Awwww

[JohnM]

The general store just got in a hardware order and in it were 3 brand new Daisy Red Ryder BB guns.
125th Anniversary models with real wood stocks.
I got one in 1947 for my birthday, after passing down through 2 other brothers it disappeared.
I though, Man, I should just buy one of those for old times sake!

They're made in China!

 

[dusty14u]

Are they the Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifles?

 

[morcey2]

Are they the Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifles?

你会拍你的眼睛，孩子。
Nǐ huì pāi nǐ de yǎnjīng, háizi.

 

[MachIVshooter]

originally posted by dusty14u
are they the official red ryder carbine-action two-hundred-shot range model air rifles?

你会拍你的眼睛，孩子。
nǐ huì pāi nǐ de yǎnjīng, háizi.

rotflmao

 

[HarcyPervin]

你会拍你的眼睛，孩子。
Nǐ huì pāi nǐ de yǎnjīng, háizi.

You sir, win the internet

 

[roadchoad]

I'm guessing he said "You'll shoot your eye out, kid"

What do I win?

 

[JohnM]

I'm guessing he said "You'll shoot your eye out, kid"

 

[kb58]

"A Christmas Story", an awesome movie worth owning for a lot of reasons.

 

[morcey2]

I'm guessing he said "You'll shoot your eye out, kid"

What do I win?

Ovaltine!

 

[Ringolevio]

Esoterica

So, does the phrase "Excelsior, you Fathead!" or "Flick Lives!" mean anything to any of you?

In other words, are you just fans of the movie "A Christmas Story", or are any of you devotees of Jean Shepherd (1921-1999), the humorist and radio raconteur who wrote and narrated the movie? He also coined the concept of "Trivia" and urged his audience to turn out for spontaneous "mills" (milling about), a (more benign) precursor of "flash mobs".

Folks of a certain age, from the NYC listening area, often listened to "Shep" via transistor radios underneath their pillows, as every weeknight for years he wove tales like those in "A Christmas Story", many of which began with "I was this kid, see..."

The definitive book about "Shep" is "Excelsior, You Fathead! The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd" by Eugene Bergmann.

Besides his now-famous tale of Ralphie and his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun, I can remember at least two of Shep's tales that involved real guns. But he also wrote for Playboy and Car and Driver, and wrote two books of his own, "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" and "The Ferrari in the Bedroom".