An Englishman named Sean Murphy had a pesky and painful wart on his finger. It was a situation reminiscent of the woman in the Gospel of Mark who "had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse". Despite medical treatment, the pain persisted.
So he decided to take matters into his own hands.
After fortifying himself with liquid anesthetic (otherwise known as alcohol), he took aim at the offending lesion with a 12-bore Beretta shotgun and fired. The cure was indeed effective in removing the wart... as well as his finger. But no worries... Murphy told the Yorkshire Post that "...the best thing is that the wart has gone. It was giving me a lot of trouble."
He may not have realized that his use of an illegal firearm carries a possible 15-year sentence. The Court was merciful, however, sentencing Murphy to complete 100 hours of unpaid community work and pay costs of £100.
Indeed Murphy does seem rather philosophical about the whole thing. He says the beer wasn't to blame for his unintended amputation. It was the recoil of the Beretta that led to the mishap. He's quoted as saying, ""I didn't expect to lose my finger as well when I shot it but the gun recoiled and that was it. The wart was gone and so was most of my finger.".
Silly Beretta!
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So he decided to take matters into his own hands.
After fortifying himself with liquid anesthetic (otherwise known as alcohol), he took aim at the offending lesion with a 12-bore Beretta shotgun and fired. The cure was indeed effective in removing the wart... as well as his finger. But no worries... Murphy told the Yorkshire Post that "...the best thing is that the wart has gone. It was giving me a lot of trouble."
He may not have realized that his use of an illegal firearm carries a possible 15-year sentence. The Court was merciful, however, sentencing Murphy to complete 100 hours of unpaid community work and pay costs of £100.
Indeed Murphy does seem rather philosophical about the whole thing. He says the beer wasn't to blame for his unintended amputation. It was the recoil of the Beretta that led to the mishap. He's quoted as saying, ""I didn't expect to lose my finger as well when I shot it but the gun recoiled and that was it. The wart was gone and so was most of my finger.".
Silly Beretta!
If you want to read further, go to this site. And remember... don't try this at home...
This was seriously good for a morning giggle. Not REALLY funny but that wart musta been causing him a LOT of grief to go to those measures....alcohol or not.
ReplyDeleteOh. Wow.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought cutting them away was harsh... silly me :)
My goodness ~ it just goes to show you to what lengths we'll go to TRY to avoid our troubles!
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