Ferrets

[Salted Grump]

Hell,I'd be disturbed if I couldn't order ammo 24/7,you never know when you might need some .50 APIT for zombies or a few hundred rounds of 12 ga flechettes for jackalopes.

Sadly, it's pretty damn hard to find 7.92x57 Mauser and 7.92x25 Mauser (World War 1 and 2 Standard Ammunition for the rifles, and for the C96 'Broomhandle', respectively)

Don't need a .50 to pop off a zombie's limbs, after all; Just need to slushify the brainpan, and the old 'Hefty' Rounds (read: Not a necked-up varmint bullet) work wonderfully, as well as carrying a heck of a lot more. ;P

(Yes, I'm a Firearms nerd, yes I have a WW2-issue Mauser, Yes, I can go on line this for DAYS. Someone distract me with a shiny?)

[redleg]

is an M202A3 considered shiney?

[Frantic Freddie]

Sadly, it's pretty damn hard to find 7.92x57 Mauser and 7.92x25 Mauser (World War 1 and 2 Standard Ammunition for the rifles, and for the C96 'Broomhandle', respectively)

Don't need a .50 to pop off a zombie's limbs, after all; Just need to slushify the brainpan, and the old 'Hefty' Rounds (read: Not a necked-up varmint bullet) work wonderfully, as well as carrying a heck of a lot more. ;P

(Yes, I'm a Firearms nerd, yes I have a WW2-issue Mauser, Yes, I can go on line this for DAYS. Someone distract me with a shiny?)

7.92x57

And it's 7.63x25 in the Broomhandle

Not to be confused of course with the 7.62x25 Tokarev round.

[Salted Grump]

Admittedly, the Original Broomhandle prototype run used the 7.92 size; but it was found to be prone to jamming (even moreso than the later iterations) and carried less rounds. (8 instead of 10, IIRC)

(read: I mentally juxtapoxed numbers because I've been up for too damn long)

Frankly, I'd stick with a Red 9 Variant, if you ever get the fun of using one. After all, 9mm Parabellum (aka, Luger) Is Everywhere.

@Redleg. Considering the M202 is an incendiary Rocket Launcher? (it's the one used the the movie Commando, IIRC)

[redleg]

@Redleg. Considering the M202 is an incendiary Rocket Launcher? (it's the one used the the movie Commando, IIRC)

the first two models were mere incendiary launchers. the A3 model(the one from the movie) could also fire 66mm HEAT rockets.(otherwise Arnold would have been toast)

[Andara Bledin]

3:42am: Vancouver Police call requesting access to a client's building to check on the welfare of the tenant in suite 404.

3:47am: Tenant cannot be found.

3:48am: Constable misses the best set up for a joke in his entire career.

I didn't get this at first. I knew I had to be missing something. So I re-read it.

Then I busted up laughing and had to share it with my boyfriend.

You can't buy opportunities like this.

Storytime!

I submit that you sound an awful lot like Matt Frewer... >_>

Tube rats??? I demand you apologize to them NOW! They are clearly weasels, a much higher class of varmint. No animal should have to take that kind of abuse. 'Cept rats.

Sorry, ferrets have been established quite firmly as tube rats. Blame Sluggy Freelance.

Besides, rats are quite clearly higher up the vermin hierarchy than mere weasels.

I assure you, it is my only feature that warrants that description. ;p

Don't listen - he lies.

^-.-^

[42_42_42]

Yay! Story time!

I *heart* GK!

[Mnemjian]

I submit that you sound an awful lot like Matt Frewer... >_>

Wow, good call!! You have a wonderful ear. It's true, they sound very alike. I just saw Matt Frewer in The Hound of the Baskervilles and I would never have guessed he sounded like that IRL

[Squeaksmyalias]

I submit that you sound an awful lot like Matt Frewer... >_>

You should hear my big brother he sounds like GK and he too is Canadian.
Really, the first Story Time I sent the link to him and said "Listen he sounds just like you!" He agreed.

[Jester]

SC: “I’d like to know how to get my property back from a person who was pretending to me.”
Me: “Ferrets.”
SC: “I don’t have that condition!”

Well, they’re really more a pet than a condition.

That is debatable. Based upon my one experience with those....creatures, when my roommate in one apartment had a particularly psychotic one (I don't know if that's the norm for them), I would definitely call it a condition. That was one EVIL rodent.

Storytime!

I don't know if it's the tone of your voice or the way you tell a story--although I know it's at least partially the latter--but your spoken stories remind me a lot of Jello Biafra, though of course with far less cynicism. I know you're thinking "How is that possible?" But if you've heard Jello's spoken word recordings, you know that GK is not even in the same ballpark as JB when it comes to cynical musings. Here is another piece by Jello that is full of rainbows and puppies. Amusingly, though this one was recorded 20 years ago, it is still scarily apropos to current times. [WARNING: The two recordings linked here are very political and some may consider them inflammatory. You've been warned, so please, no complaining. I link them here merely for reference of vocal inflection, style, and pure unadulterated cynicism.)

DR. JESTER, WHERE'S MY MEDICATION?

In the cooler or on the bar, depending upon your poison. Gotta be a little more specific, Jay. You sound like too many of my customers.

CUSTOMER: "I'll have a beer."
JESTER: "Any particular flavor?"

This ain't the movies. Ya gotta give me a little more than that, folks!

I found it more interesting that they used to word "tenant" rather than "resident". Perhaps they should be checking in the Tardis.

First of all, the former resident of the Tardis was named Tennent, not Tenant.

Secondly, tenant is a common way to refer to the leaseholder of a rented residence. Not all residents are tenants, by the way. The words mean different things.

They used the word tenant because we're Canadian me thinks. Resident sounds....odd.

Resident doesn't sound odd to me, but police are generally going to be looking for a missing tenant, as residents are not always residing somewhere legally or with the knowledge of the landlord.

I think we have an idea for a bad romance novel!

Oh yeah....to differentiate it from all the really good romance novels flooding our bookstore shelves out there.

I submit that you sound an awful lot like Matt Frewer... >_>

Wow, good call!! You have a wonderful ear. It's true, they sound very alike.

I am going to politely disagree with the two of you. Yes, there IS a vague vocal resemblance between GK and Frewer. But Frewer has a little more bass in the back of his voice, an underpinning with a deeper pitch than GK's voice.

What? I was a freakin' broadcasting major. I was trained to hear this shit!

[dalesys]

Sorry, ferrets have been established quite firmly as tube rats. Blame Sluggy Freelance.

I'll blame Bun-Bun... and anyone who gives Kiki Pixiestix.

[Jester]

I realized this evening that the two Jello Biafra links I gave earlier were far more strident than GK ever is in Story Time, so perhaps y'all wouldn't see the similarities. So I figured this would be a better example of what I see as the similarities between GK and Jello. Yes, the words are still as strident, but the tone and pacing are more similar to GK's relaxed delivery. No, it's still not as relaxed, but picture Jello on Xanax, or GK on a few espressos, and maybe you'll hear what I hear.

Then again, maybe not. You tell me.

[Jay 2K Winger]

In the cooler or on the bar, depending upon your poison. Gotta be a little more specific, Jay. You sound like too many of my customers.

CUSTOMER: "I'll have a beer."
JESTER: "Any particular flavor?"

This ain't the movies. Ya gotta give me a little more than that, folks!

See? I DID channel them too strongly!

Eh, just gimme a good beer. And yes, I know that's vague, but I do mean a "good" beer, as opposed to cheap beer. Life's too short to drink bad booze.

First of all, the former resident of the Tardis was named Tennent, not Tenant.

Actually, his name was Tennant. Three N's, one E, one A.

I know this because I've finally gotten off my ass to start watching the New Series.

[redleg]

I'll blame Bun-Bun... and anyone who gives Kiki Pixiestix.

it wasn't pixie sticks i swear...

it was this

[Gizmo]

Well now I want to be living at a house numbered 404 just so I can play with the junk-mailers!