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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK rep wants Bigfoot Hunting Season
https://abc7news.com/society/oklahoma-lawmaker-proposes-bigfoot-hunting-season/9875983/An Oklahoma state representative has filed a bill calling for the creation of a "Bigfoot" hunting season
Establishing an actual hunting season and issuing licenses for people who want to hunt Bigfoot will just draw more people to our already beautiful part of the state," he said in a statement.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)We are becoming a primitive ignorant people.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Or like... a homeless person.
MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)Or worse...if a person of color were to take a hike or a walk in the woods and was mistaken fo4 Bigfoot.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)You are supposed to spit on them to get a pot of gold, not shoot them.
At least that is what my Irish grandmother told me.
You are right, what can go wrong with tons of gun toting tourists shooting at nothing.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)I was GOING to lead you to a pot of gold, but...
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Like Biden's family.
She seemed to be an expert on leprechauns. When I was young she was quite clear on how I was to deal with a leprechaun, if I were to come across one. Leprechauns chase pots of gold at the end of rainbows. That is their thing. But they never share their gold with humans. However if you spit on one, they must turn over the gold. That is the rule.
I am prepared, but alas have yet to see a leprechaun.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)sammythecat
(3,568 posts)Ballyhaunis. Small world.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Grandma was from Derrynacong, and Grandpa from Currane.
Where in Ballyhaunis was your grandmother from?
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)She didn't live in town, I know that. She grew up on a farm. I wish I had more specifics but if asked where she was from she'd say Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Ballyhaunis is a town just like a town here, right? She came over sometime around 1905-1910. Grandpa came from Cork around the same time. They met, married, and lived in Manhattan. I lived with them growing up. Funny thing is that, while they had completely lost their accents, I had cousins in NY who had never been to Ireland and they sounded like Darby O'Gill. Never quite understood that. Like Henry Kissinger, he lived here since he was 8yrs. old yet he sounded like Dr. Strangelove.
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Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Yes they usually lived in farms in the smaller villages.
But when asked my grandparents would say Ballyhaunis, even though the Irish census names the specific villages.
My grandparents came to the US around the same time as your grandmother.
They never lost their brogue.
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)something like that. Wiki says the population is only 2,366 and fully 42% are non-Irish nationals. Interesting. Odd even.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)So many from Ballyhaunis left to come to the US.
I guess then foreign nationals came in.
Yes it is likely we are related in some way.
Ballyhaunis is a small town.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)We could be related to him! Ha.
Delmette2.0
(4,165 posts)Celerity
(43,399 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,680 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)pwb
(11,275 posts).
Arne
(2,019 posts)LEAVE THEM AALONEE!!
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,641 posts)have a GD thing to say about it
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)gulliver
(13,181 posts)Such a great joke. I'm sure everyone will get it. What could possibly go wrong?
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Many a homeless person are in the woods, out of sight. And these idiots could shoot them and say they mistaked them for Bigfoot.
This is not good at all.
avebury
(10,952 posts)safest place to be roaming the woods.
JHB
(37,160 posts)Not Oregon. Oklahoma.
What's the estimated Bigfoot population in Oklahoma, Justin? (hint: zero)
There are enough hunting accidents where hunters mistake a human for a game animal when they're hunting quadrupeds. And you want to open a hunting season for a (mythical) bipedal creature?
Iggo
(47,558 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)The license can be granted after they watch Harry and the Hendersons and then have a rectal ultrasound to prove they don't have their head up their ass.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Paladin
(28,262 posts)As far as evolution goes, Bigfoot looks like an Oxford graduate, compared to that dipshit Okie douchebag.
msongs
(67,413 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,680 posts)Renew Deal
(81,860 posts)2naSalit
(86,636 posts)the shoot first, ask questions later crowd when they kill someone hiking in the woods.
XanaDUer2
(10,680 posts).
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Deuxcents
(16,234 posts)Please tell me the whole chamber is not this ignorant. Anyone?
Oneironaut
(5,500 posts)Both are as real as the other.
doc03
(35,340 posts)say for food or what?
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)I misplaced my glasses in our cabin, and I hadn't had my morning coffee yet, so when he was outside, I confused him with Bigfoot. I had the hunting license so I took my best shot. He was a lying two-timing lowlife, but I'm really going to miss him. It was just a honest mistake"
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)"There are some aspects of New England culture that require explaining. One of them, is that most underaged/illicit drinking of alcohol takes place in gravel pits, boat launches, and the like, away from cops and parents. That huge, shambling creature seemingly dressed in rags or matted hair is no mythical creature. Indeed, his name is Bubba, Hoss, Moose, or William. He woke up next to a burned out bonfire this morning, with rapidly dropping blood sugar and alcohol levels. And no ride home! Don't approach it without a cold beer, or maybe a sandwich! Stay at a respectful distance, until you're sure it won't puke on you! Do not let it inside your vehicle! If you have a pickup, or similar vehicle, and are inclined to "rescue", drop the creature at the nearest "beer store" - well away from the building! The creature will regain human form within a few days, in most cases."
edhopper
(33,580 posts)are probably bears standing on their hind legs, this would be bad for the bears in Oklahoma.
Hekate
(90,708 posts)Yeesh
XanaDUer2
(10,680 posts)but we knew this