08-25-10 – The Book of Armaments

I would like thank ravnostic for the earworm in tonight’s thread. I love the entry, it’s brilliant, but damn you for making me sing that song all.freaking.night.long.

/but that won’t keep the boys from making a buck or two

Meah. You think you got problems? I’ve had that song in my head now for two farkin’ days!!

/they mix ’em up right in the kitchen sink

I like the hand gun.

In case anybody was wondering…

Yes, this is the largest model I currently own. I took the gun outside, set it up on a couple of chairs and shot out over my Amish neighbor’s fields (at one point he and his kids came over to ask what the heck I was doing – I think I’m beginning to worry him). I ran a section of plastic hose up into the breech of the gun and plugged it into my airbrush air compressor, then poured baby powder down the barrel. I hit the shutter button while turning on the compressor. I had hoped to try some other shots, like slowing down the shutter speed and placing some figures in the foreground, but I managed to damage some of the delicate bits of the gun and decided to take it back into my secret underground weapons lab for repairs.

The cool thing about Leopold is that I’ve actually touched this gun at Aberdeen. It is HUGE. I’m really interested to see how they move it from Maryland to Virginia. Even though it’s on rails, it will likely be disassembled and moved in pieces. Its new home will be indoors, away from the elements.

I’ve got nothing for this contest. I might get inspired after the tot goes to bed, but right now I have no ideas.

You have tots? Then you have stuffed animoos. Hold one hostage at knifepoint. 😉

Done and done.

Still looking for #3.