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Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle
First time accepted submitter InfernoApple writes "Seth Horvitz, a Northeast D.C. resident, thought he had ordered a new high-definition television a few days ago through Amazon.com from a third-party merchant. When the package arrived yesterday, however, Horvitz opened the oddly shaped box to find something completely different. Instead of the flat-panel TV he had bought to enjoy with his wife, who is pregnant, Horvitz opened the long packaging to discover a Sig Sauer SIG716, a high-caliber, semi-automatic assault rifle capable of mowing down, well, just about anything."
He obviously was buying the TV so that he could hoist it a few stories above the ground and kill whatever poor sucker stood under it when it drops. Amazon just knew him so well from his previous purchases that he'd rather just have a rifle!
Instead of TV package contained high-powered assault rifle.
Would not buy again.
It's just a misunderstanding, officer. I ordered an issue of Big'uns!
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"Yesterday, I got a gun for my wife." "Pretty good trade, don't you think?"
I want to know what kind of retailer carries HDTVs and assault rifles? Maybe Best Buy should adopt this idea, TVs, guns and chicken!
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Somewhere, deep in the desert, a hidden meth lab got a nice new TV.
Dear Secret Service, I do not know the above poster. We just hang out here.
A pregnant woman is less likely to have fun with an assault rifle
The mere mention of violence is obviously a threat to the frail constitutions of women, much less those with child. Didn't you learn anything in finishing school? Why, I think I might faint just from reading the summary!
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A border patrol vigilante is busy trying to figure out how to load a magazine clip into his assault rifle flatscreen.
Just one vote.
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Is that article originally from the Onion?
Geez, they're just lucky that they're still alive. That very big gun, capable of mowing down, well...just about anything, could have leapt out that box and killed her unborn child!
I mean, unloaded guns, still in packaging, have killed untold numbers of unsuspecting hipsters.
Frail? Hell! I was scared shitless every time my pregnant wife picked up scissors. Anything sharper than a butter knife was an excuse to go to the store.
An assault rifle in the house would have meant waking up to a loud bang in the middle of the night and bloody "can I sleep on your face" cat entrails blasted across the room. If I was lucky.
The world is made by those who show up for the job.
A pregnant woman is less likely to have fun with an assault rifle
Not necessarily true.
A pregnant woman obviously likes to bang.
Thanks, I'll be here all week.
Please tip the burgers, and try the waitresses.
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
What does a Canadian band have to do with Obama and Romney?
The world is made by those who show up for the job.
The bass was really loud; I thought I blew the speakers, but when I tried again, it was still as loud. It was at that point that I noticed the large, gaping holes in my wall. Within a few minutes, police had arrived at my house, to ask if anything was wrong. I informed them that my television was malfunctioning, and they seemed to decide I was a lunatic and drove away. When I tried to RMA it, the man on the other end of the support line laughed at me and hung up.
Would not buy again.
No sig is a good sig
Isn't that what the "gun grabbers" say? :-)
MyCleanPC.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
for a TV, so they sent him a rifle.
Sorry, but gray text on gray background is making my eyes bleed.
A pregnant woman is less likely to have fun with an assault rifle
Depends on which way her mood swings.
People will pass up steak once a week, for crap every day.