Feeble
35 pounds? 20 Yards? Should have used a trebuchet.
The Mexican army has seized a dope-slinging catapult capable of projecting 4.4lb (2kg) bundles of marijuana into Arizona. US National Guard operatives at the Naco Border Patrol Station alerted the authorities south of the border last Friday after spotting "several people preparing a catapult and launching packages over the …
Were I live a lady got caught with 6 kg of weed. When she went to court she was charged with possession of 0.5kg. Nobody knows what happened to the other 5.5kg. Of course this is the same police dept that said some one accidentally shot them selfs in the head and neck with a revolver and discounted the other 3 rounds in the door. I suppose it was just random anomaly that the guy that got shot was the nephew of the lady that had the 6kg of weed, oops mean 0.5kg.
Wow, that there's some creative English. Describing the age of chivalry as "back in the day". How old was the guard, and did he fight in the Crusades? "I remember ole King Richie, now there was a man. You don't get his sort these days -- it's all Playstations and management training meetings now.... not the same at all...."
But using my venerable copy of Rogets to get one up on you, I stumbled on this entry under "thrower". Considering the circumstances, it seems oddly appropriate:
"THROWER, ..., stoner, ..."
Sadly, it's too late in the day for me to come up with a snide remark, but there's bound to be someone out there, no?
Yes, I concede too. Well done -
...that is to say, it's a disgraceful business altogether. But, still.
[Bug Jack Barron] is a science fiction novel set approximately in the present day (with black rule in Louisiana I think), but the title is the name of a TV show (the host is the hero) sponsored by "Acapulco Gold", in case anyone's interested.