Gun-shy mom scared of fish-shaped water pistol

twency · May 30, 2004

From Foxnews.com

An Arkansas school teacher who gave her students a fish-shaped water gun is under fire from a parent who says she disapproves of weapons in her house, reports_KPOM-TV in Ft. Smith, Ark.

The teacher at an elementary school in Rogers, Ark., gave her students the squirter following a lesson about animals in the rain forest. School officials say she feels horrible about the entire situation and didn't mean to offend anyone.

The parent who complained, Karen Young, doesn't want fish-shaped toy guns in her house because she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off.

Fox News - Tongue Tied

The important lesson to be learrned? Don't beat your ex with a pistol, because it might just magically go off on its own, and then you'll be paranoid about your child playing with fish-shaped water squirters.

-twency
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And now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

papercut · May 30, 2004

she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off

Evil_Ed · May 30, 2004

:banghead:

Speechless.......positively speechless.......

cslinger · May 30, 2004

I don't see what the problem is. It's not like she beat him to death with a trout.

Chris

P95Carry · May 30, 2004

:banghead: :banghead: - really need a stronger smilie than this one ....... sheesh!

PATH · May 30, 2004

It is just past belief!

Stop the planet I want to get off!:banghead: You just cannot make this stuff up! Geez!

pax · May 30, 2004

Y'know the thing that's most wrong with that story?

The teacher apologized.

Stop, and think of that ...

pax

You know how dumb the average guy is? Well, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that. -- J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs

cslinger · May 30, 2004

You know how dumb the average guy is? Well, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that. -- J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs

Hey I represent that and deserve to be apologized to. :scrutiny:

ExtremeDooty · May 30, 2004

You're right...there really isn't a smilie that applies to this thread.

The parent who complained, Karen Young, doesn't want fish-shaped toy guns in her house because she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off.

I wish I had something witty to say, but I can't top this.

Standing Wolf · May 30, 2004

Satire, right? Uh... right?

CrudeGT · May 30, 2004

I'm totaly speechless. I want to shake her hand and congratulate her on being the stupidest human being, and then kick her off the planet.

BigBlueEyedDevil · May 30, 2004

Just like shootin' fish in a barrel...or something like that!

SodiumBenzoate · May 30, 2004

Oh my god, that quote is priceless.

Preacherman · May 31, 2004

she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off.

WELL, now... what can we learn from this?

Rule 3 now reads: "Never beat someone with your gun with your finger on the trigger".

Rule 4 is now: "Be sure of your target when hitting AND when shooting with your gun!"

And I suppose the fish-shaped water-pistol is intended to remind her that there's something fishy about guns... or that one man's meat is another man's poisson... or that she needs to observe the of-fish-ial rules of gun safety...

:neener:

Warren · May 31, 2004

Fish shaped squirt guns don't wet people----people wet people.

Lord Grey Boots · May 31, 2004

Hmm. I recall a news article a few years ago about a man that was beaten to death with a frozen salmon.

I guess any fish shaped items should be offensive as well.

joab · May 31, 2004

The parent who complained, Karen Young, doesn't toy guns in her house because she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off.

This mat be my sig line on another forum.Talk about priceless

ZeroX · May 31, 2004

That woman just gave me a brain tumor.

Moparmike · May 31, 2004

I would like to remind everyone that not all people from Arkansas are Moonbats like this one. I am utterly speechless though, and second the brain tumor. :scrutiny:

pax · May 31, 2004

Hey I represent that ...

Oooh, I'm sorry.

pax

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry. -- Charles Osgood

cslinger · May 31, 2004

Touche' Pax. That is why we love you.

The Slingers

Croyance · May 31, 2004

See, most people would have learned another lesson. Keep a blackjack handy so you can beat people without endangering their lives. What kind of example is she trying to set for her kid? What about his possible future as a mob enforcer?
Seriously, we need to have tests for people to pass before they have kids.

BluesBear · May 31, 2004

To quite a members sig line,

Why is it that the only thing stupid people seem to be able to do really well is breed?

Treylis · May 31, 2004

I'm so glad we'll be able to buy assault swordfish with bayo lugs, collapsable stocks, flash suppressors AND "fish-tol" grips when the AWB sunsets in September. ;-)

twoblink · May 31, 2004

A durian is considered a deadly weapon in Thailand, and assault with a Durian (in case you don't know what a durian is, it's a spikey-skinned fruit) holds the same penalty as assault with a knife..

So a plastic fish is now going to join that huh?

Yo Preacherman!!!

When you go visit some peeps in prison, beware the plastic squirting fish!! :uhoh:

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