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Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« on: June 07, 2014, 06:07:07 PM »
Headed into Wally World, I was asked by a small girl "Are you a policeman?"  I immediately flashed to a post in a thread on being made as CCW and assumed my gun was printing or had been exposed, neither at all likely.  Just before doing a clothing check, I thought to ask kiddo why she thought I might be a policeman.

It was my hat.

Phew!!
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2014, 06:16:30 PM »
 :laugh:  I wear a hat like that one, and people ask dumb questions, but I would never expect to get that particular response.

Usually, it puts folks in mind of cowboys or Indiana Jones.
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2014, 06:28:41 PM »
One other kid has asked if I am a cowboy, didn't provoke panic. :)
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2014, 06:33:28 PM »
As people on here who have met me can attest, I rock the "retired police sergeant" vibe.  :P :P
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2014, 06:35:40 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on June 07, 2014, 06:33:28 PM
As people on here who have met me can attest, I rock the "retired police sergeant" vibe.  :P :P


What does that look like? Slightly overweight, with a mustache and a crew cut?
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2014, 06:41:30 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 07, 2014, 06:35:40 PM

What does that look like? Slightly overweight, with a mustache and a crew cut?

And a propensity to mangle grammar and syntax -- such as using "affecting" where the correct word is "effecting."
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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2014, 06:50:11 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 07, 2014, 06:35:40 PM

What does that look like? Slightly overweight, with a mustache and a crew cut?

Bingo !!!
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2014, 07:52:40 PM »
Quote from: Chuck Dye on June 07, 2014, 06:07:07 PM
It was my hat.

You should have slowly said, "Most days in Harlan County, if I can stand to get out of bed."
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2014, 07:54:13 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 07, 2014, 06:35:40 PM

What does that look like? Slightly overweight, with a mustache and a crew cut?

all that and crooked teeth.
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2014, 09:48:21 PM »
Outside of Montana, I sometimes get asked if I am a "re-enactor"  ;/
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2014, 12:00:21 AM »
Quote from: Grumpy Old Man on June 07, 2014, 09:48:21 PM
Outside of Montana, I sometimes get asked if I am a "re-enactor"  ;/

They do reenactments of the Cretacous Age?  (And where can I go to participate?)

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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2014, 07:10:21 AM »
Quote from: fistful on June 07, 2014, 06:35:40 PM

What does that look like? Slightly overweight, with a mustache and a crew cut?

You must be talking about Scout....  :laugh:
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2014, 08:45:39 AM »
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2014, 09:17:15 AM »
Quote from: fistful on June 08, 2014, 08:45:39 AM
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w6E5jo8.jpg

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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2014, 08:29:50 PM »
Kid watches a little too much LONGMIRE.....

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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2014, 11:18:10 PM »
Quote from: Ben on June 08, 2014, 09:17:15 AM
Farva26   :laugh:
I had to google/IMDB that since I'd never seen the movie, but yeah, pretty much spot on.   =D
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2014, 11:41:34 PM »

Its for a cop.

LOL.
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Re: Just a small, brief, panic (thanks, kid!)
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2014, 11:57:33 PM »
Quote from: brimic on June 08, 2014, 11:41:34 PM
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Its for a cop.

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