Why we wear protective clothing

[MDT]

funny, i remember seeing a british version of jackass as well...

[UrPeaceKeeper]

The english are limeys damn it 

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Now I Quote:

 

"The Red Coats are Coming, The Red Coats are Coming."

 

by Paul Revere during the Revolutionary war... Last history book i read stated that it was refering to the British Limey's just describes the sour yet etremely funny British Humor which is proudly displayed in the Monty Python series and the brilliant Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy... both of which fantastic representations of quality Red Coat Humor

[Hissing_Sid]

Limey's just describes the sour yet etremely funny British Humor which is proudly displayed in the Monty Python series and the brilliant Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy.

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Is that a joke? Some kind of colonioal humour?

 

In case it's not, allow me to explain...

We got the name "Limeys" from the days when we used to busy ourselves ruling the planet from this tiny island.

Sailors used to eat dried and salted meat or vegetables. Lack of Vitamin C led to dodgy bones and teeth.

The Navy doctors were smart enough to figure this out and, as a result, the ships were loaded up with barrels of limes for the sailors to eat.

Hence, Limeys.

 

Apologies if you actually knew this. I was just taking the opportunity to show off my limited historical knowledge.

[PariahWolf]

funny, i remember seeing a british version of jackass as well...

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That is Dirty Sanchez they are welsh so are a bit odd in the head and just jumping on the Jackass band wagon they make a good living and knew they would before they started.

[wildstallion]

That is Dirty Sanchez they are welsh so are a bit odd in the head and just jumping on the Jackass band wagon they make a good living and knew they would before they started.

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Talking of Dirty Sanchez does anyone remember the episode where they had an airsoft fame in the back of a SUV? They were screaming in pain in that car

[TYRO]

BTW, I was not calling the girl/women who got shot a 'bloody retard', the guy who shot her is. Also im calling the 2 guys in that video 'bloody retards' too.

[Blackfox]

That video was pretty funny.

 

as far as the clothing issue goes.

 

I play indoors all the time, with over 350fps guns in kakis and a black t shirt. Eye protection of corse. I've had some really bad run ins with kids not taking hits and turning on me when I pull my pistol spraying me full auto I got 15 shots up my right fore arm, causing many bleeding welts, one bbs actully stuck. Needless to say I had to be escorted out for a few minutes. He never returned. I guess it's just an issue of personal preference. I had a bunch of new kids show up to our site all wearing hoodies and two shirts underneath. I told them to take atleast on shirt off. if you can't take the pain stay out of the game.

[badkarma1354]

[hk_chick]

"The point" is that yes, shooting each other is the whole idea in Airsoft, but there IS a time and place for it.

 

I read posts of noobs thinking about shooting each other in their backyards "just to see what it's like" and can't help but think "if you want to see, do it at your local field", or "at least do it in a safer setting" (there are houses all around, as you can tell in the video". 

 

With the recent bad press Airsoft has been getting due to people acting irresponsibly, and the risk we're running (at least where I'm from) of having Airsoft limited or banned altogether because of those few irresonsible souls, I thought it important to post something that may persuade at least some of them to Keep It On The Field, for their sake, our sake, and the sake of our sport.

 

'Hope this clarifies. Post on: It's great seeing what people think.

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I don't agree with you at all here, I'm afraid. The guy is a total, utter moron & is doing nothing to help a UK issue (corrrect me if I'm wrong & you're having bad press/VCR bill type stuff as well)

 

All videos like this will do is allow the anti-airsoft people to use it as a means to demonstrate how irresponsible airsoft weapons can be in the wrong hands - they will focus on the negative. They couldn't give a flying *fruitcage* if it puts players off not wearing protective gear. They would more than likely play the 'young, impressionable teenagers will copy this' card, too.

 

As for discouraging noobs shooting each other in the back yard - I'd hazard a guess that 9 out of 10 would do this at a safe distance with some form of 'skirmish' gear on as the point of it is to see what a hit would feel like in a skirmish. Don't know of many who skirmish with a shirt off and expect to be laminated at close range!

[Dees]

Ever see "Jack-*albatross*" on TV?

Where's that show from again?

 

***Nope, I was afraid I would lose brain cells by watching something that dumb and cannot figure out how it ever got that popular***

 

 

 

I really can't think of any dodgy stereotypes which apply to brits.

Bad teeth?

Tea drinking?

 

***Not sure, but did learn not to get into a drinking contest with a Scotsman while stationed in Europe***

 

Thing with yanks is that, like it or not, you DO have a bunch of characatures in the eyes of foreigners.

There's the fat yank. He's the guy sitting in an italian restaurant demanding a cheeseburger while wearing a loud shirt.

There's the loud yank. She's the one sitting in the back of a cab driving through Paris and complaining that the shops in New York are better.

There's the yank driver. He's the one with a 1970s Buick which is 5 inches shorter than the Exxon Valdize and does about the same MPG.

There's the yank soldier. He's the one who shoots pretty much anything that moves and then tosses a grenade in as well, just to be sure.

There's the yank teen. He's the one who thinks it's cool to get shot with an airsoft gun.

 

 

***For the record, and after being stationed in Germany for a couple years that resulted in my working with soldiers from many different countries, we Americans do have a pretty bad reputation overseas because it is alway the morons that people remember (unfortunately).  It took a VERY long time to get the locals to know me and realize that I was not acting like many of the other GIs that had come before, and earning their respect made working with them a HELL of a lot easier.  This guy has a valid point***

 

 

 

Let me be clear: I'm fully aware that NONE of these stereotypes are anything other than a tiny minority of the population but they ARE, nevertheless, valid characatures which ARE, unfortunately, usually Americans.

 

If somebody shows me a video of Michael Moore sitting in the Shanghai Hilton demanding a Quarter-Pounder then it doesn't do much for my perception of yanks. In the same way, when I see a bunch of kids reinforcing my existing stereotype about the "Jackass culture" in the USA then don't take it up with me. Take it up with them.

 

***Now this one I have a problem with, since we don't really want to claim Michael Moore and are willing to export him to any country that will claim him, LOL***(the "me having a problem with this is a joke, but the willing to export him part is not, any countries interested please contact Michael Moore and invite him as you see fit, we will even pay for his plane ticket)

 

I judge people on merit. Let me be clear about that. I honestly have no blanket dislike of any yanks, asians or europeans on this forum. But, when I see yanks acting like knobbers expect to take a ribbing over it. It's not meant as a direct insult. It's just.... taking the mickey.

 

As I say, I honestly can't really think of many brit stereotypes.

I did used to know a fighter-pilot who had a huge handle-bar mustache and who used to talk in a posh accent.

If anybody posted a video of him explaining how "The bally bandit came right out of the sun, what? Anyway, I turned the kite on a penny and soon gave him what for!" then I guess I'd groan about how he was making brits out to be muppets but I'd take it in good humour.

And, yes. He did used to refer to his Tornado GR3 as a "kite".

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***The only thing I can say is I would be happy with the "limey" nickname since many of the other navies used sourkraut instead of citrus fruits.

[UrPeaceKeeper]

Is that a joke? Some kind of colonioal humour?

 

In case it's not, allow me to explain...

We got the name "Limeys" from the days when we used to busy ourselves ruling the planet from this tiny island.

Sailors used to eat dried and salted meat or vegetables. Lack of Vitamin C led to dodgy bones and teeth.

The Navy doctors were smart enough to figure this out and, as a result, the ships were loaded up with barrels of limes for the sailors to eat.

Hence, Limeys.

 

Apologies if you actually knew this. I was just taking the opportunity to show off my limited historical knowledge.

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Ohh I know that your just trying to find a reason to flame me sid Yes it was a joke and yes i know why you guys are called Limeys =) My joke is in reference to the extreme contrast of the amazing red coat humor and the ###### poor american humor. =)

[Docv400]

All videos like this will do is allow the anti-airsoft people to use it as a means to demonstrate how irresponsible airsoft weapons can be

Or they could look at it and think; "Is that all they can do from that close? Theyre just toys really, we've been making a lot of fuss over nothing!"...then I woke up!

 

"Hey mum, I can't go to school for a few days, look at this weird rash on my back!"

 

This sort of discussion crops up a couple of times a year on the motorbike forum I'm on. E.g.

"It really winds me up when I see guys riding in shorts and t-shirt..."

Or "Always wear leathers guys, or this could happen!" followed by some gory pic/video...

It's a free world (mostly). If a guy (or girl, though probably a lot less likely) wants to get shot on bare skin then I say let him (her!), It made me laugh

[Lord_Satorious]

Up here in the Northeast (USA), we have an interesting little game called "@sshole". Basically, we have small village-type field with lots of buildings in tight quarters. Everyone starts off together, then a count is started and everyone runs. At some random time, the referee calls out a name. Everyone shoots at this person (in semi only) until they give up, a new name is called, or the ref thinks he's really getting pelted bad. Usually, no one gives up. It's a completely voluntary game, the hardcore play it.

 

But we have an even better variation. It's called "18+ only, full-auto @sshole". You have to be 18 years of age and older, you are allowed to use full-auto and you have to be just a little nuts. The _really_ hardcore play this whenever we're feeling masochistic. Here's a photo of my forearm after getting shot from a distance of 15 feet or less with a M249 SAW shooting 400 FPS with 0.25 gram BBs.

 

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/heath995511/...818.jpg&.src=ph

 

I had my revenge though, I shot the SAW gunner with my own SAW, which shoots ~340 FPS with 0.20g BBs, but at 20+ BBs a second. I got a few seconds of fire right at his *albatross*, we had a good laugh about it later. Never any hard feelings, we're all good buddies.

[rageman]

Up here in the Northeast (USA), we have an interesting little game called "@sshole".  Basically, we have small village-type field with lots of buildings in tight quarters.  Everyone starts off together, then a count is started and everyone runs.  At some random time, the referee calls out a name.  Everyone shoots at this person (in semi only) until they give up, a new name is called, or the ref thinks he's really getting pelted bad.  Usually, no one gives up.  It's a completely voluntary game, the hardcore play it.

 

But we have an even better variation.  It's called "18+ only, full-auto @sshole".  You have to be 18 years of age and older, you are allowed to use full-auto and you have to be just a little nuts.  The _really_ hardcore play this whenever we're feeling masochistic.  Here's a photo of my forearm after getting shot from a distance of 15 feet or less with a M249 SAW shooting 400 FPS with 0.25 gram BBs.

 

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/heath995511/...818.jpg&.src=ph

 

I had my revenge though, I shot the SAW gunner with my own SAW, which shoots ~340 FPS with 0.20g BBs, but at 20+ BBs a second.  I got a few seconds of fire right at his *albatross*, we had a good laugh about it later.  Never any hard feelings, we're all good buddies.

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Sounds like a mentally stimulating game...

 

Anyhow... Wear what you feel comfertable in, I've worn my sleeves rolled up and just glasses and i've had some severe hits in the face, it hurts, it bleeds but hey it doesnt bother me that much. If we where so worried about the pain aspect im sure most of us would be playing laser tag.

[The End]

You also forgot the colonial term Lobsterback.