Re: Not always joking, it seems

In article <kfmvj.11221$XI.8970@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Not picking on Jette, but this is something I see posted frequently.
Do
> > a lot of people really believe that the only thing keeping them from
> > going on a killing spree is lack of a firearm? Do you feel the same
way
> > about knives and clubs? I grew up around firearms and have never even
really
> > considered striking anyone, let alone shooting them. That's not to say
I
> > couldn't do so in self defense, but I can't even imagine doing so
simply
> > because someone irritated me.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Fortunately I don't carry a baseball bat with me either and you don't 
> find many 2x4s in the average office.  The shelves are fixed to the 
> wall and the computer is a bit heavy to throw at anyone.
> 

Do you have a kitchen? Does it contain any knives more than six inches 
long?

How about rolling pins? The tradition in my wife's family was that the 
rolling pin was supposed to be the property of the husband, so that the 
wife wouldn't be free to hit him with it. My pastry pin would make a 
reasonably effective bludgeon.

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