If someone walked up to you at a party and said...
"Firearms as tools for hunting and defense speaks to their heuristic value, certainly, but wholly misses the aesthetic and psychological, which, judging by the number of guns sold vs game tags issued and reported incidents of armed homeowners actually foiling intruders each year, would indicate that use of firearms for stated purpose is a far second to their imagined use, i.e., what they uniquely represent and engender on a very personal level. An H&R Topper and Winchester 21 likely will get done the purpose for which they are designed, as will either a Ford or Ferrari. But what is it about the sound of a 275GTB long-nose or the fit and finish of an old Winchester double that incites imagination and lust far beyond utility and mere assemblage of parts? To me, holding a Colt Model 1911 is a connection to Sergeant York and Belleau Wood and Manila John Basilone, a conversation over cigars with John Moses Browning, a renewed love for my country and a host of other reveries and emotions that certainly cannot be the result of my punching holes in paper with it on a Sunday afternoon. In a sense, guns stand to my daydreams as Walter Mitty's "pocketa-pocket-pocketa" stood to his"...
would you:
(1) excuse yourself and get another drink
(2) nod knowingly and occasionally mutter: "um-hum"
(3) administer the Vulcan death grip to the speaker
(4) honestly admit you had no clue what the speaker was saying.
(5) attempt to come up with something equally erudite and cogent, realizing that to fail would mean ridicule and shame.
would you:
(1) excuse yourself and get another drink
(2) nod knowingly and occasionally mutter: "um-hum"
(3) administer the Vulcan death grip to the speaker
(4) honestly admit you had no clue what the speaker was saying.
(5) attempt to come up with something equally erudite and cogent, realizing that to fail would mean ridicule and shame.
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It sounds like the guy has at least two brain cells to rub together, and is able to elucidate the human attraction towards firearms without braindead sloganeering or ham-fisted yokelese.
This puts him considerably in the minority as firearms owners go, I might add.
Addendum: since everyone here can at least grasp the nuances of using a computer, I'm going to assume this doesn't apply to you.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
It sounds like the guy has at least two brain cells to rub together, and is able to elucidate the human attraction towards firearms without braindead sloganeering or ham-fisted yokelese.
This puts him considerably in the minority as firearms owners go, I might add.
Addendum: since everyone here can at least grasp the nuances of using a computer, I'm going to assume this doesn't apply to you.
You would be wrong.0 -
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I'd say "Thank you very much Sigmund Fraud." 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
It sounds like the guy has at least two brain cells to rub together, and is able to elucidate the human attraction towards firearms without braindead sloganeering or ham-fisted yokelese.
This puts him considerably in the minority as firearms owners go, I might add.
Addendum: since everyone here can at least grasp the nuances of using a computer, I'm going to assume this doesn't apply to you.
You would be wrong.
While rhetoric is a valuable skill, so is diplomacy [:P]0 -
(6) None of the above... 0 -
I'd do #3. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
I'd do #3.
That's a shame, because then you would have lost the chance to allow the man to teach you something that could have moved you foreword in your life.
Why would anyone want to destroy the chance to make their life better just because they were faced with someone who knew more than they did?
We, as a people, get better by facing the things we don't know, not by repeating the things we do wrong every day.[:)]0 -
I would say:
"Sounds like you run around with a dictionary and a thesaurus looking for ways to mesmerize folks with your b*stardization of the English language; which might impress an English teacher - but not me.
If you can't communicate conversationally, go away, don't bother me".
If that didn't work, I'd insert the barrel of my .357 in his ear, and he would take everything he said back![:D]0 -
Mr Blesser is a bit more complicated than some may give him credit.
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I'd be tempted to say "Pardon me, have you any Grey Poupon?"
Did that once at Disney World as we passed a couple on a ride.0 -
I would answer "absolutely" then I would tell him his wife has a fantastic bottom! 0 -
I would say....with a serious face "I like spaghetti!"...and then turn and walk away slowly. I am certain that would make someone shoot their beer out of there nose!! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
It sounds like the guy has at least two brain cells to rub together, and is able to elucidate the human attraction towards firearms without braindead sloganeering or ham-fisted yokelese.
This puts him considerably in the minority as firearms owners go, I might add.
Addendum: since everyone here can at least grasp the nuances of using a computer, I'm going to assume this doesn't apply to you.
You would be wrong.
While rhetoric is a valuable skill, so is diplomacy [:P]
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