A Leper? armed and dangerous

[Clay Taylor]

Ron -

    Actually, the early ornithologists got it right - the "cane gun".

     Most of the time it was a sturdy, functional walking stick, but you
never knew when a new bird species would show up in a backyard or while
taking a brisk walk around the block.  "Egad - what IS that little bird?  I
have never seen one like it before!"   At that point the "walking stick"
spouted fire and lead shot, and another museum specimen hit the ground.

    Now they are treasured by gun collectors, not bird collectors.

Clay Taylor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Gatrelle" <gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
To: "Clay Taylor" <CTaylor at swarovskioptik.com>; "Leps-l"
<Leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: A Leper?


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clay Taylor" <CTaylor at swarovskioptik.com>
> Subject: Re: A Leper?
>
>
> > All -
> >
> >    More than once, while chasing leps and / or odes with my net, I have
> been
> > called a "fairy" by passers-by in pickup trucks, but I don't think they
> were
> > referring to my finding a breakfast of Lucky Charms.
> >
>
> My net has a long collapsible extension. The shaft is of such width that a
> shot gun shell would fit comfortably. In my more sinister dreams I have
> often wanted to convert the lower part of my net handle to a sawed off
shot
> gun - just for the pickup truck crowd - esp. those who like to throw their
> beer bottles at ya.  I must say thought, that this Leper or Lepper thread
> as aroused a lot of interest.
>
> Ron
>


 
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