Great Grand-dad has to prove he’s over 18 to buy a sling shot. They are called catapults here.
on 01/22/2009 at 12:31 PM
Yes, we call them slingshots. But what the old geezer is shown using (improperly) in the picture is what we call a Wrist Rocket, after the company that brought them to market here some years ago. This is not a toy slingshot at all. It is a hunting weapon for small game. Fire a 1/2” ball bearing, lead ball, or a thumb sized rock with that and it is a lethal weapon.
I am amazed that such items are still for sale in the UK without a license. Hurry and get a bunch before the gov catches on.
Better yet, invent/build your own out of 1/4” hardened steel rod and stethoscope tube. The real bad ass way is to use 4 tubes, not just two. And you need the arm brace part, really.
Englishmen use slingshots to toss chum? And maggots? Sounds unsporting to me. Baiting the fish. Most un-English. Hmmpf.
Actually, life is sometimes simple.
Used to work in liquor store in my youth. Store policy, based on state law, was simple :
“Regardless of the customer’s apparent age, if a store employee ever sells any product requiring proper identification without actually verifying same , that employee will be, without exception, removed from employment from this company.”
Although the company spokesman never said such, i wonder if that might also be the same type policy the clerk was working under?
Posted by l j
01/22/2009 at 10:55 PM
> “Frail John said he was left ‘utterly humiliated’ following the incident at the Original
> Factory Shop in Melksham, Wiltshire.”Hey John, cowboy up. Seriously. This victim-card playing shit isn’t winning you any points. It’s a loser’s game.
> ‘But when I cheekily replied ‘Do I look 18?’ she asked if I could prove it,
> and then asked me to verify this with some form of identification.And at that point, you point at your hair, your wrinkles, and simply ask, “Are you a fucking moron?”
And if they keep insisting for ID, tell them to go fuck themselves, that they’re too STUPID to have your money, and WALK THE FUCK OUT WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH.
Argentium [ There went the blood pressure. AGAIN. ]
01/24/2009 at 12:40 PM
