[geeks] What desk toy or "tchotchke" says "geek" to you?

[velociraptor]

On 3/26/06, Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us> wrote:
> " From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
> "
> " Brian Dunbar wrote:
> " > The signs on stores saying 'no carry on the premises' confound me - the
> " > kind of people who _can_ carry are the people you _want_ as customers.
> " >
> " > They're sober, not felons, they have enough cash to at least go through
> " > the CCW course which ain't cheap ...
> "
> " Unfortunately, it's the guns themselves these people are really afraid
> " of, not the people carrying them.  I can't speak to the stupidity that
> " it takes to think an armed criminal won't rob a store with a "NO GUNS
> " ALLOWED" sign in the window.
>
> maybe the store owners feel a shootout on the premises would be worse
> than a simple holdup.

Because, unfortunately, the news that CCW holders often back up the
cops never sees the light of day, except in American Rifleman and the
like.

=Nadine=