Just when it was assumed that the United States had the monopoly on gun toting crazed octagenarians along comes France to disprove such lazy shorthand:
France nabs gun-toting pensioner
"An 81-year-old Frenchman has been given a one-year suspended jail sentence for firing a hunting rifle at helicopters dropping water on a forest blaze.
David Thiel opened fire on 21 July when the low-flying helicopters disturbed his afternoon nap near Grasse in the south of France, court sources said.
During his arrest the man swore at the policemen and hit them with saucepans."
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I can only dream of being that surly when I'm that age.
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