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.

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.)

Like this, Teppy? Owen's cousins taught him how to do it. I wasn't there when it happened.

Doing the douchebag finger-gun should carry heavy penalties! Especially if they wink and click their tongues at the same time.

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!

What if they go "pew pew pew"?

What if they go "pew pew pew"?

Hmmm. They're exempt only if they do it ironically.

Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?

Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?

Clearly you have never been hit with a blast from my finger guns.

Yes, I am a douchebag.

Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?

Perhaps we don't know the same adults...