Weapons of distruction--rabbits that is. [Christian Material]

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In the late 40's and early 50's ole jeep and I had some time to invent new things. MOstly it was ways to make "zip guns" to be fired for the thrill of it but more commonly it was a new design for a slingshot, bow's & arrows or maybe even a nice spear point. We did make some real nice spear and arrow points outta slate at first. This slate was the same as the "blackboards" in the schoolhouse. IN fact we got some old ones that were taken down and were to be thrown away. The only thing with'm was they broke too easily. Back to the drawin board! The pinnacle of our R & D was the discovery of HACKSAW BLADES! Easily obtained and easily formed! A hand turned grinder was just the checkers to accomplish this little task -- and quickly too! Didn't take very long to grind a point on a 2" or 3" section or piece of an old worn out blade. Grind a little notch on top side and bottom side and sharpen the thing so it was razor sharp. Split that arrow shaft a mite-slide the point in and wrap with thread. Plain ole sewin thread! Of course we had nylon thread from the local shoe factory that somebody had given to us. Well anyhow, wrap it real good and tight then put about 4 coats of varnish over that thread-being careful to let it dry between coats. Split a turkey feather and glue on three sides of the arrow. Hooked up to a homemade Hickory bow, smoothed down with a piece of broken glass---that combination was really something to reckon with. Many a rabbit perished from this wicked weapon. Many a rabbit made some really good meals too.

Another weapon was the two stringed slingshot. The same type that David, the sweet singer of Isreal, used. Two strings and a small swatch of leather. Almost impossible for us to hit anything with't but boy could you forevermore throw a rock!! Over 1/2 quarter mile was not uncommon when we were younger, sllimmer and more agile! I still have one I made abut 20 years ago [when I was about 37 yrs old] that has 6 foot stings and a leather shoe tounge for the rock holder.

We also made figure 4 snares, boxtraps and deadfalls for catchin rabbits to eat. I never did like steel traps and still don't. I don't condemn anybody else for usin'm but they're just not for me.

In the dead of winter-goin rabbit huntin on a snow. Take those big "bottoms rabbits" and clean'm real good. Gut'm and hang'm on a tree limb to kinda "cure" for a few days in sub Zero weather. Talk about good! Mashed taters, baked rabbit with carrots, onions and white gravy. Let the fancy folks have their raw fish eggs--they don't know what they're missin!!!

Have ya'll blessed you're abode lately? Give Almighty God all the honor praise and glory. He alone is worthy! Ole Hoot. Matt.24:44

-- hoot (hoot@pcinetwork.com), July 06, 2001

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How mash-en a rabbit is tied to God and the Bible, escapes me. However, simplisity of logic when put against the genius of killing, of a poor helpless critter blesses my soul. Hell[pardon me] your dog would be easier, right there by your lap. How about a pet cat. Good for practising or testing for another brain storm of destruction. Remember, Christ was born, lived and died a Jew. Chritianity was a Hebrew sect until 327 A.D. when Constanstine [roman emperor] made Christianity seperate and legal. King James the bible writer [4th of scotland and 1st of england] was gay-homo- and four of his boyfriends tried to rebel against the King as the King wrote the King James version of the Bible. Beware what you read! However, why would the true facts interrupt the ego masterbating of a loser, gloating over mental midgets. Ignorance is bliss. I did like that bit with the broken bits of glass. Like to see one of god's creatues rythe in pain! JSG

-- John S Gale (gale100@hotmail.com), July 04, 2003.

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