Posted on 07/29/2021 12:04:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 58-year-old man was struck and killed by an arrow intended for a skunk Friday night, police in central New York said.
James Parker Jr., 58, and another man were trying to kill a skunk with a crossbow, but when the other man shot the arrow it “unintentionally” struck Parker instead, according to a news release from New York State Police.
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It’s not. This would 250 - 350 miles from NYC.
Old hunting joke -
Hunter: “Doc, if I had acted faster, could he have lived?”
Doctor - “Well, hadn’t you gutted him out first.....”
As a child in the fifties saw my mother’s cousin walking one summer evening in the Catskill ( italian Catskills) resort he owned ( we spent at least a month there each summer). It was believed he was connected. I asked him why he was wearing a revolver. Skunks was his response.
and the huge garbage bag of Skunky Weed was never found
Not only that, don’t shoot those things straight up. Enlightenment gets immediately superimposed on dread.
We have seen reports of black and white violence in New York. This is another example.
“Missed it by that much!”
A saying among Broadway theater people has been they hope to get through the initial days and gain a good audience.
If the play fails, though “You could shoot moose in the lobby.”
Guess a skunk could count.
Pretty common name, but the age is right for a guy I served in the Air Force with.
Yay, Get Smart reference.
Remember the time Smart was sword fighting and the bad guy’s fell. “Gee. I’m gonna give this back and make it more sporting to see which of us is better. Here.”
He flipped the sword into the air and it turned point first to stab the man through the heart by mistake.
Smart:
Sorry about that.
GF’s son shot a skunk early one morning and left it lying at the side of the house intending to clean it up when he got home from school. It sat all day in the hot sun next to the AC unit.
GF got home first and cried over how bad the inside of the house smelled. Took until morning to get the smell out.
The jokes just kind of write themselves, don’t they.
He missed the dirty skunk, and instead hit another man?
Shot at a bird on a wire. Skimmed the wire, deflected toward neighbors BBQing in their backyard.....
Landed just left of the corner of their house, so I was able to sneak from the front of their house to retrieve my grievous error.
My screen’s now covered with beer. Thanks! LMAO!
Hard to shoot a crossbow with a beer in one hand.
“Hurry - I just killed my hunting buddy!”
911: “Calm down sir, are you sure he’s dead?”
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BANG!
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“Okay - I’m sure. Now what!?”
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