Father And Son Get Into Gun Battle Over How To Cook Chicken

[matcom]

<snip>

BLUEWELL, W.Va. -- A family meal erupted into a gun battle after a father and son clashed over how to cook chicken.

The two men argued Sunday over the best way to prepare skinless chicken for dinner.

"It started out as a physical confrontation, but it escalated until both of them were shooting at each other," Detective Sgt. A.D. Beasley of the Mercer County Sheriff's Department said Monday.

Beasley said each man fired a .22-caliber handgun at the other. Harley Shrader was struck by a bullet that went through the upper part of his right ear and lodged in the back of his head. He was treated at a hospital and released. The elder Shrader was not injured.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3768987/detail.html

[Spinzonner]

1. It's definitely time to go to bed

I read that subject line as "... How To Cook Children"

Which brings up the question ...

[GiovanniC]

2. Guns Don't Kill People

Stupid fucking people kill people.



"The proper way to cook skinless chicken is to marinate it in a light lemon garlic butter, then bake it."

"I must respectfully disagree. The proper way to cook skinless chicken is to brush it with a honey barbeque sauce and ranch dressing mixture, then grill."

"I am taken aback by your suggestion. There is but one way to resolve this dispute."

[DoNotRefill]

9. In the LBN category: Zell Miller moving to WVA...

details at 11.

/sarcasm

[MrBenchley]

3. Yesterday we had a trigger happy gump in Indiana

who shot his father while they were arguing about a dream he'd had...

http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182236-2117-102.html

[demnan]

4. If the stupid kill each other off

it might be alright, but there might be an innocent family member with an IQ above 50 within range, so I have to say, the stupid should not have guns.

Why did I just know this was in West Virginia?


On edit:

See what happens when we allow first cousins to marry?

[salvorhardin]

6. On that hypothetical innocent with the normal iq...

They might be carrying the recessive stupid gene so while tragic, it is an unfortunate necessity.

[The Great Escape]

10. How Did I Know This Happened In Virginia....

'God, Don't Let Me Die Like This'

By Graeme Zielinski
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 18, 2000; Page B01

Coolidge Winesett, 75, said there's only one way to describe what it was like being trapped for almost three days at the bottom of his Southwest Virginia outhouse after its floor gave way.

"I compare it to the Bible's hell," said Winesett, a World War II veteran and retired janitor.



It had hellish elements--the smell, maggots, snakes, spiders, rats. Plus there was the persistent notion that he'd done something wrong to deserve it, recalled Winesett, speaking by phone from his bed at Wythe County Community Hospital, where he is recovering from dehydration and injuries he suffered when the 50-year-old outhouse floor collapsed from dry rot Saturday afternoon.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A47578-2000Aug17¬Found=true

Now can we move to the UVA baby switch?

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. The Society for the Propagation of Negative Southern Stereotypes

is still in full operation, I see.

[The Great Escape]

11. It Has To Happen In a State Like WVA or Arkansas or Kentucky....

for it to even be a story.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

20. Amen brother....................

It ain't funny unless it happens to the poor folk.

[AlabamaYankee]

37. Actually it's Appalachian stereotypes

There's no Way West Virginia is Southern

[Screaming Lord Bob]

7. I nearly got to blows once over a grill...

Apparently I didn't lay out the charcoal the way I was supposed to - so I got called an elitist (not in those terms, per se, but that was the message).

:shrug:

[matcom]

40. you are an elitist

[commander bunnypants]

8. dredge in flour

What is up the gumps in W. Va? what a scary state

DDQM

[The Great Escape]

12. Watch This Movie Regarding WVA Sometime....

it is a true indicator of the charachter of the people of West Virginia and the stock they are from. Warning: It's not going to reinforce your elitist world view. Seems as if you have an axe to grind with West Virginian's.




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093509/

[CrownPrinceBandar]

14. What the fuck is your issue with WV?............................

This isn't the first time you've made derogatory comments about WV. I remember during the Lynndie England flap, you shat all over us! Have you ever been there? Know ANYBODY from there? I have been to VA, and I seem to remember some scary "gumps" there as well. Please look in the mirror before you criticize.

[The Great Escape]

16. Ahhhh.....Foamdad...Didn't You Know....

life is oh so wonderful in Planet NoVA.

[commander bunnypants]

23. gosh-nothing

scary people here too. great state for hikeing, but it seems silly for an argument. and my coworkers are busting my chops for likeing loretta lynn

peace friends

[MikeG]

36. Can we hate your state because WVU beat my Pitt last year?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

38. But, I don't hate Pennsylvania................

for all those years that Penn State whupped up on us. I hate Pennsylvania for those silly case (beer) laws. :evilgrin:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. ahh the red states

such adults!

[The Great Escape]

15. It Could Be a Blue State...It Typically Is*

*

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. huh?

it was red in 2000 and will be red this year. not sure what you mean by *

[The Great Escape]

19. The Last Mason Dixon Poll For WVA I Saw Had Bush By 3...

Mason Dixon is a Right oriented poll. The little town I live in is a sea of Kerry Edwards signs banners and bumper stickers. What do I know though. I'm just an ignorant hillbilly.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. first of all i did not personally insult you

secondly dont be so sensitive. people stereotype based on state & city all the time. its not particularly vicious. like people say of us new yorkers that we are obnoxious. and we deal! its mostly untrue most new yorkers are nice. still its nothing for me to get all worked up over.

just my opinion.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

26. lioness...................

I can't speak for TGE, but West Virginians have had to deal with the "gump" stereotype our whole lives. Incidents like the one mentioned by matcom and the whole Lynndie England thing have made us extra sensitive about our lack of a legitimate image in the US scene.

I have corresponded with you, and I never thought you seemed like a "typical" NY-er (whatever that means). You seem very nice and definitely not obnoxious!

:hi: from WV.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. love there are no typical new yorkers

thats what makes us so fun.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

31. Thats why I added..............

"whatever that means" in the edit. There are NO typical Americans, that what makes this country so great!

[The Great Escape]

27. I Did Not Mean To Be So Testy...

I'd just like to point out that the insults (typically) directed towards Appalachian American's are usually VERY personal in nature. Incest jokes, uneducated or to quote another on this thread "scary".

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. i understand. and sorry to add to your insults

[GiovanniC]

32. Stupidity Knows No Borders

n/t

[demnan]

39. I apologize if I offended anyone

Virginia is just as likely to have shooting nuts as West Virginia, perhaps more so, and I love Appalachia. West Virginia is a beautiful state.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

22. Morgantown is lousy with Kerry banners and stickers...........

WV may provide a little surprise this election. Don't write us off just yet!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. well heres praying you are right

and i am so very very wrong!!!


:bounce:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

18. We were not always red......................

THAT is a recent development. We have had a long tradition of voting Dem until the past few years.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. sorry. my mistake.

see i can totally own up to screwing up.

[The Great Escape]

29. Just Remember Dems Outnumber Repukes almost 2 to 1 In WVA...

Senator Byrd is working very hard to bring this state to Kerry. Never underestimate just how much weight the Senator carries in this state. I mean after all everything in West Virginia is named after him!

[DelawareValleyDem]

33. I read the Subject line to fast

and though it said "How to Cook Children". T

[GiovanniC]

34. Post #1 Thought That Too...

And I think it is indicative of wider problems here at DU.

[DelawareValleyDem]

35. Yes - latent cannibalism NT