Does Nun Control Work?

[The Valkyrie]

Every day for years two nuns have ridden their bikes from a convent on the hill, down the road to the local town, worked there all day, and ridden home again.

One day they set off as normal but halfway down the hill they find their usual road closed and a detour down an ancient cobblestone road that no one ever uses.

So they take the old road and, by the time they get to town, they’re obviously shaken up by the rough ride.

As the nuns get off their bikes, one says to her companion, “I’ve never come that way before!”

The other nun smiles and says, “No. must have been the cobblestones!”

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Three elderly nuns are sitting on a park bench having a chat when a flasher approaches and does what he does.

The first nun had a stroke.  The second nun had a stroke.  The third nun didn't touch him.

Boru

[The Valkyrie]

Great interraction from Blackadder about making money in the church (paraphrased).

Baldrick “We can sell indulgences, relics, the sexual favour of nuns?”

Blackadder (Archbishop of Canterbury): “ Sexual favours of nuns? You mean people PAY for them?”

Brother Baldrick: “Yes. Foreign businessmen, other nuns...”

[Peebothuhlu]

 

[Fake Messiah]

[Mister Agenda]

According to studies (that I liked a source for in the Red Flag thread), gun control aimed at restricting what kind of guns and ammo are available has no statistically significant effect on murders committed with guns. However, measures that restrict who can have guns have statistically significant impacts (reducing) on gun murder rates. Specifically, states with both enforced universal background checks and Red Flag (gun confiscation based on risk) have seen significant reductions in gun-related murders and gun-assisted suicides. There is some shift to other means, but the overall rates are still lower. And the majority of Americans support universal background checks, that could probably even pass the Senate if we had a Bush or Romney instead of a Trump.

What 2nd amendment absolutists don't see is that it's not a slipper slope. The more the murder/suicide rate goes down, the less support there will be for additional measures. General responsible firearm ownership will never be outlawed unless enough American support it that they could amend the constitution anyway. Laws similar to what Canada has are the post-apocalyptic America is doomed worse case scenario after another 50-100 years inching in the direction; and gun ownership is pretty common in Canada.

Edit: Oh, sorry, NUN control. My cataracts have made me VERY near-sighted.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It's a habit I wouldn't mind getting into......


(Waiting for the "they have it in your size?"  jokes)

I get funny looks from people because I refer to the song You’re a hard habit to break, by Chicago, as “The Concrete Nun Song”

Any idea why the funny looks?

[The Valkyrie]

I get funny looks from people because I refer to the song You’re a hard habit to break, by Chicago, as “The Concrete Nun Song”

Any idea why the funny looks?

Because people don’t get my sense of humour.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

An elderly nun has been hearing about streaking in the news.  She's getting on and figures to live a bit before her time is up.

Gathering up her nerve, she hides in the shrubs at a local park, sheds her kit, and goes for a dash (more of a hobble, really) past two old gents strolling along a path.

After she disappears around a bend, one old fella turns to the other and says, 'Did you see that?'

'I did, so.'

'What was it?'

'I'm not sure, but it could do with a good ironing.'

Boru

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Any idea why the funny looks?

Because people don’t get my sense of humour.

We used to sit around and ... improve pop songs. Sailors can be quite imaginative.