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Afghanistan
Afghan elk duck hunters confuse U.S. military
2003-02-28
Afghan elk duck hunters using muzzle-loading muskets made the U.S. military think that fighting near its headquarters in Afghanistan was more serious that it was. U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King said some of the louder blasts from the muskets had been taken for heavy mortar rounds landing near Bagram Air Base to the north of Kabul. "We have had a continuation of what has been characterised over the last several days as green on green (Afghan on Afghan) fighting on the north side of the base," he said. "But coupled with that, the big booms we have been hearing — it is duck season in Afghanistan. A lot of the hunters go out at dawn with muzzle-loading muskets which make a lot of noise when they shoot them. The heavy weapons we thought were being used, were actually being used on little ducks."
Anybody remember the (forgettable) movie, The Magic Christian? Remember the scene were the guy was hunting ducks with a 75mm antiaircraft gun?
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#6  But Steve, you need to finish it!:
BB: "Ya got me Doc. You want to shoot me now, or wait until you get home."
DD: "Shoot him now! Shoot him now!"
BB: "You keep out of this! He doesn't have to shoot you now."
DD: "But I say he does have to shoot me now! So shoot me now!"
[BANG!]
...
DD: "Aha! Pronoun trouble..."
Posted by: Old Grouch   2003-02-28 21:09:47  

#5  I've got to strain the ol' synapses to remember that one - but the scenc you described is a classic. Wasn't that a Bofors gun he used on that duck?
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-02-28 17:36:23  

#4  "Duck season!"
"Infidel season!"
"Duck season!"
"Infidel season!"
BANG "Islamist season!"
Posted by: Steve   2003-02-28 14:55:02  

#3  Shouldn't that be, "Be vewwy, vewwy quiet! I'm attacking infidels!"
Posted by: Fred   2003-02-28 14:36:14  

#2  Now I can't get the vision of Omar Fudd stalking through the reeds out of my head. "Be verry, verry quiet, I'm hunting ducks!"
Posted by: Steve   2003-02-28 13:50:44  

#1  But Steve, you need to finish it!:
BB: "Ya got me Doc. You want to shoot me now, or wait until you get home."
DD: "Shoot him now! Shoot him now!"
BB: "You keep out of this! He doesn't have to shoot you now."
DD: "But I say he does have to shoot me now! So shoot me now!"
[BANG!]
...
DD: "Aha! Pronoun trouble..."
Posted by: Old Grouch   2/28/2003 9:09:47 PM  

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