And Issy the MAN TARGET must have been rather amazed as well..... Did you supply the band-aids, or did the poor slob have to bring his own?

Perfect weapon for the little fellas show and tell at kindy. Such joy, I gotta get meself one of those pop guns!

Jesus, Ukranie has a lot of women, 17,000 million according to ttbn. Bettina, stuff her in a cannon and firer her at the Russians, meeting her they'll soon give up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Arndt

Heinz Wolfgang Arndt was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1915, the eldest son of Fritz Georg Arndt (1885-1969) and Julia (née Heimann). Arndt gained two degrees at Oxford and taught at the London School of Economics and University of Manchester before settling in Australia in 1946. While studying in England, he married his wife Ruth (nee Strohsahl) with whom he later lived in Canberra until her death in 2001. In 1950, Arndt took up a chairmanship in economics at the then Canberra University College. He became head of the department at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1963. He held this position until retiring in 1980. One of his main activities as head of the department was his establishment and management of the Indonesia Project which sponsors research on the Indonesian economy.[2] As part of his activities with the Indonesia Project he established the academic journal Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES).[3]

Arndt died in a car crash in Canberra in May 2002.[4] He was on his way to attend the funeral of his close friend Sir Leslie Melville, at which he was to deliver a eulogy.[5]

Foxy,
Does the originator of a topic not have an implied obligation to respond to queries relevant to said topic?
Good manners certainly requires it.

Putin's actions suggest he's nowhere near ready for
a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Zelensky has warned that
it is only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall
on NATO territory. He has renewed his call for the
alliance to close the skies over his country.

The risk of a wider conflict appears to be deepening.
Both sides appear far apart in principle. Ukraine demands
the withdrawal of Russian troops. Moscow is calling on
NATO to pull back from former states in Eastern Europe.
This is less likely now given Russia's treatment of the
Ukraine.

Things are not looking good.

Why can't Putin be removed?

Why are Russians putting up with this leader?

Surely someone could end this with Putin's removal?