An amazing headline:
Woman Stops Grizzly Attack With .25 Calibre Pistol
Here's the bear:
Here's the pistol - a Beretta .25 - a real 'girlie gun':
The Wild Park Wardens in Canada were amazed at her escape from an enraged female bear protecting her young which charged straight at her.
She explained, "It was just a lucky thing I had my little Beretta Surefire in my purse. One shot in my husband's knee-cap did it, the bear got him and I walked away!"
Now then, Duffers, that's a very fine joke but could you please Britify it - by which I mean cut out the irrelevant stuff, and the repetitive stuff, and the bit where the joke is explained for the slow of understanding. I suggest something along the lines of "I shot my husband in the knee and then ran for it."
Posted by: dearieme | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 14:06
Even the "and then ran for it" is too far. More like "Just one shot from my little Beretta Surefire did it. Right in my husband's kneecap."
Posted by: Dom | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 14:26
I sent it to my Canadian relatives:
Woman stops Grizzly attack with .25 calibre pistol.
Canadian Wild Park Wardens amazed at her escape from enraged bear.
She said - I was just lucky - I shot my husband in the knee and the bear got him. I walked away......
Plus picture of course. Nice clean joke!
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 14:48
Critics - don'cha lurve 'em?!
Look, chaps, I did actually cut it down from the original, gimmee a break! Next time I'll just give you the punch-line and you can fill in the rest.
Honestly, some people are never satisfied, here am I, tapping my fingers to the bone and all I get is . . . (wanders off in the direction of the drinks cabinet).
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 14:54
"wanders off ... takes a drink" is much better!!!
Posted by: Dom | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 16:41
Hang on, I don't get it. How come she shot her husband when it was the bear attacking her? Could we have some more pictures and a statement from the husband? And the bear?
Posted by: Whyaxye | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 19:04
Oh God, now I've got all these 'Eng Lit & Lang' profs coming out of the woodwork! Any minute now 'JK' is going to arrive and give me a lecture about the bloody Beretta!
Why don't you all just laugh at the joke?
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 01 July 2013 at 19:14
I laughed ;)
Posted by: missred | Tuesday, 02 July 2013 at 17:30
I was wondering how the hell she stopped a griz with a .25 ACP! Thanks for the laugh. Much needed. :)
Posted by: Arizona CJ | Wednesday, 03 July 2013 at 06:27
Miss Red and ACJ, you are both obviously people of taste and discrimination unlike that bunch of old grumps above!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 03 July 2013 at 08:34