Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]MCyclWritr@aol.com wrote: > >Grackle is also synonymous with "dead bird" in my backyard. Taken out with >an English-made, nicely figured walnut stock Air Arms TX200 Mark V, >silenced >.17 pellet rifle. When the Brits abdicated the right to own firearms, they >became really good at crafting guns that went "pffft" rather than "BANG." > >Of course, spreading like a cancer as it always does, gun control in >England >has now eaten away the freedom to own an air gun. Ninnies. > >Chris Lawson > > pswango@att.net writes: > >In English it's spelled "grackle", not gracel, grackel or gracle. Rhymes >with "crackle." ;-) > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > Reminds me of the Kellog cereal ad line... " Drat! Grackle! POP!"