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On buying guns for people...

There was a deal-clincher for me marrying SWWBO. All the usual reasons were there - she bathed, laughed at my jokes, could cook, was passably likeable, didn't care (out loud) if I dropped my undies on the floor (usually next to hers, anyway), etc. All the usual reasons.

But... the deal clincher was she bought me a machine gun.

This one, in fact.

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But wait! There's more! The joke is that we get everything we want *before* the wedding... and during the honeymoon... but after that, well, y'know, things slack off... right?

Not SWWBO! Next Christmas I got this!

But! There's *always* a "but," right? There was a condition attached. I couldn't get any more guns.

That's right. Not a one. Deal-breaker, right?

Nope. I couldn't get any more guns *unless* I put them on display. In other words, to feed my jones, I was *forced*... yes, *forced* I say, to do this: I had to take a room in the basement and make it a museum!

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Now *that* is my kinda woman.

Heh. It seems that there's at least one other woman like that around... at least in Chris Muir's imagination.

And it's no mistake she's a Castle Gurl! You got Zed an AUG? You rock, woman! Those ain't cheap!

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22 Comments

SWWBO got a sister?! Good taste in men doesn't seem to run in her family so I'd fit right in...
 
Lucky man. It wasn't long after I bought a target pistol (S&W 41) for my girlfriend that she left me for a gunsmith.
 
Fred - she was just trading up, right? But then - I got *that* covered.
 
Is that Max's shield doing the 5-meter pop-up imitation behind the sandbags?
 
So, do we get to take any of these to the range this spring, John...??
 
Nope. I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, Bill - but Max is on top of the display case, at the far end, on the right. Where he can cover the stairs, and effectively invisible in the photo.
 
Not the machine guns. In Kansas, I can't own operable (nor could I afford any of these in registered shootable condition - the last legally shootable Vickers that sold went for $25K) but we'll certainly be able to shoot the bolt guns and semi's - especially if people help pony up for ammo.
 
John - I'll contribute to the ammo fund, for sure. Shootin' anything is fun, so I'm not picky ;-)
 
Dag nabbit. Where's the soft core images warning? Jeebus. Good thing Ms. Thang was out to lunch. Heeee. Now all we need is a comfy chair, and a nice kitty cat to sit in our lap as we look at all the pretty hardware.
 
Well John, you already answered my question as to the functionality of the MGs-now, are they completely inop, or are they semi-only? Now, my wife hasn't bought me any guns (at least not yet), because she wouldn't know what to get me. And she doesn't like spending my money on gifts for me (she stays at home with Jr, so her drill pay is the only money that's "hers.") I've told her she can spend my money if she wants, but she says just go buy what I want-cuts out the middlewoman that way. Now, let's see what I've given her: V-day 04: SKS B-day 04: Kimber Ultra Carry Christmas 04: AR-15 Christmas 05: Ruger 22/45
 
At $5k a pop for the semis, nope, none of them are shootable at all. Might build myself a semi-Browning, though.
 
Neffi - yes, SWWBO has a sister, married to a furniture store owner in Buffalo. Not sure you're competitive.
 
Nope- can't compete with *that* life of glamour! [sigh]
 
Neffi - my sister and I are totally different.
 
Well, shoot- (so to speak). Guess I gotta hold out hope for genetic cloning... but then when she's 18 I'll be um... errr- sheesh. OK, I'll buy my own stuff. Yer a lucky bastage, John... and I'm happy that you and Beth found each other. It's a Wonderful Life After All...
 
mmm...Gun totin', army loving, hard working, non-crazy (relatively speaking), liberty minded women are only made in limited editions every year. You have to be careful and check the trade marks and serial numbers so you don't buy a fake.
 
Hmmm. Methinks I like the inspection process :-)
 
*available for inspection* :D
 
Have a kleenex and some TheraFlu, instead. The inspection can wait.
 
Yeah, really, Fuzzy - best foot forward and all that, not *covered in snot*.
 
Yeah, I suppose you guys are right... *sigh*
 
I would never show up to a range, play with someone else's toys and NOT pitch in to cover the cost. Just hope it's not during drill weekend....
 
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