Herman by Jim Unger for March 13, 2023

Now that’s a red flag or ten

When it comes to guns, safe is more important than pretty.

Just count yourself lucky that only one barrel went off.

“Well, there was a spider on the back. I’m no Annie Oakley!”

Over under, nice.

Sadly that happens too often for this to really be funny. And too often with deadly consequences.

Clearly violation of Rule #1 in firearm safety: ALWAYS assume a firearm is loaded. And as we see here, that IS the reason why it is Rule #1.

She nearly “polished” him off…

No man ever got shot while washing the dishes.

You can’t polish those triggers enough, if you ask me.

Thirty seconds prior: “Your constant cleaning will be the death of m….”

Reminds me of, “Come in, boy. My daughter will be down for your date in a moment. If you need me, I’ll be cleaning my gun.”

Well that got his adrenaline going. Don’t know what his problem is. She missed. He’s going to need a new favorite chair though.

You and James Niebauer.

I didn’t knooow the gun was loaded and I’m soooo sorry, my friend. Now where did I hear that?

Did she follow the NRA rule — “Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target“? If so, he has a lot to worry about and he should be thankful for her bad aim.

If she was trying to hit you, she wouldn’t have missed.

… and it’s your gun.

why would you polish a gun? I am Canadian, we have no need for guns. We solve our problems with a dust-off. We stay alive.

Was she sending a message to him?

She is going to give that gun to some Dutch farmers, who are going to need it soon

Very poor taste.

There may have been more than one discharge in that room.

Always nap with one eye and one ear open…

There’s a joke in there, that she should be polishing something else of his … but I won’t touch that knob, with a 5" pole.

A very loud rude awakening…..

“Cleaning My Rifle and Thinking of You,” a popular song from the 1940s, also recorded by Roy Rogers and others:

https://youtu.be/TXYw94iSAjU

Presumably we were not intended to notice (or at least mention in public) the two all-but-inescapable double entendres: 1. Cleaning my rifle and thinking of you (i.e., wanting to get you in the sights); 2. Cleaning my rifle and thinking of you (i.e., rhythmically stroking the barrel and moving the brush up and down inside so as to sublimate, but also stimulate, the kind of thoughts that usually come along when you’re in my mind).

A thin excuse. . . .

“This week on Snapped”

You should say “I’m sorry, I missed”.

“I missed.”

NRA members for life, or til death do us part

Oh so close…..

That could very well have interrupted his train of thought.