My Dad, a rifle, a pair of pliers and about 2 pints of blood.
Must have been before I was born my dad was baby sitting my two elder cousins. Not long after sending them upsatirs he heard an almight kfuffle coming from upstairs. Turned out youngest had shot the eldest in the chest with an air rifle.

My dad got a bucket and mop and a pair of pliers. Eventually he managed to pull the .22 cal dart out, stuck a plaster on my cousin, moped up the mess and went back downstairs to watch the telly.

Those were the days.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 19:56, 8 replies)

Flippin' 'eck.
Actually that's making me quite nostalgic, that is. I can just imagine some of my teachers shooting students in the chest with an air rifle and saying "It's alright, lad; I'll just get some pliers and a sticking plaster."
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 20:08, closed)

I clicked 'I like this'
Predominantly because I like your spelling of 'kerfuffle' - and also liked the idea of someone moping up a mess.
( flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 22:36, closed)

INTERNET LIEZ
An air rifle pellet is not .22 calibre.
(mersault, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 12:44, closed)

yes it can be....
.177 .22 .25

*gun nut.
(Kip, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 13:05, closed)

hahahaha I fail
Still think its liez
(mersault, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 14:12, closed)

Yep I was only allowed a .177
My Dad didn't let me have a .22 probably on account of his babysitting days, or perhaps because he couldn't afford one. Still it was a brilliant birthday present for 14 year old (and legal too in those days).
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 15:55, closed)

I've had loads in my time
and then upped the game when I joined the army, SA80, MP5 and a Beretta 92F
(Kip, Mon 1 Nov 2010, 9:07, closed)

Me and my brother
used to have those little darts for our air pistols and used to shoot each other regularly. They fucking hurt, but nowhere near as much as a .22 wadcutter from an air-rifle. These days there'd be a SWAT team staking the house out if there was any suggestion of people messing about with guns.
(Rsoles, Mon 1 Nov 2010, 20:16, closed)