OT - Stupid things

[Webstral]

In defense of Texas, the state would do pretty well as its own nation. In terms of population, Texas has more people than the median UN member. In terms of land mass, Texas has plenty. Geography and geology are varied. The agricultural base, industrial base, and extractive industries are all well-developed. If there's a part of the state you don't like, there are plenty of other places to go. I haven't spent a lot of time in Texas, but I like it well enough. Were I still a single man, I probably would have left California years ago and ended up in Arizona or Texas (where gun laws and the climate are to my liking, if not always the rest of the politics).

[weswood]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

These aren't sex laws, but...

2) It's illegal in Texas to hunt with a sword, a sword being defined as being a weapon with a blade of more than 15 inches or a total length of 24 inches or greater.

Damnit! There goes the hog hunt me & a friend were planning. I guess it'll be pistols.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by weswood

I guess it'll be pistols.

Black powder duelling pistols I should hope!?

[weswood]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Black powder duelling pistols I should hope!?

Heeeyyyyy, I like the way you think. But it will have to be cap & ball revolvers, don't have any dueling pistols.

[Graebarde]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

2) It's illegal in Texas to hunt with a sword, a sword being defined as being a weapon with a blade of more than 15 inches or a total length of 24 inches or greater.

BUT you can bait and trap game.. or shoot them from aircraft. Shows where there are guts and sports involved here eh? I say we get the sword repealed, better yet make it the only way to harvest feral hogs... go out with a long blade or spear and face the tusker face to face.. rather then turn your dogs on it and let it rip them up so you can staple them together and wrap some duct tape on them. (got that second hand info from a taxidermist friend of mine when we were discussing a hog he was working on.).

They don't HUNT in Texas, they only HARVEST.. Yeah it's one of my peeves of the Great State of Texas, and has been since I got here in '87.

[weswood]

Originally Posted by Graebarde

BUT you can bait and trap game.. or shoot them from aircraft. Shows where there are guts and sports involved here eh? I say we get the sword repealed, better yet make it the only way to harvest feral hogs... go out with a long blade or spear and face the tusker face to face.. rather then turn your dogs on it and let it rip them up so you can staple them together and wrap some duct tape on them. (got that second hand info from a taxidermist friend of mine when we were discussing a hog he was working on.).

They don't HUNT in Texas, they only HARVEST.. Yeah it's one of my peeves of the Great State of Texas, and has been since I got here in '87.

I like to think of it as AMBUSHING, specially deer. I mean, you set up a feeder that goes off at dawn and dusk, luring the deer to feed. Then you set up a stand, 10' pluss off the ground, in easy rifle range. And then you just wait.

[Adm.Lee]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

Q. How many Marines does it take to push a knife-wielding thief off a kerb?
A. None, he slipped.

Serves the idiot right for stabbing a military man

Sounds like one of my favorite stupid-criminal stories. The rumor is that two guys wanted to hold up a convenience store, but wanted to avoid the minimum sentence for using a gun. They took baseball bats!

(OK, they have half a brain between them, but awful luck.)

Seems the guy behind the counter was a hand-to-hand combat instructor-- rumor is he had been in the Israeli Army. He beat them up with their own bats. And then called the sheriff.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

Sounds like one of my favorite stupid-criminal stories. The rumor is that two guys wanted to hold up a convenience store, but wanted to avoid the minimum sentence for using a gun. They took baseball bats!

(OK, they have half a brain between them, but awful luck.)

Seems the guy behind the counter was a hand-to-hand combat instructor-- rumor is he had been in the Israeli Army. He beat them up with their own bats. And then called the sheriff.

Not a stupid thing at all (except on the part of the crims who repeatedly tried to rob him), but similar in essence to this post - I just recently heard about Lance Thomas in a magazine article. I reckon he'd make a pretty cool NPC

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...6/ai_82533205/

[tailgate]

Im very new to all of this, but have been a fan of Twilight 2000 since it first came out.. so yeah to puts me at 42 and holding. Im interested in joining up on a game... but Im very new here and need info. Dont hesitate to email me. thanks.

[weswood]

Originally Posted by tailgate

Im very new to all of this, but have been a fan of Twilight 2000 since it first came out.. so yeah to puts me at 42 and holding. Im interested in joining up on a game... but Im very new here and need info. Dont hesitate to email me. thanks.

Welcome to the board. What part of East Texas are you in?

[LBraden]

[ArmySGT.]

When I see a British or German APC I half expect it to have beer and cigarette dispensers on the sides.

[dragoon500ly]

Allied Forces Headquarters (WWII Mediterranean Theater) was famous for a number of surveys, seeking to identify ways to improve the lot of the common soldier as well as providing gainful employment to its thousands of REMFs.

One of more REMF moments was the idea to have soldiers write an essay on "Why I'm Fighting"...the winner would get a five day pass to Algiers. The winning essay, in its entirety: "I was drafted."

source was The Liberation Trilogy" by Rick Atkinson

[Legbreaker]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-0...attack/3984012

It wasn't me, I swear!

"Where people start arming themselves with chainsaws and other weapons, it's certainly a concern for the police."

What, knives, pistols and baseball bats not enough to be concerned?

Maybe they thought they were in a zombie move?

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

6. In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner is having an orgasm.

7. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

8. Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal in Florida.

10. Sex with animals is perfectly legal for men in Washington state, as long as the animal weighs less than 40 pounds.

the has to be a good story behind these ones. they're too specific for someone to have just thought them up without someone actually doing it.(and number 8 sounds painful)

[weswood]

Originally Posted by bobcat

the has to be a good story behind these ones. they're too specific for someone to have just thought them up without someone actually doing it.(and number 8 sounds painful)

#8 should be illegal everywhere!

[Bullet Magnet]

"Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal in Florida."

Am I the only one who finds it disturbing that there's a place where this apparently was a big enough problem someone saw the need to make a law against it?

[WallShadow]

"7. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth."

And rightly so! It would interfere with the timely performance of the toll-taker's duties. Such things should be done either in the truck driver's cab or on TOP of the toll booth and only on the toll employee's breaktime!

BTW, I live about 2 miles from a very busy toll interchange. Gonna hafta break out the binoculars and start toll-gazing....

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by weswood

#8 should be illegal everywhere!

Actually, I believe if enough perpetrators were allowed to carry out their desires, the gene pool filter would be self-cleaning in this instance.
I've heard of piercings in sensitive places for erotic stimulation, but.....

[Graebarde]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

"7. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth."

And rightly so! It would interfere with the timely performance of the toll-taker's duties. Such things should be done either in the truck driver's cab or on TOP of the toll booth and only on the toll employee's breaktime!

BTW, I live about 2 miles from a very busy toll interchange. Gonna hafta break out the binoculars and start toll-gazing....

Hey, he was only paying his toll!!! Or perhaps sending a message to what he thought of the high tolls for trucks on the turnpike in PA?

But second thought, who says it was a male truckdriver?