Public Service Announcement: Operating an AK47
Mike tells you non-gun types how to operate an AK47 (the preferred weapon of most of the world) in case you need to. I read somewhere that one in six guns on the planet is an AK47.
This does remind me of something. If I am ever in a position where I am required to ride a motorcycle to save my life, I will die. I’ve ridden one once. All I know is one down, three up. I don’t know which handle is the clutch or which is the break. Or how to start one. This is why I’m not in any action movies.
March 11th, 2004 at 4:27 pm
The radio show “This American Life” had a show about people who had certain plans for their life which didn’t pan out.
One of the people they interviewed was a woman who wanted to be a superhero when she was a little girl. She made a list of all the things she’d need to know how to do: shoot a gun, ride a horse, ski, pilot an airplane, etc. She kept revising the list as she went along, and crossed out the things she learned how to do.
When she grew up she tried to join the CIA, but she didn’t get in. You have to wonder how she did on the psychological tests.
March 11th, 2004 at 9:04 pm
Yeah, I can ride a motorcycle, but there’s this weird karmic penalty that goes with it:
I innevitably sustain a minor, but embarrassing and painful injury. For example, at the end of the ride, I’d wind up rolling off the bike, and scrape half my face off. (It grew back, but having a half faced scab is no fun)
This enters into my motorcycle riding calculus: the reward for riding has to outweigh the probable injury. Fortunately, I’ve got a pretty decent handle on the range of injuries I’m likely to recieve.
Go figure.