A new take on the foot-gun meme

[ after recovering from choking... ]

Tom "spot" Callaway presents a vivid new image in this line:

> What you're doing is analogous to using a loaded shotgun as a golf club,
> and what you're suggesting is that we take the safety off, because it
> interferes with your golf game.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-June/msg01501.html

So is that a "golf club gun"?

regards, tom lane

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:57:03AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> So is that a "golf club gun"?

Maybe a gun club?

A footclub?

A foot-gun that can create 18 holes (36 for professionals)?

Anyway, with recent USian legal rulings, I anticipate we'll have to
stop talking about feet-guns. People will complain we are interfering
with their right to bare feet. Or something.

(Apologies, everyone. I guess I better go have more coffee.)

A

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On Monday 30 June 2008 00:57:03 Tom Lane wrote:
> [ after recovering from choking... ]
>
> Tom "spot" Callaway presents a vivid new image in this line:
> > What you're doing is analogous to using a loaded shotgun as a golf club,
> > and what you're suggesting is that we take the safety off, because it
> > interferes with your golf game.
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-June/msg01501.html
>
> So is that a "golf club gun"?
>

Careful what you wish for....
http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm

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Robert Treat wrote:

>> So is that a "golf club gun"?
>>
>
> Careful what you wish for....
> http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm
>

I reckon they watched Caddyshack (I think that was the one) and thought
they could get the patent before someone actually tried selling them.

I reckon it was Rodney Dangerfield that blew the golf ball down the fairway.

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"Shane Ambler" <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> writes:

> Robert Treat wrote:
>
>>> So is that a "golf club gun"?
>>
>> Careful what you wish for....
>> http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm
>
> I reckon they watched Caddyshack (I think that was the one) and thought they
> could get the patent before someone actually tried selling them.

Surely a movie counts as "published"!?

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Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Shane Ambler" <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> writes:
>
>
>> Robert Treat wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> So is that a "golf club gun"?
>>>>
>>> Careful what you wish for....
>>> http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm
>>>
>> I reckon they watched Caddyshack (I think that was the one) and thought they
>> could get the patent before someone actually tried selling them.
>>
>
> Surely a movie counts as "published"!?
>
>

No the term is "prior art" leaving the lawyers to bill $400/hour while
they argue over whether or not Caddyshack is "art". Though the movie
might have inspired this:
http://www.rodenator.com/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2386436112453851581
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw

Looks fun as long as you don't do this:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2432304520080326

Cheers,
Steve

In further OT Gregory Stark wrote:

> > "Shane Ambler" <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> writes:
> >
> >
> >> Robert Treat wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> So is that a "golf club gun"?
> >>>>
> >>> Careful what you wish for....
> >>> http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm
> >>>
> >> I reckon they watched Caddyshack (I think that was the one) and thought they
> >> could get the patent before someone actually tried selling them.
> >>
> >
> > Surely a movie counts as "published"!?
> >
> >
>
> No the term is "prior art" leaving the lawyers to bill $400/hour while
> they argue over whether or not Caddyshack is "art". Though the movie
> might have inspired this:
> http://www.rodenator.com/
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2386436112453851581
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw
>
> Looks fun as long as you don't do this:
> http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2432304520080326

In something of the same vein: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4593682.stm> ... IMHO the pendejo got what was coming to him, though.

Back to work, but I really appreciate some of the meanderings here.

Greg Williamson
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