Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Gun-Shoe Exchange Surprise

From CBS News:

(AP) Police were hoping for a good turnout at their "Kicks for Guns" sneaker exchange Friday, but they weren't expecting to get a surface-to-air missile launcher.
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He told the Orlando Sentinel that he found the weapon in a shed he tore down last week.

8 comments:

  1. Yikes! At least he turned it in.

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  2. Makes you wonder how many more are out there.

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  3. I wondered where that thing had gone off to.

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  4. Padre, what you need a missile launcher for?

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  5. Not relevant, but scary and will probably interest you - from today's Guardian:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,2154765,00.html

    Also in the Guardian, a fine new "caption this" image of Fearless Leader:

    http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2007/08/22/bu3.jpg

    Arrogant?

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  6. Lapin, that's cheery news about the diseases.

    Should I put the picture up and ask for captions? I don't know. I try to avoid name-calling, and the picture is surely an invitation to that.

    See the halo? St. George?

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  7. No reason for you to have a competition - I just though that it was such a spectacular picture that you would enjoy it. MP Lite, maybe?

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