June 5th, 2008
Don’t tell Murdoc that this isn’t from a comic book:

And don’t tell him it doesn’t look like fun.
What’s particularly awesome is the fact that it comes complete with a 21-piece task force of:
- Infantrymen
- Tanks
- Gunners
- Trucks
- Cruisers
- Battleships
- Jet Planes
- Bombers
- Riflemen
- Spaceships
And this:
Makes your friends’ toys outdated
With an advertised price of $1.00, this was from before Murdoc’s time. But boy oh boy, would I have wanted one.
From Lileks’ gallery of BB Gun Ads, which starts with this:

And he writes
I’m not saying it’s the be-all / end-all of ideological tests, but you can tell a lot about a person by their reaction to this ad.
No kidding. That was then. This is now.
But watch that trigger finger, kid.
Via Hell in a Handbasket.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
You’ll put your eye out, kid!
June 5th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Wait, the correct quote is, ‘you’ll shoot your eye out, kid.’ I’m old, ok?