Comments on: Celebrating the wartime pleasure of getting loaded and cleaning your guns http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 17:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Pedantic Douchebag http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358805 Pedantic Douchebag Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358805 I can think of at least three other "jobs" one might "handle" from such an...easy... chair. Ahem. I can think of at least three other “jobs” one might “handle” from such an…easy… chair. Ahem.

]]> By: Spriggan_Prime http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358607 Spriggan_Prime Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358607 True dat, the gun oil and cordite makes the alcohol taste terrible. True dat, the gun oil and cordite makes the alcohol taste terrible.

]]> By: Spriggan_Prime http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358605 Spriggan_Prime Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358605 Sure it is, but its been fairly reliably done since 1782: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower physics is wonderful. Sure it is, but its been fairly reliably done since 1782:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower

physics is wonderful.

]]> By: shay simmons http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358507 shay simmons Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358507 It means that it's highly unlikely the thing will be loaded at any time.   It means that it’s highly unlikely the thing will be loaded at any time.  

]]> By: James B http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358351 James B Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358351 I always enjoyed photo in the SRL book, "Pranks", where someone re-painted a  Black Velvet billboard featuring Telly Savalas  They changed "feel the velvet baby" to "feel the pain baby". I always enjoyed photo in the SRL book, “Pranks”, where someone re-painted a  Black Velvet billboard featuring Telly Savalas  They changed “feel the velvet baby” to “feel the pain baby”.

]]> By: benenglish http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358107 benenglish Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358107  Sure but I don't understand your point.  Near-perfect spherical projectiles for 250-year-old smoothbore flintlock pistols are not hard to buy or make.  Sure but I don’t understand your point.  Near-perfect spherical projectiles for 250-year-old smoothbore flintlock pistols are not hard to buy or make.

]]> By: John Farrier http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358078 John Farrier Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358078 Well, true. Unless that's a five-foot tall cocktail glass in the lower scene. Many of the firearms enthusiasts that I know do indeed refer to themselves as gunnies. Well, true. Unless that’s a five-foot tall cocktail glass in the lower scene.

Many of the firearms enthusiasts that I know do indeed refer to themselves as gunnies.

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358042 Ryan Lenethen Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358042 I love ambiguous marking terms, particularly old ones. They practically even put it in air quotes. Velveted indeed! I love ambiguous marking terms, particularly old ones. They practically even put it in air quotes. Velveted indeed!

]]> By: WinstonSmith2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358024 WinstonSmith2012 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358024 "Too old to go to war and some black market booze.  Life is sweat." “Too old to go to war and some black market booze.  Life is sweat.”

]]> By: markbellis http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1358004 markbellis Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1358004 If there's no flints in the locks and no powder in the pans, then they are not likely to discharge even if loaded. Since there's only an oil can, brush and cotton wool in sight, he's probably just cleaning and oiling them - they might just be contemporary reproductions that couldn't be fired. If there’s no flints in the locks and no powder in the pans, then they are not likely to discharge even if loaded. Since there’s only an oil can, brush and cotton wool in sight, he’s probably just cleaning and oiling them – they might just be contemporary reproductions that couldn’t be fired.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357926 Ipo Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357926  That is a bong in the background, no?  That is a bong in the background, no?

]]> By: Mikeb302000 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357840 Mikeb302000 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357840  Not unless one's loaded.  I admit it's less likely with one of these than with your modern 9 mm, but the eternal truth prevails - do not mix guns with alcohol.  Not unless one’s loaded.  I admit it’s less likely with one of these than with your modern 9 mm, but the eternal truth prevails – do not mix guns with alcohol.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357724 ocker3 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357724  Isn't one of the more important elements reliably-formed shot, not just the weapon itself?  Isn’t one of the more important elements reliably-formed shot, not just the weapon itself?

]]> By: tw1515tw http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357675 tw1515tw Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357675 I'll give you my whiskey when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!  I’ll give you my whiskey when you pry it from my cold, dead hands! 

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357657 B E Pratt Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357657  Guns don't kill people. Physics kills people!      John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun  Guns don’t kill people. Physics kills people!
     John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun

]]> By: Wayne Dyer http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357642 Wayne Dyer Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357642 Revealing he also has a vest pocket on a sweater vest.  Unusual these days. Revealing he also has a vest pocket on a sweater vest.  Unusual these days.

]]> By: benenglish http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357603 benenglish Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357603 Tell that to the Cominazzo match shooters on the U.S. International Muzzle-Loading Team.    At the championship levels, the shooters wielding pistols like those depicted in that ad generally place every shot within 2 inches of target center at 25 meters, i.e. overall group size about 4 inches across.  And they can do it with real-from-the-period pieces. Tell that to the Cominazzo match shooters on the U.S. International Muzzle-Loading Team.    At the championship levels, the shooters wielding pistols like those depicted in that ad generally place every shot within 2 inches of target center at 25 meters, i.e. overall group size about 4 inches across.  And they can do it with real-from-the-period pieces.

]]> By: nachoproblem http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357602 nachoproblem Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357602 One night I was sitting in bed reading, and my apartment neighbors blew a hole in my wall right above me with a Star Wars action figure. Oh, no, I guess it was a gun. Well... but luckily that is a flintlock rather than a Glock 9mm, which means it's rather more work to prime it and then blow a hole in your neighbor's wall. One night I was sitting in bed reading, and my apartment neighbors blew a hole in my wall right above me with a Star Wars action figure. Oh, no, I guess it was a gun.

Well… but luckily that is a flintlock rather than a Glock 9mm, which means it’s rather more work to prime it and then blow a hole in your neighbor’s wall.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357595 Preston Sturges Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357595 OK, so if he's polishing a couple antiques, why does he have a bore brush on the table?   Also the brush is probably way to small for those flintlock hand cannons.  OK, so if he’s polishing a couple antiques, why does he have a bore brush on the table?  

Also the brush is probably way to small for those flintlock hand cannons. 

]]> By: Roy Skaggs http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357566 Roy Skaggs Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357566 Alternate caption: " If the Lord God Jehovah holds me in half the esteem I hold myself, he'll let me plug a Kraut with this before the war's over.  Section 8 indeed..." Alternate caption: ” If the Lord God Jehovah holds me in half the esteem I hold myself, he’ll let me plug a Kraut with this before the war’s over.  Section 8 indeed…”

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357537 robuluz Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357537 <i>I'd</i> like to make the pleasant task of resting even pleasanter! Give me an Imperial Manhattan! I’d like to make the pleasant task of resting even pleasanter! Give me an Imperial Manhattan!

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357535 robuluz Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357535 <blockquote>Santorum-vest</blockquote> Eeeewwwww!

Santorum-vest

Eeeewwwww!

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357524 pjcamp Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357524 And while you're at it, stick that nasty pipe upside down in your pocket. And while you’re at it, stick that nasty pipe upside down in your pocket.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357523 Mister44 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357523 While I am not saying it is good safety to drink and play with guns - it is a LOT harder to accidentally load and shoot a black powder flint lock than a modern semi-auto or revolver. While I am not saying it is good safety to drink and play with guns – it is a LOT harder to accidentally load and shoot a black powder flint lock than a modern semi-auto or revolver.

]]> By: Clevername http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357491 Clevername Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357491  It happens occasionally. Blackpowder doesn't deteriorate over time if kept dry and old flintlocks were commonly stored loaded with the hammer down because loading them took so long. Always assume a gun is loaded!  It happens occasionally. Blackpowder doesn’t deteriorate over time if kept dry and old flintlocks were commonly stored loaded with the hammer down because loading them took so long. Always assume a gun is loaded!

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357486 Cowicide Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357486 No one did it better than Hunter S. Thompson... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNEImAIM4L4 No one did it better than Hunter S. Thompson…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNEImAIM4L4

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357479 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357479 <blockquote>Not going to accidentally shoot yourself cleaning one of those. </blockquote>Probably not going to shoot whatever you aim at either.

Not going to accidentally shoot yourself cleaning one of those.

Probably not going to shoot whatever you aim at either.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357441 Petzl Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357441 I can't tell: is that cotton wadding or a small foothill of cocaine next to the second pistol. <i>Say hello to my little friend.</i> I can’t tell: is that cotton wadding or a small foothill of cocaine next to the second pistol. Say hello to my little friend.

]]> By: James Hightower http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357423 James Hightower Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357423 Ad Exec: "We're trying to justify telling men to drink alone at home... It's patriotic. We need an illo... Get that Rockwell guy on the horn!" Assistant: "We don't have the budget for a Norman Rockwell." Exec: "Darn. Find someone who paints like Rockwell. Get a homey scene with an easy chair. Gotta get a chair. See if he has one already painted, we've got a deadline..." I think you guys are putting in far more thought in to analyzing this ad than the Mad Men put into creating it. That painting was found in the art dept via index cards that read "Dad, hobbies, easy chair." Man's enjoying his weekend doing Manly things, I say. Lounging. Drinking. Polishing his Symbols of European Military and Cultural Dominance... Wait, which side is he on? Ad Exec: “We’re trying to justify telling men to drink alone at home… It’s patriotic. We need an illo… Get that Rockwell guy on the horn!”

Assistant: “We don’t have the budget for a Norman Rockwell.”

Exec: “Darn. Find someone who paints like Rockwell. Get a homey scene with an easy chair. Gotta get a chair. See if he has one already painted, we’ve got a deadline…”

I think you guys are putting in far more thought in to analyzing this ad than the Mad Men put into creating it. That painting was found in the art dept via index cards that read “Dad, hobbies, easy chair.” Man’s enjoying his weekend doing Manly things, I say. Lounging. Drinking. Polishing his Symbols of European Military and Cultural Dominance… Wait, which side is he on?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/celebrating-the-wartime-pleasu.html#comment-1357389 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146421#comment-1357389 This picture is the plot of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. This picture is the plot of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

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