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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Mike Rayhawk writes:
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> > Eventually the value of foot-soldiers got a big boost when the
> > arquebus was deemed unworthy of samurai; Nobunaga used them to great • advantage
> > and became the first warlord to unify Japan.
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> I seem to recall hearing of one diminutive warlord who greatly favored the
> use of a short-barrelled arquebus for controlling unruly crowds and was
> thereafter referred to as the Sawed-Off Shogun.
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> Dave!
OOoooooOOoooo, hurl, puke, vomit.
Just for that, I'll ruin the joke: it was called a blunderbus (if you want the
shot-gun effect. A musketoon if you mean a short-barreled solid ball shooter.
Nyahh. :-)
Bruce
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > I seem to recall hearing of one diminutive warlord who greatly favored the
> > use of a short-barrelled arquebus for controlling unruly crowds and was
> > thereafter referred to as the Sawed-Off Shogun.
> OOoooooOOoooo, hurl, puke, vomit.
> Just for that, I'll ruin the joke: it was called a blunderbus (if you want the
> shot-gun effect. A musketoon if you mean a short-barreled solid ball shooter.
> Nyahh. :-)
I thought a musketoon was one of those coconut-flavored cookies.
Dave!
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> I thought a musketoon was one of those coconut-flavored cookies.
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> Dave!
Naw, a musketoon is a kid that wears mouse ears and sings and dances on tv.
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Mark LaRue writes:
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> > I thought a musketoon was one of those coconut-flavored cookies.
> Naw, a musketoon is a kid that wears mouse ears and sings and dances on tv.
And in later years gets implants.
Dave!
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message
news:G069wt.GDI@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Mark LaRue writes:
> > >
> > > I thought a musketoon was one of those coconut-flavored cookies.
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> > Naw, a musketoon is a kid that wears mouse ears and sings and dances on • tv.
>
> And in later years gets implants.
I thought we were talking about Pikes not Spears.
-Jon
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Jon Palmer wrote:
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> "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:G069wt.GDI@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Mark LaRue writes:
> > > >
> > > > I thought a musketoon was one of those coconut-flavored cookies.
> >
> > > Naw, a musketoon is a kid that wears mouse ears and sings and dances on tv.
> >
> > And in later years gets implants.
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>
> I thought we were talking about Pikes not Spears.
Let's give it up for Jon Palmer. That was one heck of a pun!
Dave!
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