I went to this guy's house and he had a car.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
when people come over I tell them to be careful of the chainsaw I keep on my table, continuously running, filling the house with exhaust
how normal is it to keep a chainsaw on the table? I dunno, seems pretty normal to me, I grew up with them, my daddy was a chainsaw
― dayo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisons, so yes, I'd view that quite differently from guns. Or knives, or swords or any number of other dangerous things. Because guns and poisons aren't analogous.
An unloaded gun can't do anything to you - is there such a thing as 'unloaded arsenic,' Emily?
― milo z, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Milo, would you really be comfortable with a guy who had a table full of poisons in his living room? They're just inanimate objects, you know.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:39 PM (7 minutes ago)
guns have multiple functions, poisons only have oh fuck me are we really going to do this again
― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisons
taxidermyorhousekeeping
― n/a, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
I was taught that a gun is always loaded – i.e. don't lay it casually on tables or point it at anybody even if the magazine is empty.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
I did grow up with dangerous power tools laying around on the reg.
Of course, both my parents smoking until I was 16 was infinitely more dangerous than the guns or saws.
― milo z, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
What if he was a metallurgist for christ's sake.
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
(the arsenic man, obvs.)
i'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisonsI'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisons
bar hopping?
sometimes i just leave my black belt out there, on the table
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
― M. White, Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:46 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
Cars scare the shit out of me.
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
what about babies – they bite and scream
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
could you make a gun that was also a car
― dayo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
like maybe tie a gun to a golf cart
i remember coming back from grandma's, curling up in the chamber of a gun and falling asleep.
― elks thunder, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Look, I get where the gun law advocates are coming from and where the enthusiasts are coming from but I really think that debate should go to one of those threads. I don't think webinar is going to convince his friends to get rid of guns and if he wants to befriend this guy and maybe hang out and watch daft sitcoms w/him, he wants to figure out the gun etiquette. Personally, I think it's a two-way street but he can probably determine what he thinks by starting a thread in his own head.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
xp: oh, so this is you
Gun Etiquette
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/447736065_5d92df34cf.jpg
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.thelittletinsoldier.com/catalog/images/GAS1%20Assyrian%20Chariot.jpg
Early version
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
If I could make my car into a gun, I would do so in a HEARTBEAT
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
cars are just guns w/ wheels
― iatee, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
most cars I know of don't have triggers that start a combustion event that launches a projectile at a target; maybe I should reinvestigate American auto makers
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
guys guys guys guys guys
I just figured out what gun spelled backwards is
― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ohio.edu/people/urieli/stirling/engines/Alpha_Stirling.gif
― elks thunder, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
it's all a perspective thing
― iatee, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
next gun etiquette question, and I guess both q's can still be answered by any knowledgeable person, is it impolite to stare at someone's gun, in fear or awe or whatever, if they are legally open carrying it in a public place
― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, December 1, 2011 4:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
it's probably slightly impolite but a bigger danger is being drawn into a conversation with that person about that gun.
― slandblox goole, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
they want you to stare
― elks thunder, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
goole OTM
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
― OH NOES, Thursday, December 1, 2011 2:03 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
I can't tell if you're being serious or not. : )
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
the open-carrying person might misinterpret your stare of fear or awe as a rmde "why are you an attention-seeking dick" stare, especially if (as seems highly probable) he is an attention-seeking dick
― Brad C., Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
If I went to the house of someone I did not know and that person had guns out on the table I would feel very uncomfortable because I did not know that person or his/her gun safety habits or his/her homicidal inclinations. So to that end, it would seem reasonable to put your guests at ease by stowing the firearms with asking.
― thejenny, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
withOUT asking, I meant to say.
― thejenny, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
"Oh don't worry, the homicidal urges only really kick in on Tuesdays."
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
Also I would be worried watching King of Queens would drive me to turn one of the guns on myself.
― thejenny, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
considering all of the CBS sitcoms of the past 10 years, you can go so much worse than King of Queens
yes I am looking at you, According to Jim and Yes, Dear
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Can we talk about guns some more, and maybe cars, before we go down the King of Queens road once again?
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
thejenny, it would be so much easier to just go all Elvis on the TV
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I was just about to say, please don't turn another gun etiquette thread into a discussion about king of queens
― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
I was in Florida over Thanksgiving. There sure were a lot of gun shops there. I think ppl in Florida love guns a lot.
― ~curious orange~, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
if ever I open a business, I will hang a sign that says:
NO CONCEALED WEAPONS OR DISCUSSION OF CBS SITUATION COMEDIES ALLOWED ON THESE PREMISES
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
i am still totally baffled by the story that kicked this thread off
― cad, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
King of Queens Road is the Hong Kong version of the show I think.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
what about, cad
― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:48 PM (2 hours ago)
sure, let's! name one other than killing people/animals
― k3vin k., Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
I've driven though Queens before but saw nary a King.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
lol there was not a gun thread that turned into a KoQ thread, was there?
tbh I've never seen the show and I think I was confusing it with Everbody Loves Raymond. Or that Jim Belushi one.
― thejenny, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
starting a footrace
xxpost
― superb mario bothers (crüt) (step hen faps), Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
there are all sorts of hilarious uses for guns
― dayo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link