Oven Gets Hot, Woman Gets Shot
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas woman heating fish sticks was shot in the leg by a gun
that had been stashed in her oven, police said.
Roxanne Perez, 29, was taken to a local hospital where she was in good condition, police said
Friday.
They said a friend of hers had hidden the .357 caliber handgun in the stove two weeks earlier
without telling her after she told him no guns were allowed in her house.
When Perez heated up the fish sticks she also heated up the gun, which caused several rounds to
be fired. One hit her in the leg.
No charges have been filed because the shooting was accidental, police said
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:17 (twenty years ago) link
No charges have been filed because the shooting was accidentalFer Chrissakes, I'd be more willing to forgive the guy who shot her on purpose than the fuckwit who stashed a gun in the oven.
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link
City Wants Bigger Bust for Mermaid
WARSAW (Reuters) - The mermaid patron of a Polish coastal town faces plastic surgery after
councilors decided her breasts were too small and hips too wide, a city official said Monday.
The mermaid's looks became a hot topic during talks in the city hall on a promotion campaign for
Ustka, a small port on the Baltic coast, in which the town's mermaid shield was supposed to play
a key role.
"There was a discussion about the coat of arms and one female councilor said jokingly that the
mermaid's breasts were too small and that she was a bit fat," city hall spokesman told Reuters.
The joke became a serious idea when local and national media got wind of the debate, giving
sleepy Ustka plenty of coverage.
"We are now considering altering the mermaid slightly by making her breasts bigger and making
her leaner," the spokesman said. "She will become more attractive and Ustka will gain publicity."
The soon-to-be revamped mermaid can be seen on the town's web page;
http://www.ustka.pl/ustka.html?section=40.
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:25 (twenty years ago) link