Well, we guess it kind of had to happen at some point and if it had to happen to anyone it was always likely to be Hairy Bill!
Snapped by fellow TMAK47er John W whilst visiting a nuclear bunker in Prague (as you do!), Bill posed for his entry in
the AK T-shirt competition. This is an actual, but unloaded, AK47.
Apparently after the Russians left AK47s were so plentiful that farmers
adopted them in preference to their shotguns. The visit occurred during their recent visit to the Czech Republic as part of the "Sing Your Socks Off" singing Holiday, a report coming soon(ish).
Whilst we in no way condone playing with dangerous former Soviet military hardware, kiddies, it is quite a striking pose.
Anyway, the scores have arrived and they are as follow:
1. The Location - 4.0
(The Judges are as ever unfortunately rather nit picky about the lack of magnificence of the shot [having been spoilt with so many epic, iconic world landmarks in the past] and no visible signage. On the other hand they applaud the readiness to wear the T-Shirt on these sort of visits and wish to encourage this sort of deviant behaviour and applaud Bill H's & John W's gumption so back up a mark)
2. The Pose - 4.0 (A good pose in the circumstances but perhaps not the note of pointless grandeur that we have come to expect but given that he is holding a potentially lethal weapon it gives another perspective to things. In fact , on second look it is quite a stern pose as befitting the circumstances so that is a good second best in the absence of pointless grandeur)
3. The X-Factor - 4.0
- (Overall quite scary for any of us old enough to remember the Cold War and gas masks for real so mark)
Making that a total of 12.0 - by far the highest scoring entry from anyone in a bunker on the continent whilst on a singing holiday! A good team effort by the 2 TMAK47ers.
Making that a total of 12.0 - by far the highest scoring entry from anyone in a bunker on the continent whilst on a singing holiday! A good team effort by the 2 TMAK47ers.
