Neighbours in shoot-out over dog poo in Mississippi

[Tunkamerica]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/03/28/neighbours-in-shoot-out-over-dog-poo-in-mississippi-115875-23020559/

Two neighbours shot each other in a dog mess row.

Terry Tehnet, 52, went next door to complain to Jerry Blasingame, 60, as his dog had defecated on his lawn.

But Mr Blasingame accused him of shooting his pet the previous week and asked the complainant for a shoot-out.

[right2bfree]

1. The solutions to all problems Americana: Shoot each other to death! nt

[DrDan]

2. yep - need to arm more folks - and allow guns everywhere so disputes are easier to settle

what could go wrong

[slackmaster]

12. Something that nobody has actually ever suggested seriously

:nuke:

[DrDan]

13. perhaps the thought of letting armed folks take the law into their own hands

is one no one cares to contemplate seriously

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[TheCowsCameHome]

10. That's the way intelligent people solve their differences.

Sure.......:sarcasm:

[slackmaster]

11. Two fucking jackoff asshole lunatic pricks don't speak for America

Stupid post is stupid.

[one-eyed fat man]

19. Some light reading on the subject.

"A Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850"

Duelling with firearms grew in popularity in the 18th century, especially with the adoption of the Irish Code Duello, "adopted at the Clonmel Summer Assizes in 1777 for the government of duellists by the gentlemen of County Tipperary, County Galway, County Mayo, County Sligo and County Roscommon, and prescribed for general adoption throughout Ireland."

Typical weapons were cased duelling pistols, tuned for identical appearance, reliability and accuracy. In America, the Irish code eventually supplanted the usual method of brutal hand-to-hand combat and gave the combat a respectable feel.

As this happened in Mississppi, it properly should have been held on a sand bar. Southern US Code of Honor

Duelling does have a certain elegance. First, one has to determine if their position is one worth dying over, second, once consumated, one party is eminently satisfied with the result while the other is not in a position to bitch.

[aquart]

3. I settled much the same thing by giving my neighbor a bicycle.

It worked really well.

[slackmaster]

6. I gave my neighbor's daughter a computer, and we've gotten along famously since then

I hate poop threads.

[aquart]

22. Well, my cat did her Welcome mat for a year.

I really owed her that bicycle. And it's a real pleasure to me that she uses it regularly.

[geckosfeet]

4. At least it was only the two genetic defectives that shot eachother. Cleaning

out the gene pool. I mean, lobotomies should be mandatory for these people.

Hopefully they will be prohibited from owning guns after they get out of jail.

[slackmaster]

5. Auto-Unrec for silly British spelling plus it's 4:42 AM and I just got up to pee

:nuke:

[Atypical Liberal]

7. How do you ask for a shoot-out?

But Mr Blasingame accused him of shooting his pet the previous week and asked the complainant for a shoot-out.


How do you ask for a shoot-out? Is this like dueling at 20 paces at dawn or something?

[gordianot]

9. Remember when Zell Miller challenged Chris Matthews?

It must come easy for some.

[petronius]

17. From one of the other articles that was posted, it seems that one of the guys

told the other to "get your gun and meet me at the levee!" Apparently the challenger then drove off, and when the other didn't come along he came back to continue the 'discussion'...

[eilen]

14. Do you think they could just settle for a Dance -Off?

It worked in Grease.

[slackmaster]

16. I think Interpretive Dance is one of the most underutilized forms of communication in our culture

:hi:

[Straw Man]

20. I think Interpretive Dance is one of the most overutilized forms of violence in our culture.

:hi:

[ManiacJoe]

18. Duplicate thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=395522&mesg_id=395522

[Straw Man]

21. Actually, triplicate thread. Unrec for coprophilia.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=395820&mesg_id=395820

[rl6214]

23. How many times is this one going to get posted?