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See if you can get it working again. Bloody snowflakes!
What is it? Might be worth a few quid.
Gotta mate into vintage weaponry and military kit
See if you can get it working again. Bloody snowflakes!
^^ 😂
I know I’d be out the door without my heels touching the floor
Why would you only be walking on the balls of your feet? 🤔
diciplinary wedgie
What is it? Might be worth a few quid.
Gotta mate into vintage weaponry and military kit
So what you are saying is he should break into her desk. Steal the gun, then smuggle it out the office to sell it to your mate, with you no doubt acting as middle man. 😕
So theft, breaking and entering, followed by illegal arms sales.
😆
I think the important question here is, what sort of work place has this sort of stuff in an archive? Ours is full of old fax machines and stuff.
Errr, couple of places i've visited have had antique weapons in cabinets, and in storage. Anyone working in engineering will probably have dealt with companies that made weapons at some point in their (fairly) recent past.
And one aerospace place i worked had a clear out of the "general stores", basically a temporary building that'd been put up in the 70's to store stuff that they didn't think they needed now, but might possibly need later. Records of what, who, where, why was literally a clip board on a nail inside the door. Piles of old tooling, half finished or damaged WIP, no locks on the door, no security. I guess most old engineering places have something like that.
They found most of a missile in there.
Slightly different, a pub I drink in has a variety of firearms on the walls, varying from 19th century shotguns through Lee Enfield SMLE to a Bren. All legal, properly decomissioned (you can see the weld on the Bren breach) and screwed to the walls.
What sort of workplace has a decommissioned firearm in the archive?
what kind of workplace has managers that don’t know someone is waving a gun about? this is not a rhetorical question.
If you phone the police they will arrive fully tooled up as they don't know whether the firing mechanism is still in it or not!
What is it anyway? Rifle or pistol?
3 pages in and people are ignoring the correct stuff on page one. The term is deactivated! It may be or it may be sect 58 as mentioned. Sound interested and then check the details when she gives it to you. Or leg it. If it is then the main crime is being a dick. The dick isn't in a public place or threatening anyone. Complete f wit though. Just take it off her and dump it at a police staion although maybe google its value first.
Assuming it is unloaded (Fairly safe bet but not 100%) it is less dangerous than covid although when dragging out of the dimwits hands don't get in front of the muzzle.
Freeze it and hammer it into her law
Update. A colleague pulled her up and the offending item has been removed from the building.
the offending item has been removed from the building.
Which one do you mean?
We can all sleep tonight.
Thank heavens for that. A good result. I can now expunge the horrific mental image of an eccentric old dear being brassed up in the tea room by an over zealous tactical firearms unit, following a tip-off from Brian in accounts. It was very vivid. The excessively perforated 'perp' lying covered in hob nobs, bourbon creams and the shattered remnants of her 'you don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps' mug.
I think the important question here is, what sort of work place has this sort of stuff in an archive?
Er, my government department has recently had a clear out of its archive/museum and a large variety of historic weapons were involved.
My recollection of firearms legislation is a bit rusty but S16A of the Firearms Act could apply..
Possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
It is an offence for a person to have in his possession any firearm or imitation firearm with intent—
(a)by means thereof to cause, or
(b)to enable another person by means thereof to cause,any person to believe that unlawful violence will be used against him or another person.
Er, my government department has recently had a clear out of its archive/museum and a large variety of historic weapons were involved.
But aren’t you HMRC? Customs used to seize loads of interesting weapons, IIRC they donated the seized Iraqi super gun to the Imperial War museum .
A colleague pulled her up and the offending item has been removed from the building.
So she took it home in a huff? 🤣
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Update. A colleague pulled her up and the offending item has been removed from the building.
I'm guessing he turned up at her desk with a fully working Nerf hun? Literally out gunning her.
Thank heavens for that. A good result. I can now expunge the horrific mental image of an eccentric old dear being brassed up in the tea room by an over zealous tactical firearms unit, following a tip-off from Brian in accounts. It was very vivid. The excessively perforated ‘perp’ lying covered in hob nobs, bourbon creams and the shattered remnants of her ‘you don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps’ mug.
I'm quite upset about the hobnobs, there was no need for that. No need at all. I mean, hobnobs never hurt anybody did they?
Thank heavens for that. A good result. I can now expunge the horrific mental image of an eccentric old dear being brassed up in the tea room by an over zealous tactical firearms unit, following a tip-off from Brian in accounts. It was very vivid. The excessively perforated ‘perp’ lying covered in hob nobs, bourbon creams and the shattered remnants of her ‘you don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps’ mug.
It's all getting a bit Big Vern in here
Where has the gun gone to? Somewhere appropriate I hope.
Update. A colleague pulled her up and the offending item has been removed from the building.
Did her feet touch the floor? Important question.
I mean, hobnobs never hurt anybody did they?
If a good hobnob with a gun had taken her out first there would have been no need for the swat team to come in guns blazing.
Self inflicted really.
I can think of a few. Christ, my office has two on the wall and some incendiary devices on the desk!
I think the important question here is, what sort of work place has this sort of stuff in an archive?
True story guv....
Roughly 20 years ago my mate was with a nasty piece of work in a pub and got some hassle. They left and came back later on when it was thought to have calmed down.
What my mate didn't know was his nutter friend had also brought with him a replica hand gun, then proceeded to waft it about looking for the chap who gave him some crap earlier on.
Didn't find him so spent 5 minutes scaring the crap out of a busy pub on a Saturday night before walking off home.
2 hours later my mate and all his family were face down in the street with armed police a little shouty at them.
He was in the police station for a few hours bricking it before they believed he really knew nothing about the gun.
His nutter mate got 6 years !
But aren’t you HMRC? Customs used to seize loads of interesting weapons, IIRC they donated the seized Iraqi super gun to the Imperial War museum .
Oh no, these were all staff issue weapons. The good old days, according to Brian on the third floor.
(Revenue officers/smugglers)
I mean, hobnobs never hurt anybody did they?
Thrown discus style you could have someone's eye out with a hobnob!
you phone the police they will arrive fully tooled up as they don’t know whether the firing mechanism is still in it or not
Not that likely -it depends what is said on the phone call. If they say "We've found a gun in a cupboard, we think it's decommissioned and haven't found any ammo" then local plod (firearms officers if you're lucky) will turn up to take the gun away or you'll be asked to take it to your local station if you're happy to. If you phone up and say "there's a mad woman waving a gun around, we're not sure if it's decommissioned or not and haven't seen any ammo" then you can expect a very different response.
... aerospace place i worked had a clear out of the “general stores”,
I can't say as I'm wholly surprised in honesty. I bet a lot of long-established workplaces have piles of forgotten crap dating back to gods only when squirrelled away.
I cleaned out one of the back rooms at our old offices which had been used as a dumping ground for stuff no-one knew what to do with, figured I could repurpose it for my own nefarious ends. It was like working my way back through time like rings on a tree. One of the more memorable artefacts was a franking machine that had settings in pounds, shillings and pence.
Can someone please show us a photo of the deactivated gun in question?
Can someone please show us a photo of the deactivated gun in question?
Me think that bloke ^^^ need a new shoulder after firing that LOL!
It's a BFG9K, only fires plasma.
I bet a lot of long-established workplaces have piles of forgotten crap dating back to gods only when squirrelled away.
I have found all sorts of weird stuff in the back of cupboards in hospitals. I worked in some very old buildings
3 pages in and people are ignoring the correct stuff on page one.
Are you new here? 😉
Thank heavens for that. A good result. I can now expunge the horrific mental image of an eccentric old dear being brassed up in the tea room by an over zealous tactical firearms unit, following a tip-off from Brian in accounts. It was very vivid. The excessively perforated ‘perp’ lying covered in hob nobs, bourbon creams and the shattered remnants of her ‘you don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps’ mug.
I laughed.
So theft, breaking and entering, followed by illegal arms sales.
Standard STW advice, no???
I laughed
Me too 😂
Ah I always liked that line from aliens about caseless ammo, then ripleys letting loose and tons of cases are flying out the gun.
Update. A colleague pulled her up and the offending item has been removed from the building.
So that it can be used in a robbery ?
Should be handed in to the Police.
I can think of a few. Christ, my office has two on the wall and some incendiary devices on the desk!
Are you Ron?
Should be handed in to the Police.
Don't know where it went. When I asked I was just told that it was off site after a "discussion".
The weapon was an artifact that had long since been forgotten. One would hope it has gone back into correct storage.
Thank heavens for that. A good result. I can now expunge the horrific mental image of an eccentric old dear being brassed up in the tea room by an over zealous tactical firearms unit, following a tip-off from Brian in accounts. It was very vivid. The excessively perforated ‘perp’ lying covered in hob nobs, bourbon creams and the shattered remnants of her ‘you don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps’ mug.
I’m quite upset about the hobnobs, there was no need for that. No need at all. I mean, hobnobs never hurt anybody did they?
Tbh, by about 3pm most days I'm hungry enough to step over the police cordon and take the hobnobs and bourbons off Brenda's rapidly cooling corpse...
Where HtS and myself used to work back in the early 90s, there also worked a resident oddity. I recall his nickname was pumpkin. But his name was Dave.
Dave was (of course) a member of a shooting club and a firearms certificate holder.
One day, he decided to bring one of his handguns into work.
This is the exact model he packed with his cheese butties and bovril crisps:
A Ruger Redhawk in .44 magnum.
And at one frightening point, he pointed this hand cannon at Jane the typist. A considered aim accompanied by eerily accurate simulated gunshot sounds.
And not a word was said.
How times have changed eh?
Tbh, by about 3pm most days I’m hungry enough to step over the police cordon and take the hobnobs and bourbons off Brenda’s rapidly cooling corpse…
Meanwhile on Facebook, I've been offered a 'sponsored post' advertising Biscoff-scented deodorant.
Where HtS and myself used to work back in the early 90s, there also worked a resident oddity. I recall his nickname was pumpkin. But his name was Dave...
...And not a word was said.How times have changed eh?
Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision: you find this, what would you do?
Narrator: [pauses] Well, I gotta tell you: I'd be very, very careful who you talk to about that, because the person who wrote that... is dangerous.
[Gets up from the chair]Narrator: [Talking slowly] And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
Did David look a bit like Edward Norton?
IIRC Dave was an arsehole. He may have been the same guy who brought his pet spider in to show the MD.
Meanwhile on Facebook, I’ve been offered a ‘sponsored post’ advertising Biscoff-scented deodorant.
What goes on in someone's head which makes them say " Do you know what, I think Biscoff deodorant will be a Christmas bestseller."
The same MD that put a plastic snake in the footwell of his Celica GT4 to deter thieves?
Also an arsehole!
What goes on in someone’s head which makes them say ” Do you know what, I think Biscoff deodorant will be a Christmas bestseller.”
"novelty crap sells, the more novelty the better, because either folk are broke and want everyone to chip in to fix their fridge for Christmas and frankly we're not selling shit to them, that or they have all the actual crap they could ever want so everyone buys them stupid junk they saw in the middle isle.
So NPD, how novelty do we dare to go?"
"people like Biscoff, adults wear deodorant, how about Biscoff deodorant?"
"I like it! Jack what was that you said about edible salted caramel poo emoji? Genius!"
What goes on in someone’s head which makes them say ” Do you know what, I think Biscoff deodorant will be a Christmas bestseller.”
Have you not seen the effect that Biscoff related foodstuffs have on people....?
Have you not seen the effect that Biscoff related foodstuffs have on people….?
?
Yeah, but who deodorises their neck? or ears for that matter?
Yeah, but who deodorises their neck?
People who have brought biscoff deodorant?
Or prince andrew wanting to some evidence for his no sweat andy.
IIRC Dave was an arsehole. He may have been the same guy who brought his pet spider in to show the MD.
You might have changed his name for confidentiality but we all recognise a Gavin when we see them. And you are the Cabinet Secretary and ICMFP
Are you Ron?
Now I do wish I could have got my hands on a Claymore, even a drill/inert one. They make great paperweights/bookends.
Now I do wish I could have got my hands on a Claymore, even a drill/inert one. They make great paperweights/bookends.
I have a pair of bookends made from a 25 pounder cartridge case fired from the one o'clock gun at Edinburgh Castle which has been cut in half. Amongst other things....😜
You get some strange gizits and leaving gifts when you (used to) work in EOD. Luckily I have 'Free From Explosives' certificates for them! I don't have an inert Claymore, but I know a man who has.
the consequences can get worse than being fired.
Fired upon…
Thrown discus style you could have someone’s eye out with a hobnob!
Crumbs! 😳
Thank heavens for that. A good result. I can now expunge the horrific mental image of an eccentric old dear being brassed up in the tea room by an over zealous tactical firearms unit, following a tip-off from Brian in accounts. It was very vivid. The excessively perforated ‘perp’ lying covered in hob nobs, bourbon creams and the shattered remnants of her ‘you don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps’ mug.
So did I, and continue to every time I read it! 🤣
Now I do wish I could have got my hands on a Claymore even a drill/inert one.
Sorry, you mean you would prefer a live one, but happy for an inert one if thats all thats available ??? 😯
Replica ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325313133408?hash=item4bbe2c7b60:g:LcUAAOSwmxRjAnp2
