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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:21 PM
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Man Jailed For Shooting Off His Testicles
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LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who accidentally shot himself in the testicles after drinking 15 pints of beer was jailed for five years on Tuesday for possessing an illegal firearm, a court spokesman said.

David Walker, 28, was arguing with a friend at a pub in South Yorkshire, northern England, when he went home to get his sawed-off shotgun, which he jammed into his trousers.

But as he walked back to the pub, the gun went off, blasting pellets into his testicles. Doctors later removed what remained of his testicles during emergency surgery.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20040713/od_nm/odd_testicles_dc
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:24 PM
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1. I bet he doesn't have the balls to do that again...
ZZZZZing!

Bwahahahahahaha!

*Ahemmmmm*

Sorry. I won't do it again.
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Red State Rebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:27 PM
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6. Oh no, here come the jokes! hehehe
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:25 PM
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24. Yes you will.
You missed the one on the left side.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:24 PM
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2. Hasn't he suffered enough??
:shrug:
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billybob537 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:25 PM
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3. I know a guy {graphic}
who shot his penis with a 22cal pistol. We call him pistol Pete.
OUCH.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 05:07 PM
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37. Where's the graphic?
:shrug:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:25 PM
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4. If he had any balls...........
Sorry that's all I've got right now.
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:26 PM
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5. Well, that's excessive!
Mine have gotten smart with me on occasion, and I've had to slap 'em around some. But shooting? Damn!
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:28 PM
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7. Well, beats a murder rap he might have received
Had he made it back to the pub and shot the person he was arguing with...

*Course, the argument could have been "proof" he had a sawed-off shotgun..and he was just bringing the gun back as "proof"...

*statement represents my one a day benefit of the doubt allotted.

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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:43 PM
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18. Just a thought though...
Edited on Tue Jul-13-04 12:43 PM by Mikimouse
In the USm we probably would have tried him for the mass murder of millions and put him to death under the 'Laci' laws.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:08 PM
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19. Excellent point and that also crossed my mind
sad init? :(
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:27 PM
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25. But what if the argument was started when the other guy claimed ...
that he didn't have any balls?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:41 PM
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33. lololol!!! He wanted to win really bad
lololol!
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:30 PM
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8. Quibble - he was jailed for an illegal firearm - not for shooting off his
balls - though I freely admit the title got me to open the thread. So there you have it.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:31 PM
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10. not my title
actual title of the article
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:30 PM
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9. He shot off his balls
Edited on Tue Jul-13-04 12:31 PM by Amaya
and he gets 5 years! Didn't he suffer enough? That's harsh.
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:30 PM
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26. It's not as bad as it sounds:
only 2.5 years per ball. ;-)

He might have skipped out without being tried -- but he probably couldn't find a ball bondsman.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:32 PM
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11. Richard Pryor set his on fire once while cooking up a batch of crack. His
account of it was one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:33 PM
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12. And that's why Laura won't let George have a shotgun.
She doesn't believe in birth control.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:36 PM
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13. It's too late anyway. He's sown his seed
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:31 PM
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27. Are you sure?
There's always the milkman.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:40 PM
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32. lol!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:37 PM
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14. And conservatives ~still~ believe in Creationism over Evolution
:7
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:13 PM
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21. Evolution in action right there.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:38 PM
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15. If he can keep it quiet, he could make some money in nut-kicking contests
:evilgrin:
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:33 PM
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28. Yeah, the contestants might fracture their feet ...
on all of those pellets.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:39 PM
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16. Jail is the least of his worries!
Ouch!
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 12:39 PM
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17. To paraphrase Tom Lehrer...
'...And when he found what he had done, he blew his balls off, one by one; A tragic end to a loyal son, who LOVED his mother.'
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:34 PM
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29. His balls are wrecks, but not ...
Oedipus Rex?
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 05:06 PM
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36. Aye, it is from Oedipus Rex, LOL!
n/t
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:13 PM
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20. I hope the other prisoners dont ask him what hes in for...
theyll all laugh their butts off, then probably, well, you know.
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:36 PM
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30. It depends on how he reports it --
e.g., 'I'm in for shooting someone in the balls.' That might keep them off him.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:47 PM
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35. Except, when he has to use the public showers...
Edited on Tue Jul-13-04 01:47 PM by Endangered Specie
people are gonna notice, I think they'll be able to conenct the dots.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:17 PM
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22. See why we should let the NRA keep their guns?
From my cold dea.--BOOOM-- (+3 octaves) H-H-H-H-HANDS!
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:37 PM
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31. Do you think they use those cold, dead hands to ...
mauserbate?
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:45 PM
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34. Oh, thats GOOD!
rofl
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 01:24 PM
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23. Oh, shot them with a firearm! Well, that's different.
There are any number of guys who should be jailed for shooting off their testicles -- and then not paying child support.
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-04 05:16 PM
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38. Damn.......
....the shame he'll endure...bet he doesn't live another 5 years. :evilfrown:
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