Easy like Sunday morning
This morning you find your humble correspondent sitting at the kitchen table undertaking that onerous of tasks … filling in his tax return. Taxes are of course one of the most odious things that the state foists upon us bulldogs & to add to the indignity of it all, we are required to fill in a form that reminds us just how much we are forced to pay for such good governance. Its enough to make you want to hit the bottle hard – but even by my shabby standards, 10:15 on a Sunday morning is just a tad early to be breaking out Scotland’s finest. Now one or two of you might have noticed that I have two other forms also sitting on the table that need to be completed. The first for a variation to my FAC, the other is an application for an Explosives Certificate … oh yes!
That form is slightly different to the normal FAC/Shotgun Certificate forms. On page 8, you have to specify the generic class of explosives that you are applying for & as menus go, everything looks absolutely delicious.
For example, do you want Explosives, Blasting, Type D or what about Charges, shaped, commercial without detonator? Better still would be some Cord, detonating, flexible as there is always fun to be had playing with detcord just as there is with Charges, shaped, flexible, linear. In fact, I think I will just apply for the lot as sadly I can’t see a box entitled Enough damn explosives to overthrow the State & Bring send the entire edifice of Government sky high. Maybe the Glorious Day just took one small step closer?
Comments
Its tightened up a little, you used to apply for a storage license and a ton of opencast gelignite could be just about kept in an urban garden shed.
You then had a license and could pretty much do what you wanted. That was in 1988!
Posted by: TimC | January 13, 2008 1:57 PM
I think a shaped charge, when combined with a crossbow, could be most entertaining.
Posted by: Simon Clark | January 13, 2008 3:24 PM
Ah yes the time of year that the government points out that they took the cost of a brand spanking new Corvette out of my paycheck last year...
But look on the bright side. You got back enough to buy a nice set of trim rings for the Corvette because you overpaid a bit...
Posted by: Kirk | January 13, 2008 6:05 PM
I am sorry to say that you are not the only one working for the government filling out various tax papers on a Sunday when there are much better things to do. Arr the FILO is calling no I must do my tax work, well after I have finished with this anyway.
I thought I would come out with you today :) http://www.glossover.co.uk/blog/default.asp?id=391
Ian
Posted by: Ian | January 13, 2008 6:33 PM
Simon, I think going a little Rambo would be fitting. Now, if I can only find a mud wall to pop out of after proverbial badguy passes
Posted by: Dan | January 14, 2008 5:53 AM
Now my history is not the best but I believe the traditional explosive for blowing up the goverment of the day is gunpowder (black powder). I think you pack it in barrels and hide it under the house of lords.
Mind you my old Chemistry teacher was very found of saying " Making explosives is easy not being there when they go off that's the trick"
Hope it goes well
Posted by: Ghostrifle | January 14, 2008 6:13 PM
Dayum and I thought my Permission to Acquire Store and Transport was easily got. The only choice I had was gunpowder.
Please tell us if you manage to get a licence for all the other stuff. I know I can play with the more exciting stuff at work, but for some unaccountable reason my employers get a bit miffed if they catch one trying to take it home.
Posted by: The Remittance Man | January 14, 2008 6:40 PM