I have to agree with Zen. It's one thing if a group of kids are playing a game and going bang-bang at each other. It's another when a pissed off kid knows enough to point at shoot at someone he's mad at, then he's communicating a threat and it needs to be addressed.
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SailAweigh - May 18, 2010 5:56:58 am PDT #19714 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Sparky1 - May 18, 2010 6:12:15 am PDT #19715 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I am reminded of when my not-quite two year old nephew (now 17) who had no gun like toys pointed a banana at me and said, "POW!"
Stephanie - May 18, 2010 6:15:36 am PDT #19716 of 30000
Trust my rage
Frisco uses his finger as a gun all the time now. He saw other kids doing it at daycare, knows it is not allowed, and thus loves to "shoot" at Ellie, who promptly hits the roof because she knows it is not supposed to happen. I try telling her to ignore him because he only does it to get a response, but at almost 5, she doesn't really get that.
ION, there are census workers checking in with their supervisor at the coffee shop I'm working from this morning (MIL in the house) and it seems sort of patriotic - like our constitution is working right in front of me.
Steph L. - May 18, 2010 6:42:12 am PDT #19717 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think kids should *definitely* be suspended if the do the "gun" thing with their hands -- as long as they're doing it in the cheesy way that, say, Larry from Marketing does to indicate something along the lines of "You betcha, sporto!"
(Does everyone know what I'm talking about? I don't know a shorthand term for that cheesy I'm-"shooting"-at-you-to-indicate-I-agree-and-am-totally-cool" thingy.)
Cashmere - May 18, 2010 6:45:14 am PDT #19718 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Like this, Teppy? Owen's cousins taught him how to do it. I wasn't there when it happened.
Zenkitty - May 18, 2010 6:50:57 am PDT #19719 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Doing the douchebag finger-gun should carry heavy penalties! Especially if they wink and click their tongues at the same time.
Steph L. - May 18, 2010 7:25:19 am PDT #19720 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Like this, Teppy?
Yes!
Especially if they wink and click their tongues at the same time.
You know exactly what I'm talking about! It's SO obnoxious!
§ ita § - May 18, 2010 7:25:58 am PDT #19721 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What if they go "pew pew pew"?
Steph L. - May 18, 2010 7:33:03 am PDT #19722 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What if they go "pew pew pew"?
Hmmm. They're exempt only if they do it ironically.
tommyrot - May 18, 2010 7:35:05 am PDT #19723 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?