UKC

Is it just me? ...

In reply to john arran:

I guess it's a whole different mindset but you'd think they would have had enough of shooting etc.

Always wondered about that shooting straight up in the air thing..... what goes up must come down!!!

In reply to john arran:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire

In reply to Padraig:

Thanks, Padraig. An interesting read. Many candidates for the Darwinian award.

In reply to john arran:

Don't they usually celebrate ceasefires with rockets?

In reply to john arran:

A neurosurgeon friend of mine told me a true story as follows. A recently immigrated Somali guy came to the clinic complaining of chronic headache. Imaging was done revealing a 7.62mm bullet pointing vertically down at the back of his brain. Questioning revealed that he had not been in any conflicts but had been in celebrations with gunfire. What goes up from an AK47 comes down.... They had to leave the bullet in place.

In reply to tom_in_edinburgh:


Very good. Or as Basil Brush used to say, "Boom,Boom."

In reply to atrendall:


That's the problem, it's other people who seem to get hit by the bullets.