Nerf Guns And No Roses...

Last Saturday Justin and Jared had a real blast at a Nerf gun war game which organised by their church friends for a post-exam de-stressing exercise. For the uninitiated, Nerf guns are fanciful-looking dart guns equipped with styrofoam bullets. They come in various designs.. hand-held.. pistol (6 bullets).. cartridge loading.. long-range shooter etc. The boys (obviously the girls were not very interested in such violence?) turned the table over on to their sides and used them as shields since they weren't allowed to dig trenches on the premises. So, if you get 'shot'.. you're supposed to be 'dead' and therefore can't operate a gun anymore. You may only assist your team mates to load bullets. The game ends only when a team gets all the members of the opposite team.. unless of course they decide to commit Kamikaze by running over to the enemy's camp. Jared got hit near his eye and made a smart move by using a pair of swimming goggles for protection.. he looked really cute popping up and down behind the table with these black rings around his eyes (not unlike a goldfish)! Needless to say. this was the precise reason I banned my boys from playing Nerf guns at home.. point proven.. signed.. sealed.. delivered!!!