[TriLUG] GoDaddy CEO shoots elephant...

[John Broome]

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 20:52, Aaron Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Joseph S. Tate <dragonstrider at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> The population of elephants in some parts of Africa is so large that
>>> even the WWF thinks that culling is a reasonable tool for managing
>>> population size[1].  Zimbabwe's population is huge, at 88000 in
>>> 2002[2] and 100,000 in 2009[3].  We should be happy that conservation
>>> efforts for elephants have been so successful.
>>>
>>
>> I'm having trouble getting a lane at my swimming pool some mornings - Think
>> the SOB would enjoy shooting (culling) some swimmers?
>
> That might be difficult, bullets don't tend to fair well in the
> greatly increased resistance of water, so you'd have to pick them off
> as they come up for air, as they did the turn, or if they stopped to
> rest.  I suppose it might be good sport?  :)  If you do choose to go
> the gunpowder way, given the size of your average pool, assuming
> reasonable chlorination, it should be fine.  You probably wouldn't
> even notice the slight pink tinge from the blood in the water.
>
> Instead, I'd suggest wheeling in a large Tesla coil, and firing it up
> right next to the pool.  It'll clear all the lanes at once, and you
> get an awesome light show to boot.  It also *shouldn't* pollute the
> water with the blood of the previous swimmers.  You'll want to time it
> so none of them are *too* close, or you might get unusual skin effects
> across the water and the swimmers (think ... bad "charred" smell).


As any redneck worth his weight in BBQ will tell you, if you want to
go fishin' without all the work toss a couple of pipebombs in the pond
and the fish will come to you.