Chicago man asked by police to stop shooting down icicles off his house with a revolver.

Exact sketch of aforementioned man.

Huffington Post- A suburban Chicago man's unconventional method of removing icicles from his house attracted some unwanted attention from a neighbor and, ultimately, police, last Friday.

As United Press International reports, the 80-year-old from St. Charles, Ill. was trying to remove the icicles from the second floor of his home by shooting them down from his bathroom window with a .22-caliber revolver.

A neighbor whose dog was frightened by the gunfire called Kane County police, who responded to the Friday incident and advised the man to try a bullet-free alternative like a broomstick handle instead, the Kane County Chronicle reports.

“He stated that if anybody was hit by the falling round, it would be just like getting hit with a piece of hail,” police said, noting the man argued his icicle removal method was safe since he was pointing the shots upward and not at anyone.

You ever get a feeling that the elderly are only being kept around for their sheer senility and entertainment value? I can't see how a person like this is left alone to his own devices to eventually be caught removing icicles from his house in the only practical manner available.... a .22 revolver, obviously. I love his response of 'the falling round would feel like getting hit with a piece of hail.' basically saying stop being such a pussy and let me get back to shooting inanimate objects off of my house. 

Guarantee you this is the same type of grandfather that drinks a bit too much Jim Beam, gets his grandkid's names wrong and occasionally shows up to thanksgiving dinner without pants on. You know, the best type of grandfather. Gets a little too dicey talking about ' Those japs back in dubya dubya two.' No magnum PI and a glass of warm milk for this old bastard, Those jerkoff icicles are back again and hes there to show them once and for all who's the king of his Chicago suburbia home. 

Side note- I feel like Chicago has regressed into an arctic thunderdome, People just beating back Old man winter with a good old fashioned hand gun.