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I was standing in line at a local 'mart store with 2 boxes of 20guage shells.
The woman (early 40's) behind says in a condesending tone [color:"blue"] " You aren't going to shot Bambi are you?"
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I responded with [color:"blue"] "No, but if his parents should present a shot during the appropriate season I would probably take it." [/color]
Then with a look of disgust, and a holier-than-thou tone she says [color:"blue"] " I can't see how anyone could shoot a deer, they are so cute." [/color]
I thought for a brief moment and said, [color:"blue"]"Well lady, if cuteness was a prerequisite for living you would have been dead along time ago."
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She huffed, took up her stuff and moved to another line.
Ah well, I guess I didn't do a good job of trying to "convert" her.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Not often you find a man with tact AND diplomacy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To annoy a liberal, tell him the truth.
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Well done! Had the same encounter once almost verbatim only I replied "no but I'd shoot Bambi's momma"... wonder if it was the same lady???
One man with courage makes a majority....
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Jeez, you must have went to 1SG Walkers' School of Tact also, could you have been an honor Grad. Hell 10 years in the Army and I still don't have any. Les <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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That�s one of those wonderful times when you say exactly what you'd like to say exactly when you'd like to say it! Congrats and well done.
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You were VERY tactful!! I on the other hand am totally lacking. In a similar encounter I responded by saying I'd NEVER shoot Bambi becuz the black bears and coyotes needed all the young meat they could get.
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Great comeback! Reminds me of a story involving Winston Churchill and the very prominate socialite Mary Astor. They were seated together at a state dinner when Churchill was served a decanter of Brandy and a glass after dinner. Astor hated men who drank! As Churchill lifted his glass, she said, "If you were my husband, I'd POISON that drink!" to which Churchill replied, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it!". billt
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Man you rang the 1,000 yard gong with that one, GREAT LINE.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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"Well lady, if cuteness was a prerequisite for living you would have been dead along time ago." That is some mighty fine shootin' Steelhead, mighty fine! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Some people need to be educated about hunting and some couldn't be learned up if they went to school every day. Those just need to be hit between the eyes and move on.
I'd say Steelhead identified his target took aim and hit the bull. Good job man.
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There was another one where he told a lady she was ugly and she told him he was drunk and he replied that in the morning he would be sobor, but she would still be ugly. tom
"if it's got tits or tires, it's going to give you grief, one way or another."
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Tact has never been one of my strengths. If anything I tend to be brutally honest. I had a similiar experience many moons ago, but I couldn't find the right words. It all fell in place this time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Excellent. Would have loved to have seen her face.
Mac
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I Burn While I See
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That was a cool one, for sure! We have one amonst our group for people asking how could we possibly shoot beautiful animals. " well, you have to breathe just right, and when the crosshairs come onto its chest, SQUEEZE , do not jerk the trigger! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Shuts 'em down pronto! cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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Man I would have loved to have been there just to see her reaction.
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When people ask me if I'm going to shoot Bambi I always tell them the same thing. Bambi was an animated character in a fictional story. Not much there to shoot.
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