That said, if someone shot me in the head and the bullet went right through my head, I'd want some tea to calm down.
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Makes you wonder if the husband was simply trying to replicate the feat he had just accomplished. Or that he shouted something like, "Go to hell!" and upon not managing to kill his wife decided God had clearly taken sides on the matter.
This is my humor at its darkest.
-------- edit: Synethesia: I am too, but then again we have no idea what this lady is like.
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That was in April. Here's an update from June.
She does suffer long-term effects and she can't be as active as she used to be, but she seems to have a good attitude about it.
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That is so amazing! It's like some sort of magical or miraculous event, isn't it? Let it be a lesson to all would-be uxoricides out there! How will you feel when you're dead and your wife is recovering nicely? Think about it! =)
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quote:That is so amazing! It's like some sort of magical or miraculous event, isn't it? Let it be a lesson to all would-be uxoricides out there! How will you feel when you're dead and your wife is recovering nicely? Think about it! =)
Seems it be more likely to encourage double-tapping than anything.
"Two in the head and you know that they are dead."
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No, I think the proper lesson to take from this is, "Tea, so awful you need to be shot in the head to want any."
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Alternatively, she should be thanking tea for being so awesome that it saved her life. Or as an odd number of commentators on that original article call it, "God."
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Indeed Rakeesh, or perhaps the instigator of this violence was tea itself. I can easily conceive myriad aspects of tea that beg serious contention. Which tea, when should it be taken, what should it be taken with, tea or coffee, one lump or two, cheese or crumpets? Yes, it's all too clear to me now that the mountains of painful decisions that must be made before serving tea could give rise to such passions as to render individuals unfit for cordial discourse. The presence of firearms and their reputation for finality, a reputation they of course so richly deserve, must have positively shouted for adherence.
In retrospect, one is forced to consider if perhaps the entire tea industry: drinkers, manufacturers, plants, et al, cannot be said to have physically pulled the trigger. The whole sordid affair can only be made worse by the notion that nothing has been done to prevent further acts of desperation. It strains the conscience, and offends the Christian sensibilities of any decent man or woman!
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I would agree with you of course except for one thing:
quote: Yes, it's all too clear to me now that the mountains of painful decisions that must be made before serving tea...
There's really only one decision to be made here: seek medical attention for whatever serious, mind-altering ailment has afflicted you and spurred you towards wanting to serve much less drink tea in the first place!
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Whenever I hear about a murder-suicide (or in this case, an attempted murder-suicide) I always think- couldn't you have spared everyone some trouble and tried reversing the order...?Posts: 3826 | Registered: May 2005
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quote:Whenever I hear about a murder-suicide (or in this case, an attempted murder-suicide) I always think- couldn't you have spared everyone some trouble and tried reversing the order...?
I'd guess that quite a few do, you just don't hear about them in the news.
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I can't believe a NEUROSURGEON is spouting that horrible, completely disproven "10% of their brain" tripe!!!
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quote:Originally posted by Sterling: Whenever I hear about a murder-suicide (or in this case, an attempted murder-suicide) I always think- couldn't you have spared everyone some trouble and tried reversing the order...?
Well in all seriousness, I imagine many murder suicides involve the person committing murder, something that is just so beyond what many think they are capable of. Then, in that frantic state, the reality of the situation sets in, the trial, jail, possible execution, the ending of everything that was or could have been good in your life, and as a means of escape you kill yourself.
edit: Rivka: and that after what 18 years of practice?
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quote:Oh, its clearly not undeniable because I'll proceed to deny it right now.
I deny it! [Smile]
Your denial doesn't count, because you're obviously not in your right mind. It's the tea talking, and tea doesn't get a vote, even if it's through the mouths of its poor pawns.
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Just because my opinions are informed by tea doesn't mean I can't raise them in the public sphere.
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I can't believe a NEUROSURGEON is spouting that horrible, completely disproven "10% of their brain" tripe!!!
Nu, let's be fair. It's not true in general, but it appears to be true for the woman in question. After all, look at who she married.
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Nope. Get your head out of the tea-addled haze it's in, and perhaps it can be explained to you. Till then, though, you're barely even a consenting adult, much less capable of understanding nuanced discussions of free will and counting!
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quote:I have to disagree. I will also subsequently accuse you of having bad stomach-reading skills.
It stays in your system for years, like LSD or something. Unless you've completely flushed your system, its toxic influence will remain!
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lem, do you really think I meant that, or are you just joking around with me? Anyway, I misspoke. Obviously I wouldn't be a cool story if she died, being neither a fan of homicide or domestic violence.
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