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SullivanSt's avatar

Wasn't Mae West the latter?

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SullivanSt's avatar

Yes, true heroes always fire guns at targets surrounded by improvised explosives. Nothing could <em>possibly</em> go wrong, after all.

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PubOption's avatar

We just had a harmless nut, who would occasionally take a dump on the back stairs.

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Mayor_Quimby's avatar

Good thing it was a dorm, not a off campus apartment, so no pesky search warrants. Even better, he only offed himself. Yay Florida?! This all feels so strange

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Mayor_Quimby's avatar

I always finish that with 'motherfucker' now, thanks to Greg Giraldo.

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Mayor_Quimby's avatar

But, but, don't all students at public universities have the right to carry... Right up until the moment they start shooting randomly? Geez, get on the job, NRA, this is a travesty against the constitooshun!

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Mayor_Quimby's avatar

Dude, this was a GOOD outcome, by Florida standards, don't ruin it for them!

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Mayor_Quimby's avatar

UCF is known as U Can't Finish in O town, due to the size and difficulty in getting your classes. Used to be all commuter, now has dorms, frats, a spiffy new Bright House stadium for football. Not a terrible school, but for partying in the dong state, it is no FSU. Edit I realize you know this since you live there, as I once did. Duh l

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chascates's avatar

Just finished listening to the BBC report on Nixon. God, how the nation can be wrecked by petty ambition.

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

I'm sure there's a job waiting for him in Arizona as a public school security guard.

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

If Speedo Guy has a concealed weapon on him... well, I just don't want to know.

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

"They have some standards"

Unlike Agnew...

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SullivanSt's avatar

In fact, doesn't the "Oh shit there's a crazed shooty person" alarm initiate a lockdown, not an evacuation, and isn't that the exact opposite of what you want when the situation involves homemade explosives of unknown stability in the building?

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

we'll need to see his long form death certificate...

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

there's a small but significant difference between murder/suicide and suicide/murder

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SullivanSt's avatar

The old caboose pistol. Everyone has one.

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