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with the potato?
--I hadn't heard of this urban legend before
I've heard it.
I think a watermelon or a giant taco would make a good silencer.
Your comment is more bizare than the actual news article. I don't even want to know....
The 'potato-silencer' showed up in an episode of the TV series "Shaft" back in the early 70s. On a rifle, no less!
.... could have mashed them first.
;-)
But, what about the prison legend of dropping the soap in the shower!
Florida Legislature to Consider 5 Day Waiting Period on Spuds
The (Near-)Victim and His Wife, Posing for Reporters During a Press Conference Later That Same Day:
Dang. And me with a hard drive full of tater porn.
They should prosecute for the silencer. This is a 10 year, $10,000 federal felony, you may not manufacture a silencer without a special tax stamp to do so. It would make for a very funny court case.
Thank you for posting. I haven't laughed so hard at one thread in years. What a great way to start the morning, with tears running down my face.
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Not Hollywood quiet.
The gas has to be turned off to silence the action.
Only good for a few rounds and has to be repacked.
If he had shot her, would the state "fry" him?
bump for more chuckles later...I hope this thread gets a thousand replies, heh heh.
So, if I'm at the gun range and I set a spud at the 50 yard line and shoot it, I'm OK? But, if I shoot it at the end of my barrel, I go to jail for using a silencer?
I had no idea it wasn't true. And if I ever found myself in the situation of needing a silencer, I promise I would've tried to find the fattest potato in the house for it.
Seems like those round white potatoes would do better than Idaho bakers, because the latter are kind of mealy. Unfortunately, in my house, all I would have on hand would be small red creamer potatoes or Yukon Gold fingerlings and some of those Texas A&M purple fingerlings.
They wouldn't silence anything ... well, maybe one of those little tiny miniature revolver cap guns on a keychain. Guess I have to go buy a silencer. Do the Sopranos have a store?
...and about those Tater Tots up above, it's for the chillrunds, you know.