My brother's company has a blimp
when they fly it in Texas it gets shot at by the locals.

They have a collection of cross-bow bolts and stuff they've removed from the bottom of it.
( Sygiinu, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 21:18, archived)

Why do they do that?
Do they think it's some sort of witchcraft?
( Bob Todd whee, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 21:20, archived)

For some people, it's just a natural reaction to run outside and shoot at things in the sky as they pass over.

( Sygiinu, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 21:28, archived)

Haha, why do they do that?
"Ah-say, that's one of those god-darn OFU's! Let's gerrem!"
( Bobson I who milks the milkmen?, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 21:20, archived)

That reminds me of my old English teacher (from Darlington, thickly-accented)
trying to do an American accent and his real one butting in halfway through the sentence.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 21:26, archived)

"My manager says I'm far too sophisticated an act for Burnley
or anywhere else where they still point at aeroplanes."

/John Cooper Clarke
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 21:24, archived)