Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] gun sounds

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Ross, Matthew wrote:
> 
> > > I guess I knew I was in a new age when my son (as a seven-year-old)
> > > could do a more convincing imitation of the sound made by automatic
> > > weapons fire than he could of any common woodland creature.
> >
> > That was the case when I was in gradeschool
> 
> We used to make gun sounds all the time back in the mid-'60s, so
> it isn't a new idea.

No, obviously that's not new.  What amazed me was the new trend in
doing sounds from *automatic* weaponry.  We used to go "bang!  
pow!" etc., and it was clear that fully automatic weaponry was not
in our vocal arsenal.  Actually, my brother and I used to do mortar 
fire an awful lot, as well.

And, heck; back in those days you could get a serious cap gun,
although my dad, the former marine corps captain, would actually not
let us point guns at each other.  Only imaginary bad guys or real or
imaginary targets.

>  We used to "play war" - do kids still do that?  Or do they now
> "play driveby?"

I did see some of the latter in San Diego.  Actually, what depressed
me most was seeing one kid progress from playing driveby to
(apparently) becoming a junior look-out for a real gang that hung
out one neighborhood over from ours. Obviously, that does not always
happen, but it did make me wonder a bit about how and when things 
become inappropriate.

jking


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