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BigmanPigman

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8. I showed that movie to my dad and he couldn't have one

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 11:21 PM

Dec 2017

because he "would shoot his eye out". I quizzed my grandparents separately for confirmation and when I asked them why my dad couldn't have one they both said word for word and matter of factly, "He'd shoot his eye out". We still laugh over it.

What is "a compass, a stalk, and a thing which tells time"? I can't figure that out.

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OK, raise your hand if you had a Daisey Red Ryder BB gun. [View all] trof Dec 2017 OP

Nope, sorry, but elleng Dec 2017 #1

Well damn. You're a GURL! trof Dec 2017 #2

I did. I am a girl. DURHAM D Dec 2017 #3

Ha. You beat me. trof Dec 2017 #4

HA! No BB gun, elleng Dec 2017 #5

Raise your hand if you shot your eye out? n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #6

Nope, had a Sears Roebuck one Yonnie3 Dec 2017 #7

I showed that movie to my dad and he couldn't have one BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #8

I think there was a small magnetic compass in the stock (stalk). trof Jun 2018 #11

no, I probably would have shot my eye out, or my brothers eye! Canoe52 Feb 2018 #9

I accidently shot my cousin in the thigh. Boy, did I catch hell! demosincebirth May 2018 #10