Wednesday, February 4, 2009

And Yet Another "You Might Be A Gun Nut"...

Leaving work yesterday evening, I was carrying my extendable snow brush. I moved it to get my keys out of my pocket, and subconsciously slung it over my arm like a rifle (think a side-by-side shotgun, action open, with the hinge over my arm).

One of my co-workers caught me out of the corner of her eye and looked taken aback.

"I thought for a second you had a..." and paused. "A gun!"

I did my best "deer-in-the-headlights" so as not to let on that, yes, I've carried many a gun in that manner. It seemed to work, because she kind of let it drop after that.

I caught my reflection in the glass doors as I prepared to exit the building. I was carrying the brush just like a gun - and I hadn't even meant to carry it that way...

That is all.

9 comments:

Old NFO said...

Her response was interesting... Definitely not "our" part of the country... sigh...

Jay G said...

I could have been carrying radioactive owl turds and gotten a better response...

dr mac said...

I'm surprised she associated your actions with a gun. Nobody associates anything with a gun in Massachusetts. If they do its mass hysteria.

dr mac said...

I'm surprised she associated your actions with a gun. Nobody associates anything with a gun in Massachusetts. If they do its mass hysteria.

Larry said...

I wonder what it's like to be afraid of everything all the time...
Nah, I really don't care.

blogger said...

Jay, I think the problem is that you have an over/under snow brush. Kind of a giveaway.

;-)

Anonymous said...

Ted, you've got the right idea, but let's get silly and take this a step further. God help you if you had an assault snowbrush with adjustable stock, pistol grip, snowball launcher, folding ice scraper and the ability to accept large capacity snow-clearing bristles. That'd scare the pee out of the sheep in no time. MASS hysteria, indeed.

Weer'd Beard said...

We have spay bottles in the lab with alcohol and bleach-water for cleanliness. I often find myself carrying the bottle with my finger off the trigger indexed high on the "Frame"

I can't help it.

Rich in Ohio said...

Is your snowbrush a preban?