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July 29th, 2008 at 6:00 am

Man shoots self while showing how to handle a gun

Some people are visual and learn better when they are shown how to do something. In this case, the student was shown what not to do and I’m sure that she won’t make the same mistake that her boyfriend did!

An Alexandria man is now recovering after accidentally shooting himself. The accident happened as he was showing his girlfriend how to handle a pistol in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. I guess it’s lucky that he only shot himself in such a public area!

The 21 year old man told police investigators that he forgot that he’d just reloaded his gun and he squeezed the trigger as he put the gun into the drivers door panel. The bullet went through his inner left thigh.

Police said the man repeatedly told investigators he was ex-military and knows how to handle a gun, and was very embarrassed by the incident.

I suppose this is just one of the reasons why the average citizen is not allowed to have a handgun here in Canada. I’m sure it cuts down on stupid accidents among other things.





April 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Motorcyclist hit by flying bathtub!

Have you ever been driving on a highway and noticed items like mattresses, box springs or other large objects on the road or at the side of the road? If you’re like me you’re probably glad that you weren’t driving behind a vehicle when they lost those items, right?

Well, an elderly motorcyclist wasn’t so lucky. Last month a motorcycle rider was critically injured when a boxed bathtub fell off a pickup truck.

Wow, hit by a bathtub. That man will have a story to tell! When he was hit on a Louisiana interstate he was thrown from his bike and landed on the grass median. When helped arrived he was taken to a local hospital. I’m uncertain as to what his injuries were but I’d imagine that he’d have a few broken bones at the very least.

Naturally the pickup driver was charged with driving with an unsecured load and booked for negligent injury.





January 27th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Strange car accident

wild accident

I don’t even want to know the real story behind this accident!

I just hope that no one got hurt although I have a feeling that someone probably did!

It looks like a car fell as it was going over an overpass and then landed on a car that was traveling under the overpass doesn’t it? It actually looks like this might be an action shot since it appears there’s some stuff flying around above the top car if you look closely.





January 13th, 2008 at 12:40 am

Strange way to sleep


This is our Labrador Retriever puppy, Midnight.

Last night she fell asleep on the couch at my feet. I got up to get something from the kitchen and when I came back she’d taken over the couch. Yeah it’s a love seat but as you can see she didn’t leave any room for me to sit down!

This is maybe one of the oddest positions that I’ve seen her sleep in. You probably can’t tell just how bent her back was by this picture, but she was bent backwards, almost in a U shape.

I know if I fell asleep in that position I probably wouldn’t be able to move my neck the next day … not to mention my back would ache like crazy too!