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[ksmith]

This comment from a daily_kos post about the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago just amused the heck out of me:

Next year I'm bringing my slingshot. Anyone who stands up to ask a question but instead makes a bunch of preliminary comments and then bundles four questions into one will get a Milk Dud in the back of the head. This also applies to anyone who fails to turn off their cellphone.

They're at every con, regardless of genre/subject matter. They are ubiquitous. Across the Universe. They will not be absorbed. They are the bane of moderators everywhere.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I think a con committee should have a number of Official Milkdud Slingers. They would sit in on panels unannounced, like air marshalls. After word gt around, potential offenders would never be sure whether they're out there or not, so they would behave.**



**Of course we know that the folks who would keep quiet are the ones who ask good, solid single questions, then sit down. The true offenders would never accept that they, in fact, offend, and would behave as they always do...and shout very loudly when pinged in the back of the head.

[lisamantchev.livejournal.com]

The true offenders would never accept that they, in fact, offend, and would behave as they always do...and shout very loudly when pinged in the back of the head.

Tranq darts for them! It would only take a few hits for people to learn to mind their manners. *G*

Official Milkdud Slingers

[(Anonymous)]

I hereby volunteer for the position of Official Milkdud Slinger. I'm sure that I can come up with a design for a rapid fire Milkdud cannon, and will lend my keen sense of who needs a blast in the ear to this fine cause. Unless I get hungry, in which case I may have to eat the ammo.

Dave