25-03-2003 09:30									#1
	Wife chops off fingers to stop TV 'war addict' husband Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

quote: March 25 2003, 3:11 PM The wife of a Gulf War addict in China cut off her finger to stop him from watching TV news about the conflict all day long, a news report said today. The 45-year-old woman from Nanjing in Jiangsu Province took the drastic step after quarrelling with her husband about his TV addiction since the war began last week, the Hong Kong edition of the official China Daily reported. She cut off the middle finger of her left hand with a kitchen knife to get his attention because their 15-year-old daughter could not concentrate on studying for upcoming exams with the TV constantly on. The shocked husband then turned off the TV and took her to hospital, said the newspaper report. DPA

PMS anyone?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003...8354586762.html

	25-03-2003 09:36									#3
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quote: Originally posted by monkspider

I second that.

	25-03-2003 09:36									#4
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And her daughter is better off now that she knows her mother is crazy?

	25-03-2003 09:38									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Kirnwaffen And her daughter is better off now that she knows her mother is crazy?

Crazy people cut off other people's fingers

	25-03-2003 09:42									#6
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	25-03-2003 09:44									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Crazy people cut off other people's fingers

At first when I saw this I read:

Wife chops off husbands finger to stop TV 'war addiction'



Needless to say, my jaw dropped until I opened the thread

	25-03-2003 09:45									#8
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I wonder if she stirred his tea with the severed digit.

	25-03-2003 09:47									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I wonder if she stirred his tea with the severed digit.

Oh gross. :vomit:

	25-03-2003 09:47									#10
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at least she didnt pull a Bobbit (Laurana was it?)...

Last edited by Kramerman on 25-03-2003 at 09:52

	25-03-2003 09:52									#12
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Don't mess with devoted mothers.

	25-03-2003 09:59									#13
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One thing you need to understand about students going to college in China, it's SCARY competitive. Ever since China started opening up to western ways, it's been a mad-dash for many parents to get their children access to better education (re:college). In a country of 1.2 billion or so, space is limited. The yearly entrance exams are a major event in a family's life.

This women's psychotic self-inflicted wound is indicative of the stress many families feel...taken to an absurd extreme. Sad, really.

	25-03-2003 10:03									#14
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So many of these bizarre things are reported out of China. I suppose when you have 1 billion people your pool of lunatics is larger.

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quote: This women's psychotic self-inflicted wound is indicative of the stress many families feel...taken to an absurd extreme. Sad, really.

Translation: Crazy psycho*****.

	25-03-2003 11:34									#16
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Probably only for a few days a month. She'll probably have no fingers by Christmas unless they wrap up the war quickly.

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wouldn't it have been more effective to chop his nuts off?

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Well, nothing is as bad as it is not good for anything: Chopping off fingers is the best way to cure butter-fingers.

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He can thank his luck for not being sex addict.

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quote: Originally posted by Dissident wouldn't it have been more effective to chop his nuts off?

Cultural difference. Since the ancient times a number of the emperor's ministers attempted to get him to listen to some advice by killing themselves.

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Isn't that a more Japanese thing?

	25-03-2003 17:33									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Cultural difference. Since the ancient times a number of the emperor's ministers attempted to get him to listen to some advice by killing themselves.

I wonder how that would work?:

Minister: I am so frustrated at my emperor not listening to reason that I am going to kill myself *ahhhhh...*

Emperor: And he was such a good minister. I think I will invite him in to listen to his advice now -- oh wait he's dead.

	26-03-2003 06:06									#23
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sometimes I wonder if I'm watching too much coverage.

The problem is the crappy U.S. networks have terrible coverage during the day time. They have all these stupid talking heads. I don't want to hear the opinion of some sorry advisor. Even the retired military guys are useless. They are telling me stuff I already know.

I want live coverage from the battlefield

The only time they seem to do that is late at night (afternoon Iraq time). I was up till 4 in the morning last night watching coverage.

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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Cultural difference. Since the ancient times a number of the emperor's ministers attempted to get him to listen to some advice by killing themselves.

U arent too far off... Women are inferiot to men. No matter how mcuh thw wife begged, Im guessing the men asserted his dominance over her by refusing to listen to her. So Im guessing she cut off her finger to show just how much she wanted him to turn it off..

It would be so great if it worked in here. I'd need thousand fingers just so that I can have it my way.


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	26-03-2003 06:46									#25
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She should have just smashed the remote......better yet a baseball bet to the tele I have found is always effective.

	26-03-2003 07:10									#26
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Ahh Tiamat, where's your sense of drama....

	26-03-2003 07:14									#27
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the obvious solution is to change it to a porno channel.

	26-03-2003 07:17									#28
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quote: Originally posted by alva Ahh Tiamat, where's your sense of drama....

Honey........if you don't consider a baseball bat through the screen of the tele drama Then I guess I need to check my drama queen's license