Monty by Jim Meddick for January 07, 2013
Transcript:
Well, Charles... I'm goin' on vacation. Won't be around th' Museum... You'll be responsible for all my galleries. While I'm gone, if @#$@#% gets outta hand... An international art thief goes berserk or something... I gotta secret to show you... It's here... In 18th century weapons... I call it big Bertha... Holy @#$@# you actually loaded this thing! It's only a malted milk ball, but if it hits, it stings like a @!!$#$# #@#%@#%
R2-Wolf over 11 years ago
That must me one stale Malted Milk Ball, not to turn into powder when fired. I wonder if a paint ball with a light charger would work?
R2-Wolf over 11 years ago
Looks to be a 1700s Flintlock, possibly British, but I can’t say for sure; it’s not my area of expertise.
tattooedcyberidiot over 11 years ago
A gob stopper would work nicely
Aussie Down Under over 11 years ago
Charles needs a refresher course in handling firearms.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
I wanna know how Moonie knows how it feels.
Loading accident, self test, or ??
You have to do some work to fire a black powder weapon….
Commentator over 11 years ago
*@#% seems to have dual meanings… :-)
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 11 years ago
I know little of guns, but isn’t that last panel how you get headlines about dead people being shot, such as “MAN SHOT DEAD ART GUARD”?
PICTO over 11 years ago
How does Moondog know what it feels like to be shot by a chocolate bullet?
lisapaloma13 over 11 years ago
That’s the way tough guys talk. Or at least they think it makes them seem tough.
SwimsWithSharks over 11 years ago
Impressive Moondog has kept his job this long.
steverinoCT over 11 years ago
It is a Good Thing, I guess, at how many people (me included) immediately jumped to “safe firearm handling”. Guns don’t kill people, it’s the many stupid people (or even smart people who do stupid things) who have access to them.
djmalloy over 11 years ago
If Moondog was at the Gardner, the "Storm on the Sea of Galilee would still be there.
xenobiafeinberg Premium Member over 11 years ago
I always thought Raisenettes or Junior Mints were the preferred ammunition sources, or is that just in movie theater ballistics?
jimbeauga over 11 years ago
IS it possible that Moonie got a taker for his trip to Cabo? (re: saturday…)
jazzmoose over 11 years ago
I know what you’re asking yourself: did I fire one shot, or only none? Well, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself…
loveofabove over 11 years ago
speed kills, gun chills, candy fills
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago
It’s missing the flint, so it won’t fire.
Hunter7 over 11 years ago
Malted? No, no, no. If left long enough, it will only turn to dust when fired. The dried peas (think soup), are much better. And more painful. .,and Moondoggie really should pick a better replacement. That guy will probably shoot his foot off before Moonie gets back from vacation. Either that or an eye.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
So, today over at the Dick Tracy comments, there was talk of and link to video of Pez (candy) guns. Now, Moonie is using a malted milk ball load in “Big Bertha” (once the nickname of a WW I German big gun—howitzer, actually). It’s all too sweet. Tout suite!
hometownk Premium Member over 11 years ago
I too think criminals should forfeit their rights when they break the laws. Nor should they be allowed to vote from inside a prison.