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By: Uncle Badger

Uncle Badger — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:57:44 +0000

Oh, yes, Gibby. Trust me – a .22 air rifle will take out a rat or a runny babbit as long as you get a decent shot.

And McGoo? You’re a tease

By: Steamboat McGoo

Steamboat McGoo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:24:27 +0000

Gibby – the weapon Badger is talking about is a Euro air-rifle (I think), not a Daisy. They use pellets or darts(?) and really thump out the horsepower and are waaaay more accurate. Ain’t exactly cheap, either.

But it’s a pity I can’t loan Badger my Rugar MkII .22 target pistol with the bull barrel, scope, and “attachment” that makes it real quiet. One shot, one kill.

…and I would kill for some Roast Beef w/Yorkshire Pudding right now!

By: Gibby Haynes

Gibby Haynes — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:34:23 +0000

I dunno. A Full English, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Fish and Chips are giants amongst men. And don’t get me started on cheese…

Will a BB gun actually do any damage to a rat? I used to know this kid whose family owned a farm when we were kids, and we decided – as you do – to murder a pigeon one day. After about 50 pellets from an air rifle it decided it was injured enough to fall off the rafter it’d been sat on whilst we shot it. But by that time we’d run out of pellets so we had to step on it to put it out of its misery.

By: Old Iron

Old Iron — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:04:14 +0000

Reading British literature is not bad.

Eating their food is. Why do you think that a true brit eats more curry than anything else?

-Kidney pie anyone?

By: porknbean

porknbean — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:18:51 +0000

I read Jane Austen and have an overwhelming desire to have hired help.

Weasel, I am with you on those tails. Too much resemblance to worms. I hate worms.

By: Steamboat McGoo

Steamboat McGoo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:23:49 +0000

I know what you mean, Mrs. Peel. I on occasion re-read James Clavell’s ‘Shogun’ – and have an overwhelming urge to subsist on rice and tuna while I’m reading it.

By: Mrs. Peel

Mrs. Peel — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:18:50 +0000

I am reading random stuff by British authors, and am getting a hankerin’ for fish ‘n’ chips.

I figure as long as I don’t crave fruitcake or a chip butty, I’m ok.

By: gnus

gnus — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:17:40 +0000

Makes me glad that all I have to deal with is my legion of lizards.

By: Steamboat McGoo

Steamboat McGoo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:05:31 +0000

Take ‘em out a whole ‘nother door, Badge! Kill ‘em all and let Allah sort ‘em out! Sounds like the Stocky Man set you up with the Good Stuff.

I had gophers in AZ for a while. I took great pleasure in blowing them up – one at a time. It was an outstanding exercise in patience and stealth.

You might try blowing them up just for a change of pace. It’ll also secure & maintain your reputation in the neighborhood as being a bit daft – always a good thing.

By: Uncle Badger

Uncle Badger — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:07:19 +0000

There was a distinct coolness on the transatlantic wires when Uncle Badger returned from a trip to his local gunsmith last week, armed with a brand new .22 air rat-smasher.

Yes, I’m afraid Badger House has a lat plobrem (in the garden, I should add – the only problem inside is lazy badgers).

I’m not a great fan of killing small, furry animals, but already this year I must have offed several dozen mice and I really don’t like having rats around so…

The conversation went like this:

UB: ‘OK, so the rifle and sights are fine. What do you reckon for getting my eye back in?”

Stocky man with dodgy accent: ‘Yeah well, these’ll be fine for targets. But… hahaha… when you want to Do The Business…” (hands over small box of nasty looking plastic-sleeved killing stuff)

UB : ‘Ooooh! We are in a re-make of Lock, Stock and Three Smoking Barrels! I can do this! I know that look!’

Rats of Badger House, be warned. When ye Miftreff of ye Houfe doth go to towne upon ye infernal Weasel bicycle to partake of manuscriptes in ye librarium, Uncle Badger has got a gun.

And he is going to use it!

We’re mean that way, us badgers.