RSKY
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As you may have noticed on a thread in Related Topics I am searching for a holster for a pistol. Today we traveled to a nearby larger city to do some shopping (she shops, I sit in the car and sleep) and I looked at a couple gun stores for my holster. No luck!
So we come home and I help the wife unload the groceries and everything and tell her I'm going into our small town to the one place I had not looked for the holster.
So I park and walk in. Looking around and waiting until all the other customers leave. The owner chased out a couple boys who come in after he asked them how old they were. When they said sixteen he told them to leave, "right now". He explained to me that Kentucky state law forbids anyone under eighteen in a gun store if long guns are not locked up. And nobody under twenty one if handguns are not locked or chained.
It was myself, the owner (with two pistols in holsters and another in his back pocket), and a male clerk in the store.
The conversation went as follows.
Me, "I was in here a couple years ago, right after you opened, and your wife was telling me about y'all being expert witnesses in court cases".
Owner, "Ex."
Me, "What?"
Owner, "Ex-wife."
Me, "Oh."
Clerk, grinning, "She ran off with a clown."
Me, "Oh, ......" Here is when my mouth disengaged from my brain. "...What....?"
Owner, "Married thirty years and the bytch ran off with a freaking rodeo clown."
Me, with brain disengaged from mouth, "Maybe he tickled her funny bone."
Clerk snorts and starts laughing but I could tell the owner didn't think it was funny. The clerk did not see the owner's hand move slightly toward the holster. I did. His hand and face both twitched a little but. Brain quickly reengaged with the mouth and I stood quietly not saying anything. The clerk was still laughing but it was obvious the owner did NOT think it was funny at all.
Owner, "You bas.................." I did not crack a smile.
And he finally started grinning a little.
"Yeah, I guess he did." And he started laughing too.
Me, "Did what?"
Owner, "Tickled her funny bone." And he described what he hoped happened to both their funny bones.
I learned a valuable lesson today. Never, ever make fun of a heavily armed man having marital problems.
RSKY
So we come home and I help the wife unload the groceries and everything and tell her I'm going into our small town to the one place I had not looked for the holster.
So I park and walk in. Looking around and waiting until all the other customers leave. The owner chased out a couple boys who come in after he asked them how old they were. When they said sixteen he told them to leave, "right now". He explained to me that Kentucky state law forbids anyone under eighteen in a gun store if long guns are not locked up. And nobody under twenty one if handguns are not locked or chained.
It was myself, the owner (with two pistols in holsters and another in his back pocket), and a male clerk in the store.
The conversation went as follows.
Me, "I was in here a couple years ago, right after you opened, and your wife was telling me about y'all being expert witnesses in court cases".
Owner, "Ex."
Me, "What?"
Owner, "Ex-wife."
Me, "Oh."
Clerk, grinning, "She ran off with a clown."
Me, "Oh, ......" Here is when my mouth disengaged from my brain. "...What....?"
Owner, "Married thirty years and the bytch ran off with a freaking rodeo clown."
Me, with brain disengaged from mouth, "Maybe he tickled her funny bone."
Clerk snorts and starts laughing but I could tell the owner didn't think it was funny. The clerk did not see the owner's hand move slightly toward the holster. I did. His hand and face both twitched a little but. Brain quickly reengaged with the mouth and I stood quietly not saying anything. The clerk was still laughing but it was obvious the owner did NOT think it was funny at all.
Owner, "You bas.................." I did not crack a smile.
And he finally started grinning a little.
"Yeah, I guess he did." And he started laughing too.
Me, "Did what?"
Owner, "Tickled her funny bone." And he described what he hoped happened to both their funny bones.
I learned a valuable lesson today. Never, ever make fun of a heavily armed man having marital problems.
RSKY