One particular Xmas I got an excellent shooting game called 'Targetland'
It was Nemesis' post that reminded me of this ....
It had a rifle that fired rubber suction bullets at various targets, clay pigeons, ducks on stings etc...but I didn't think it was very powerful.
Therefore I decided that it was perfectly reasonable to fire these bullets at my pet budgie as it flitted around the room ... this went on for a couple of years and I never managed to hit it, in any case it wasn't powerful enough to trouble the bird.
Or so I thought ...until the day I DID hit it.
Poor Joey fell to the carpet and never moved again.
Embarrassed and scared of parental repercussions, I popped the stiff Joey back into its cage, closed the door, and walked away with an innocent whistle.
Some hours later my Mum and Dad discovered the deceased budgie, and agonised over how to break the news to me.
My acting as I feigned shock and upset should have won me an Ocar
I have never told them to this day what actually happened ...
I do hope they are not members of this Form ... but who knows?