When I was a kid, there were no electric water guns that came in all the frooty colours of the rainbow… our guns were OD green and furnished with integral knuckle dusters! And we LIKED it that way! When things escalated and we went to war, it was Daisy BB guns! Not bloody paint guns and (hork, spit) pads! When we got home, we got a lickin’ for being irresponsible with our guns!!!
Fuggin kids have it WAY to easy these days…
Who remembers how squirtgun water tasted when you squirted it into your mouth?
ReplyDeleteI drew the line at BB gun fights. You'd get shot in the face or, Lord help us all, the wedding tackle.
ReplyDeleteOne day while out horseback riding, I got ambushed. Three of them, and me unarmed. I returned with a .22 loaded with shot shells.
I knew kids that did the BB gun thing, but our crew stuck with dirt clods, unripe avocados and green citrus (from San Diego, member?). My neck of the semi rural county had domestic and feral avocado, orange, lemon and grapefruit trees. BB guns don't stand a chance against grenades, I mean avocados, at 60 mph.
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