Those were brilliant ideas. Those things closest to a child’s heart.
November 1, 2017 at 1:50 am
WayneM
Best kids costumes ever!!
November 1, 2017 at 2:40 am
Ryk E Lee
It would all of 2 hours for Mari to be expelled in a Public School, sad state of affairs, indeed.
November 1, 2017 at 2:49 am
Too Tall
Ryk,
Two hours?
The most incompetent bureaucrats on earth aren’t that slow.
Five minutes max. Heck, they would probably arrest and charge Mari and Sam with felonies before they got out of the car in the school parking lot.
Reminds me of my then 16 year old son crossing the parking lot with a potato gun across his shoulders (extra credit project for physics that looked like a large white bazooka) and a half-gallon of Everclear. Thankfully it was pre 9-11.
November 1, 2017 at 5:50 am
eon
She could always tell them she was Elmer Fudd in “What’s Opera, Doc?”;
Sounds like a more highly refined and bigger budgeted “Polish Cannon”. Usually made old school tin beer cans duct taped end to end to fire a tennis ball.
November 1, 2017 at 11:19 am
Larry
We upped the ante on ours in college and used #5 Hi-C fruit juice cans, the big ones. You could see the shock/sound wave as it moved down the hallway in the dorm.
November 1, 2017 at 8:51 am
Old Codger
My thoughts exactly, TT.
November 1, 2017 at 7:00 am
MasterDiver
J can see the snowflakes running into the night screaming “No, no, No, NO, NOOOOO!!!
Zar Belk!
November 1, 2017 at 12:16 pm
Roland Deschain
Unfortunately, that was my first thought, also! Sad, indeed!
November 1, 2017 at 4:01 am
jdow
9mm round? THAT costume in California could probably get the wearer and her mother some time in prison.
{^_^}
(Mumble mumble – I wonder if I could go as a 12 inch projectile. Daddy could be the battleship. And…..)
November 1, 2017 at 7:01 am
MasterDiver
Go Full Bore: 18-inch! (IJN Yamato)
Zar Belk!
November 1, 2017 at 11:02 am
John D. Egbert
Also IJN Mushashi. Both squandered to no avail.
November 1, 2017 at 5:13 pm
Interventor
Thankfully
November 1, 2017 at 4:25 am
JackDeth 72
And Mari can probably tell you the drop ratio of a 9mm round at 50 yards.
Not certain if that’s cool or scary.
November 1, 2017 at 7:58 am
Pamela
That is scary cool. Like nitrous in a car.
November 1, 2017 at 4:45 am
Browncoat
But I thought she found 9mm “boring”? At least reloading them…
November 1, 2017 at 5:53 am
derfel cadarn
I’m more of a 357 guy, but this is great !
November 1, 2017 at 7:54 am
JackDeth 72
.45 ACP Colt Commander…. Though, I do like my vintage WWII German 9mm Walther P-38. Its heavy slide eats up a lot of recoil.
November 1, 2017 at 7:42 am
Johnny Z
Makes me wish my daughter was 9 years old again so I could dress her up politically incorrect… Maybe some day I’ll have grand kids to dress up…
November 1, 2017 at 8:04 am
Pamela
The girls costumes remind me of the year my daughter went as Strawberry Shortcake and my son went as an Army Chaplain carrying an American flag, a bible with his .45 on his hip. People asked why. He said it was D-Day, and he was at Omaha beach.
November 1, 2017 at 8:41 am
JackDeth 72
You raised your son right, Pamela.
No rule against Chaplains, Medics, or Corpsman being armed in a Combat Zone. Air Force Para Rescue Men (P.J.) are some of the most highly trained and armed in the business.
November 1, 2017 at 1:50 pm
gruundehn
All medics, under the Geneva Conventions, must be unarmed at all times to qualify as medics and get the protections therein. Pararescue Jumpers do not qualify under the Geneva Conventions’ rules and they are proud of that.
November 1, 2017 at 5:16 pm
Interventor
Noncombatantants aren’t supposed to carry offensive weapons. Pistols are defined as defensive weapons.
November 1, 2017 at 8:32 pm
gruundehn
Pararescue Jumpers carry M-16’s.
November 1, 2017 at 10:53 am
Gee Miller
I love so many of the DBD strips, but this is my all-time favorite.
Really.Gee
November 1, 2017 at 12:07 pm
cfm56dash7
Para bellum.
November 1, 2017 at 12:20 pm
'TreHammer
I can’t wait for the future happenings when those two start dating.
November 1, 2017 at 3:01 pm
Pamela
That shall be interesting especially after Auntie Naomi teaches them some interesting stuff. Oh, and the proper use and cleaning of knives.
Projectiles don’t have “drop ratios”. Just “drop”. At fifty yards you typically don’t have enough drop to make a difference. Depending on the pistol, even at 100 yards you may not have to change the sight picture by much, on a reasonably sized target.
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Awww, shoot! They are sooo cute!
Absolutely effing creative GENIUS…
A 9? Nah, that kid’s a 10!
What Skye could have been like had she been compatible with Sam. The two together as grownups will be fantastic.
Now that is an interesting thought….what would Sam and Skye wear as big girl Halloween costumes?
That’s awesome!
More awesome if Mari were a Hollow Point.
No, she has way too much sense in her head to be a “hollow” point.
Zar Belk!
*Rimshot!*
“Master Diver’s here all week, folks…..
Try the veal. Don’t forget to tip your Wait Staff!”
Nice one, too.
And not a Dum-Dum round either!
Awesome. Some child shows up at my house in that costume, they get ALL the candy!
Those were brilliant ideas. Those things closest to a child’s heart.
Best kids costumes ever!!
It would all of 2 hours for Mari to be expelled in a Public School, sad state of affairs, indeed.
Ryk,
Two hours?
The most incompetent bureaucrats on earth aren’t that slow.
Five minutes max. Heck, they would probably arrest and charge Mari and Sam with felonies before they got out of the car in the school parking lot.
Reminds me of my then 16 year old son crossing the parking lot with a potato gun across his shoulders (extra credit project for physics that looked like a large white bazooka) and a half-gallon of Everclear. Thankfully it was pre 9-11.
She could always tell them she was Elmer Fudd in “What’s Opera, Doc?”;
https://vimeo.com/115773980
Not that that would make them any happier.
clear ether
eon
Beat me to it.
Sounds like a more highly refined and bigger budgeted “Polish Cannon”. Usually made old school tin beer cans duct taped end to end to fire a tennis ball.
We upped the ante on ours in college and used #5 Hi-C fruit juice cans, the big ones. You could see the shock/sound wave as it moved down the hallway in the dorm.
My thoughts exactly, TT.
J can see the snowflakes running into the night screaming “No, no, No, NO, NOOOOO!!!
Zar Belk!
Unfortunately, that was my first thought, also! Sad, indeed!
9mm round? THAT costume in California could probably get the wearer and her mother some time in prison.
{^_^}
(Mumble mumble – I wonder if I could go as a 12 inch projectile. Daddy could be the battleship. And…..)
Go Full Bore: 18-inch! (IJN Yamato)
Zar Belk!
Also IJN Mushashi. Both squandered to no avail.
Thankfully
And Mari can probably tell you the drop ratio of a 9mm round at 50 yards.
Not certain if that’s cool or scary.
That is scary cool. Like nitrous in a car.
But I thought she found 9mm “boring”? At least reloading them…
I’m more of a 357 guy, but this is great !
.45 ACP Colt Commander…. Though, I do like my vintage WWII German 9mm Walther P-38. Its heavy slide eats up a lot of recoil.
Makes me wish my daughter was 9 years old again so I could dress her up politically incorrect… Maybe some day I’ll have grand kids to dress up…
The girls costumes remind me of the year my daughter went as Strawberry Shortcake and my son went as an Army Chaplain carrying an American flag, a bible with his .45 on his hip. People asked why. He said it was D-Day, and he was at Omaha beach.
You raised your son right, Pamela.
No rule against Chaplains, Medics, or Corpsman being armed in a Combat Zone. Air Force Para Rescue Men (P.J.) are some of the most highly trained and armed in the business.
All medics, under the Geneva Conventions, must be unarmed at all times to qualify as medics and get the protections therein. Pararescue Jumpers do not qualify under the Geneva Conventions’ rules and they are proud of that.
Noncombatantants aren’t supposed to carry offensive weapons. Pistols are defined as defensive weapons.
Pararescue Jumpers carry M-16’s.
I love so many of the DBD strips, but this is my all-time favorite.
Really.Gee
Para bellum.
I can’t wait for the future happenings when those two start dating.
That shall be interesting especially after Auntie Naomi teaches them some interesting stuff. Oh, and the proper use and cleaning of knives.
Always be aware of your surroundings, the environment, and exactly what is going on. per joke example.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3f1f42cd2fd92bd00f817643e79a5895c1da2ca8f6152e4d435408e0783f8142.jpg
OOHHH !!!!
What happened to the candy….
Projectiles don’t have “drop ratios”. Just “drop”. At fifty yards you typically don’t have enough drop to make a difference. Depending on the pistol, even at 100 yards you may not have to change the sight picture by much, on a reasonably sized target.