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"To tell the truth, the kind of hunter I am is the go-to-a-fancy-quail-plantation kind, where they chase a lot of birds at you and every now and then you shoot a quail (or, if youre Dick Cheney, a lawyer).
I have a small, lightweight, fancy-quail-plantation type of shotgun, a 28-gauge side-by-side firing little shells with 7 shot in them. Using this to shoot something that would feed a family (which a quail wouldnt) is problematic. I might as well throw a frisbee at Canadian geese.
As for actual big game, such as moose, my only hope would be something like a mafia hit. Id have to lure the moose to a sit-down someplace where it thought it was safe (Loyal Order of Moose fraternal gathering at the local Moose Lodge?), and sneak up behind it, and at very close range Bada Bing!
And even this, with a 28-gauge and 7 shot, might only annoy the moose."
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PJ's agent, who summered here for years, was as funny. His father "had such a bad temper the mafia wouldn't have him."
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"To tell the truth, the kind of hunter I am is the go-to-a-fancy-quail-plantation kind, where they chase a lot of birds at you and every now and then you shoot a quail (or, if youre Dick Cheney, a lawyer).
I have a small, lightweight, fancy-quail-plantation type of shotgun, a 28-gauge side-by-side firing little shells with 7 shot in them. Using this to shoot something that would feed a family (which a quail wouldnt) is problematic. I might as well throw a frisbee at Canadian geese.
As for actual big game, such as moose, my only hope would be something like a mafia hit. Id have to lure the moose to a sit-down someplace where it thought it was safe (Loyal Order of Moose fraternal gathering at the local Moose Lodge?), and sneak up behind it, and at very close range Bada Bing!
And even this, with a 28-gauge and 7 shot, might only annoy the moose." Not really funny, just stupid. JR
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Or maybe satirical, cynical?
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The whole article is hilarious and worth reading. Look it up. I got it in The Crux.
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bada bing, bada bing...well done... http://www.pjorourke.com/
Last edited by ed good; 11/20/18 01:32 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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If you can't find humour in PJ O'Rourke's writing, you mean need a funny bone transplant. From his origins in National Lampoon Magazine through his transformation into a smart conservative commentator, the guy is consistently hilarious.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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I generally find his work worth the read, but I found this one not so laugh-y. I couldn't help but think what his being shot with a 28 gauge and 7 1/2's might incur. Ha.......ha?
JR
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I routinely read PJ when he was at National Lampoon. His early books were funny too. He was very funny until he got too big for his britches a few years back when he endorsed Hilary for prez. Now he makes his living making fun of deplorable folk. He can take his 28 gauge and stick it.
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I routinely read PJ when he was at National Lampoon. His early books were funny too. He was very funny until he got too big for his britches a few years back when he endorsed Hilary for prez. Now he makes his living making fun of deplorable folk. He can take his 28 gauge and stick it. At last the truth.
Out there doing it best I can.
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