Rubes by Leigh Rubin for May 25, 2022

Fools and their money are soon parted, bonus round

It’s not very selective. Any target will do.

Barefoot Boy with Stick in Spine

where was that when the Mongols swept thru???

Another fine ACME product. Great for hunting Road Runners.

EIther he turned and walked away after shooting the arrow or the boomerang arrow really does not work and he shot high and the thing went around the world.

Right BACK at you….

By golly, that crazy gizmo really does work.

first shot is a killer

Get back (yeah), get back

Get back to where you once belonged

Get back arroooowww…

He missed the instruction about quickly stepping sideways after you shoot.

It’s a related product to D&D’s Cursed Backbiter Spear

I threw a boomerang into the sky – I lost sight of it, I know not why. But soon it returned, before I said “Bye” – and hit me right square – in my eye.

The thought of getting a bow and arrow set with nowhere to put the arrows made him quiver…

Kate Bishop suggested this to Hawkeye… but you really wouldn’t want a lot of his arrows coming back at you

Take a bow.

There is a down side.

The sales were killer.

Not quite sure which memory bank I pulled this Golden Oldie from:

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to Earth, I knew not where.

Until one day, with rage profound,

The man it fell on came around.

He showed me where that arrow fell

(A place I do not care to tell).

Since then, no longer do I care,

To shoot arrows into the air.

— Author Unknown (apologies to Longfellow)

Good grief! This is kinda dark.

Right up there was barbed wire hula hoops and exploding lawn darts!

I’d like to buy a bunch of those for Christmas gifts.

The lawyers would have a field day