"He's got a gun"

[kd5zex]

The Mrs. is down with the flu so I had to take a trip to Wally World to gather a few food stuffs and supplies for the weekend this evening. After gathering all but the medical items, I strolled over to the pharmacy stopping along the way to pick up some of those small button-cell batteries for an old laser pointer I found in my junk drawer last weekend. The isles in the pharmacy were crowded so I opted to park the basket and go in freehand. Once I maneuvered my way to the cough suppressant, I began to price the various brands. A gentleman in a doctor scrub color tank top and a 4-5 year old child, who I assumed was his son, sitting in the basket were at my 5:00.

Then it happened, I heard the dreaded words... "Daddy, he's got a gun." I felt my heart drop and I am sure I turned beet red as I felt heat in my face. It almost felt like an electric shock. My shirt must have come partially untucked around the holster... I nonchalantly checked the condition of my shirt... nope, still tucked... Was I printing badly??? A quick feel determined this was not the case... Does this kid have X-Ray vision??? Keep in mind this all happened in about 1.68 seconds. I glanced over making sure not to give the impression that anything was out of the ordinary when I saw the tike holding a Power Ranger Action Figure showing his dad that the figurine came with a firearm type weapon...

I smiled a little bit and gave them a nod on my way back to the basket, other than not waiting in line at the register and having a cashier with a sense of urgency nothing else went awry during my Wally World expidtion.

No moral or lesson intended, just thought I would share.

Cheers!

[KD5NRH]

I strolled over to the pharmacy stopping along the way to pick up some of those small button-cell batteries for an old laser pointer I found in my junk drawer last weekend.

Not to hijack, but with the price of laser pointers these days, it's often cheaper to just buy another one unless you find a bulk pack of LR44s cheap.

IIRC, my last "cat excercise toy" (what it was labeled as, and what I use it as) was $1.99, and runs on 3 LR44s. The cheapest I've seen the batteries other than the bulk packs was 2/$0.99.

[SkinnyB78]

I about spit my coffee on the screen laughing so hard while reading this. Thanks for sharing!

[longhorn_92]

I about spit my coffee on the screen laughing so hard while reading this. Thanks for sharing!