I love XKCD. If you’ve never heard of it and claim to be a geek, you are hereby ordered to surrender your geek card at once.

What If is where they ask the important things, like “If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?” or “If you went outside and lay down on your back with your mouth open, how long would you have to wait until a bird pooped in it?” (why would you want to know that?)

This week, they take on firearms and theorize about building a Machine Gun Jetpack with “Is it possible to build a jetpack using downward firing machine guns?”

I need to get my hands on a GSH-6-30… I wanna try something with a nearby mountain.

Also, that GAU-8 graphic would be awesome on a T-shirt.

Remember the Obamaphone woman?

…because of this:

Hurricane Sandy was a Category 1 storm, which is significantly less powerful than a Category 3 hurricane

All of the government responses were far too little, way too late, and even hostile toward anyone who volunteered their own time and resources to help.

Do not look to any government agency to help you when you need it. You’re on your own until they get there.

The whole gunny-blogosphere erupted recently after a non-profit organization stuck their foot in mouth then echoed internationally that they don’t want anything to do with firearms-related companies.

I said that they’d gladly accept donations from anyone if there were sufficient quantity of zeroes.

Then a few days later they said that they didn’t want anything to do with any weapons-related companies.

I said again that there’s money involved, so they’ll gladly accept donations.

Spotted at Days of Our Trailers, their spokesweasel finally went on Gun Talk Radio and clarified their position.

Turns out that, yes, they will gladly take your money (told you so), they just don’t want the rest of the world to know that it came from you.

Don’t know why I have this scene from Blazing Saddles in my head — except in my mind, Sheriff Bart represents all logic in the world, and the old woman represents the WWP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjU03P_6nbQ

WWP: “Of course, you’ll have the good taste not to mention that I spoke to you.”

Us: Of course.

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Actually the whole interaction between Sheriff Bart and the old woman, including the Waco Kid’s remarks about them being Simple Farmers was hilarious and, I think, pretty appropriate to the whole situation.