:13 pm PDT #9563 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
A cop once let me hold his gun.
While he was on duty.
I was 16.
Dumbass.
§ ita § - May 17, 2005 12:25:03 pm PDT #9564 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A cop once let me hold his gun.
While he was on duty.
I was 9.
MONDO dumbass.
ChiKat - May 17, 2005 12:25:55 pm PDT #9565 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
He was a dumbass.
The cop who gave my mom the gun did take her to their shooting range and teach her to use it.
Oh, my parents never let us touch the guns. Didn't teach us to shoot, nothing. It was a Serious Thing to leave them alone. I'm scared to think what would have happened if we touched them.
Aims - May 17, 2005 12:28:18 pm PDT #9566 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I was 9.
Always gotta one up, dontcha?? Huh, huh?? *w*
§ ita § - May 17, 2005 12:30:52 pm PDT #9567 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, another cop let me hold her gun when I was 29, but she was off duty, and I was the dumbass, because my mother walked into the line of fire while I was sighting. There wasn't one in the chamber, and there was no reason my mother expected to come round the corner to that visual.
But I gave the gun right back.
It occurs to me I've never touched a real gun that wasn't a cop gun.
Connie Neil - May 17, 2005 12:31:38 pm PDT #9568 of 10001
brillig
I can outshoot my husband. He started bragging about it when he got over the macho-hit.
Aims - May 17, 2005 12:32:14 pm PDT #9569 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I've held an AK47 and a sawed off shotgun. I haven't shot anything but a BB gun.
EpicTangent - May 17, 2005 12:34:33 pm PDT #9570 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
The only guns I've ever fired were an off-duty cop's. Quite probably because the only one of my guy friends who ever took me shooting is a cop.