Cha-Am fatal shooting: It started with catapults, went on to knives and ended with a shotgun

[RichardColeman]

Thailand beheads last unicorn !

[torturedsole]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

So her son got a gun and shot them.

A refreshing story for a change.  No one went charging in all guns blazing.  Just a gentle escalation through verbal abuse, catapults, knives and guns.  

At least they tried to settle their differences before it got messy.  

 

 

Edited June 25, 2020 by torturedsole

[GroveHillWanderer]

7 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

haha, when i was a kid...

 

noun: catapult; plural noun: catapults

British

a forked stick with an elastic band fastened to the two prongs, used by children for shooting small stones.

 

I think this is yet another example of the old maxim:

 

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The English and Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.

(A saying commonly attributed to either George Bernard Shaw or Oscar Wilde, although neither of them used those exact words).

Edited June 26, 2020 by GroveHillWanderer

[Scott Tracy]

As far as catapult versus slingshot is concerned, it's all a load of ballistas.

 

the English invented the English language, hence, 'English'.

[PhilAtUbon]

On 6/25/2020 at 4:59 AM, KhunKenAP said:

Terrible, however, the writer needs to understand the difference between a catapult and a slingshot.  

And the difference between a sickle and a scythe

[Litlos]

On 6/26/2020 at 10:01 PM, PhilAtUbon said:

And the difference between a sickle and a scythe

Sickle = Used with one hand; short handle and blade; sharp on the inside curve of the blade. ... Scythe = Two-handled tool used standing up instead of stooped over; longer blade and longer handle. Used for cutting same kinds of crops as sickle. Evolved after the sickle.

 

Cheers

[Scott Tracy]

Used to be lots of pictures of sickles on flags at one time.

 

Anyways.... Just shows how nuclear war is never as far away as we think. Escalation, escalation, annihilation...