Comments on: Things Are Different Down Here

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:54:42 +0000

yeah, you’d think i would have learned that by now. maybe i can just tie dust cloths to the ones i’ve already got.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:48:40 +0000

Be careful what you wish for.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:32:36 +0000

hmmmm… fluffy cats would be better than dogs for those higher bookshelves….

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:58:49 +0000

Maine coons are very good in that regard, especially their tail.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:16:49 +0000

i hate dusting. i’ve been known to entice the large fluffy dogs to stand next to the furniture and wag their tails.costs a small fortune in freeze-dried liver, but much more fun than pledge and dust rags.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:14:54 +0000

Hipparchia, it’s just me and the cats, and even friends who are aware I have guns, have never seen them because that’s is not the way you do it, with guns laying around – you would have to dust them if you did that and gun oil stains things – but they are available to me. As you say, I’m not in favor of being shot with my own weapon.

John, you have a strange sense of humor.

By: John McKay

John McKay — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:56:25 +0000

Remember the movie “Love You to Death” with Kevin Klein and Tracy Ullman? It was based on a true story. Though the movie was set in Tacoma, WA the real story happened back East somewhere. I remember the news coverage. Wife tried to kill philandering husband several times in one night. When sleeping pills in his dinner failed, she had someone shoot him in the head. The shot missed the vital parts and the sleeping pills had slowed his metabolism enough that he didn’t bleed to death. Same story. He woke up with a “killer” headache and the ER techs found a bullet. The couple made up and were still married at the time the movie was made. The movie is good black humor and worth the rental fee if you haven’t seen it.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:42:59 +0000

saved by paperwork!

leaving loaded guns, note the plural, lying around the house is one of things my ex and i argued about constantly. ferociously. i’m still a little bit amazed that neither of us ever grabbed one up in the heat of battle. i credit the large furry dogs with keeping away any intruders that might have broken in, snatched up one of the readily available guns, and killed us all in our sleep.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:14:10 +0000

I have several weapons available, and there was I time when having them readily available was an excellent idea, but I also have very realistic dreams occasionally and don’t want to deal the results of reacting badly to one of those dreams, so none of those weapons can be fired without certain actions being taken first. It’s a slower response time, but it cuts down on the paperwork.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:35:42 +0000

you can solve the lumpy pillow problem by having a shotgun for a sleeping partner.

seriously, though, i’m one of the “if somebody wants to shoot me, they’re going to have to bring their own gun” crowd. large black dogs with big white teeth have always worked well for me.