“They warn of a variety of problems happening at once: power blackouts, unchecked fires, famine, water shortages, roving street gangs dressed like clowns, airplanes falling from the sky”
This is a pretty clear example of a mentally ill person who should not be allowed to possess firearms. He seems to think that he can scare the devil away by shooting at it. Let’s just be glad he didn’t live in an apartment complex.
I see that the idea of this fictional story is setting the house on fire and then trying to put out the flames by shooting into the house. Sounds like ATF at Waco.
January 29th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
“Danger to self or others” just keeps rolling through my mind.
January 29th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
That’s from Mr. Saylor, an entertainment columnist.
One of his more recent:
http://www.knoxville.com/news/2010/dec/31/east-tennessee-braces-for-y2k11/
“They warn of a variety of problems happening at once: power blackouts, unchecked fires, famine, water shortages, roving street gangs dressed like clowns, airplanes falling from the sky”
January 29th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
This is a pretty clear example of a mentally ill person who should not be allowed to possess firearms. He seems to think that he can scare the devil away by shooting at it. Let’s just be glad he didn’t live in an apartment complex.
January 29th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Oh, I see it now. “entertainment@knoxville.com”. Who knew the Onion had affiliate papers?
January 29th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
First.
On the failblog comments, I mean.
January 29th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I see that the idea of this fictional story is setting the house on fire and then trying to put out the flames by shooting into the house. Sounds like ATF at Waco.
January 29th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Well, you found a way to brighten even this beautiful, sunny day. Hilarious. Takes “I don’t call 911!” to its existential limits.
January 29th, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Reminds of a post Rob did a while ago: http://blog.robballen.com/2010/09/14/p4294-if-we-cant-laugh-at-ourselves-who-can-we-laugh-at.post
Example classic line:
“How am supposed to shoot the Leukemia out of this old woman with a shoddy Brazilian knockoff?!”
🙂