Happy Birthday

 

1. I’m pretty sure that’d be ole Sam Colt…

   Posted by WarWagon       07/19/2005  at  10:18 AM  



2. Samuel Colt it is, indeed, although my first though was “John Moses Browning.”

   Posted by JSThane       07/19/2005  at  12:15 PM  



3. Good Ole Samuel Colt, creater of “the equalizer”, a truly Great American. 

   Also, is this not also the 36th anniversary of The Great Chappaquiddick Splashdown ?  An example of a truly not-so great-American… The world’s oldest Juvenile Delinquent, the Runt of the Litter.

   National Lampoon Magazine crated this
   VW ad parody back in 1973.

   LC RP

   Posted by Rat Patrol       07/19/2005  at  01:10 PM  



4. This, from Wikipedia:

   In the 15th century the term pistol was used for small knives and daggers which could be concealed in a person’s clothing. By the 18th century the term came to be used exclusively to refer to small firearms.

   LC RP

   Posted by Rat Patrol       07/19/2005  at  02:10 PM  



5. Pistol
   Pistoia is a town 21 miles northwest of Florence, Italy.  During the Middle Ages it was a manufacturing center for small handguns.  The pistol came to reference the city where they were made.

   Not fair, OCM. Your wop heritage gives you an unfair advantage.

   

   Posted by The Skipper       07/19/2005  at  02:19 PM  



6. Mrs. History buff didn’t know.*looks ashamed*

   Btw-We finally got cable today-just in time for Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week”!!!!
   par-TY! woo-hoo!

   Posted by Annoying Little Twerp       07/19/2005  at  05:16 PM  



7. Ground up sharks make good cat food…

   and visa versa...although the grinding doesn’t have to be as much.

   Yeah, that’ll get her goin’.

   Posted by StinKerr       07/19/2005  at  10:30 PM  



8. WATCH IT Grass-hoppa!*fangs*

   Posted by Annoying Little Twerp       07/19/2005  at  10:44 PM  



9. Watch out, guys! That’s a thoroughly dangerous twerp there! Especially when you pick on her finny friends.

   Shark-fin soup, anyone?

   

   Posted by The Skipper       07/19/2005  at  11:01 PM  



10. Dis ship is waaay overdue for a hostile takeover.
    ARGH!

    Posted by Annoying Little Twerp       07/19/2005  at  11:04 PM  



11. Twerp: You and whose Marine Corps? We have the US Marines, Army & Air Force on our side here!

    Perhaps Saddam Hussein can loan you some troops?

    ARRH-ARH-ARH ....

    

    Posted by The Skipper       07/19/2005  at  11:09 PM  



12. The last time I looked in a ship’s armory they had Thompsons and riot guns along with the issue rifles of the day. We also carried 1911’s on watch in those days. I couldn’t believe it when the gunners apes broke out the fifty cal and tripod mount, no , for a little training. This was on an old destroyer tin-can.

    I’m hoping this bucket ship is as well equipped.

    Oh, and the ossifers had swords, too.

    With those fangs in the water, we may need it all.

    Posted by StinKerr       07/19/2005  at  11:36 PM  



13. Sharks, the other white meat…

    LC RP

    Posted by Rat Patrol       07/20/2005  at  08:56 AM  

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