I look at these and wish I were a half a century younger. Sigh. And, to be clear, it’s not that I’m too mature; the fun of a water gun fight involved agility, quickness and stamina.
@joelmw@pakopako Or, if you’re an angler, you & your buddy can fill these with beer & take turns using your mouths as target practice while waiting for the fish to bite. If fishing doesn’t appeal to you, you could do the same thing sitting on a couple of lawn chairs.
@ircon96 You could maybe spray it directly into your mouth. Forcing carbonated beer out through unrefrigerated, unpressurized lines at those speeds is going to immediately foam and fly no distance. I’d still really love to see it in action though.
@raive Good point, I’m not a drinker so that hadn’t occurred to me. Maybe you could load them with a box of fine Franzia white zinfandel, or something similarly non-carbonated.
@ircon96 Oh, man. Connect the box right up to the hose? NOW we’re talking! Definitely not a red wine though. Holy hell, everything within 33 feet would be stained.
@ircon96@pakopako You remind me of a fishing float trip I took once with my brothers and a cooler of beer. I think we’re all too old for that particular trip. It was good times. Yeah, the beer-filled squirt guns would have worked.
@medz that’s true. Lots of “toy” guns went to the hunter bright orange color at least on the barrel. But you are right once you can get a custom “peach lilac” AR-15, nothing is certain. Play in the backyard only and make sure to let neighbors know.
@ircon96@medz I just saw this on a rerun of the Odd Couple. The boys have just come back from a game of community softball with a bunch of the other players; Oscar is griping with the umpire, who is still wearing their day job clothes as a beat cop.
“What? It was the right call. See this badge, it means I’m trustworthy!” “See those glasses? It means you’re blind!”
@pmarin yep, that’s the key. Tell the kids not to be pointing them at cars or anything and definitely not at police officers. I definitely took a magic marker to the orange tip on some of my toy guns back in the day to make him look more realistic. It’s funner that way. Adult version of me is torn.
@sproinky I had a battery powered sub machine gun that would feed a roll of caps through it. I was completely black and had a forward grip and carrying strap. Noisy and it would really smoke when burning through a whole roll of caps. Epic.
@sproinky with the interchangeable water clips?! I loved that thing. I can still hear its sound in my head, especially like when the AAs were about to die.
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I look at these and wish I were a half a century younger. Sigh. And, to be clear, it’s not that I’m too mature; the fun of a water gun fight involved agility, quickness and stamina.
/giphy old
@joelmw a water gun fight: where there are no rules to victory
@joelmw @pakopako Or, if you’re an angler, you & your buddy can fill these with beer & take turns using your mouths as target practice while waiting for the fish to bite. If fishing doesn’t appeal to you, you could do the same thing sitting on a couple of lawn chairs.
@ircon96 You could maybe spray it directly into your mouth. Forcing carbonated beer out through unrefrigerated, unpressurized lines at those speeds is going to immediately foam and fly no distance. I’d still really love to see it in action though.
@raive Good point, I’m not a drinker so that hadn’t occurred to me. Maybe you could load them with a box of fine Franzia white zinfandel, or something similarly non-carbonated.
@ircon96 Oh, man. Connect the box right up to the hose? NOW we’re talking! Definitely not a red wine though. Holy hell, everything within 33 feet would be stained.
@raive That could be an added element of adrenaline – explaining to the S.O. why everything suddenly needs professional cleaning!
@ircon96 @pakopako You remind me of a fishing float trip I took once with my brothers and a cooler of beer. I think we’re all too old for that particular trip. It was good times. Yeah, the beer-filled squirt guns would have worked.
Pretty cool. Maybe a little too realistic what with all the pretty coatings and paint people are putting on their firearms these days.
@medz The hose might be a giveaway, unless Mr. Magoo gets deputized.
@medz that’s true. Lots of “toy” guns went to the hunter bright orange color at least on the barrel. But you are right once you can get a custom “peach lilac” AR-15, nothing is certain. Play in the backyard only and make sure to let neighbors know.
@ircon96 @medz I just saw this on a rerun of the Odd Couple. The boys have just come back from a game of community softball with a bunch of the other players; Oscar is griping with the umpire, who is still wearing their day job clothes as a beat cop.
“What? It was the right call. See this badge, it means I’m trustworthy!”
“See those glasses? It means you’re blind!”
@pmarin yep, that’s the key. Tell the kids not to be pointing them at cars or anything and definitely not at police officers. I definitely took a magic marker to the orange tip on some of my toy guns back in the day to make him look more realistic. It’s funner that way. Adult version of me is torn.
@medz @pakopako
I always loved The Odd Couple – they don’t make 'em like that anymore!
I’m a 2A guy, and these are cool. But they’ll get you killed in the wrong circumstances. No thanks on that one.
I used to have an electric uzi water gun, it was pretty cool but, yeah, the times they are a changin’
@sproinky I had a battery powered sub machine gun that would feed a roll of caps through it. I was completely black and had a forward grip and carrying strap. Noisy and it would really smoke when burning through a whole roll of caps. Epic.
@medz that sounds pretty awesome, life threatening these days, but awesome nonetheless
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@mediocrebot everything is cool when you’re part of the team
@sproinky with the interchangeable water clips?! I loved that thing. I can still hear its sound in my head, especially like when the AAs were about to die.