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Made in the shade, with a big fat grenade

By Robert Basler
January 4, 2011
guns | humor | military

overkill rpgs this 490

Hey Blog Guy! I got a real gun for Christmas – a revolver! So where can I go to show people what a bad-ass I am now?

I’m afraid the bad-ass world has passed you buy, Ace. Little-bitty handguns just don’t do it anymore.

overkill smurfs 340Really? What does it take these days?

Check out this top photo. These dudes, showing off their new rocket propelled grenades, appear to be ready for the world’s shortest gang fight.

I’d say it will last about a quarter of a second, from the time the first shot is fired.

Oh. I was thinking about going south of the border. What about Colombia?

Are you stupid? Even the Smurfs have their own army down there!

The SMURFS are armed?

Sure. Look at this photo on the right. That’s Unstable Smurf showing off his grenade collection before heading off to “teach Gargamel a thing or two.” Hey, where you going?

Out to exchange my gun for a Kindle.

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Top: Palestinian Fatah members carry rocket propelled grenades during a parade at Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, southern Lebanon, to mark the 46th anniversary of founding the Fateh movement, December 31, 2010. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Right: A police officer stands behind part of a display of 345 grenades seized in the rural area of the municipality of Buga, during a news conference in Cali December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga

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Jan 4, 2011
4:28 pm UTC

Deleted scenes from the movie Charlie and the Live Ammo Factory.

Posted by Nosmo_King | Report as abusive
 
Jan 4, 2011
7:24 pm UTC

Poor Ace suffering from RPG envy. Well Ace go ahead and get a Kindle but come the zombie apocalypse you will wish you stuck with the revolver. Unless you plan on using the Kindle to double-tap a zombie in the head in which case you just broke the Kindle and can’t even read Great Expectations as the zombie nibbles on your leg. Bummer dude.

Posted by iflydaplanes | Report as abusive
 
Jan 5, 2011
9:06 am UTC

I think they would like to read Twilight…

Posted by Shra | Report as abusive
 
Jan 5, 2011
10:39 am UTC

Why do they display seized weapons? :-(

Posted by fwd079 | Report as abusive
 
Jan 5, 2011
1:52 pm UTC

Umm…. that could be a tricky one, fwd… you see… it could have something to do with the police showing that they ACTUALLY work?

Posted by Shra | Report as abusive
 
Jan 5, 2011
4:25 pm UTC

Eggjactly, Spin!

Posted by Shra | Report as abusive
 
Jan 5, 2011
9:46 pm UTC

If they are going to display the grenades, can they not at least line them up neatly?

Posted by CrowGirl | Report as abusive
 
Jan 5, 2011
10:06 pm UTC

Exactly, Crow. I refer you to another recent posting:
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 10/04/06/high-caliber-artistes-needed/

Posted by rcbasler | Report as abusive
 
Jan 6, 2011
4:25 pm UTC

Look at the last line Unca, they completely messed it up!

Posted by Shra | Report as abusive
 
Jan 10, 2011
9:13 am UTC

I think Cavey Davey is enjoying his bit of the sunshine… can be hard work lying on a beach doing nothing, you know…

Posted by Shra | Report as abusive
 

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