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Kamille 04-23-2007 06:15 PM

Actual court case!
 
Did I ever tell you guys about the guy who made a Goldberg machine to blow up his house and kill his wife?

Alright so here's what happened guy wants to kill his wife obviously, so he breaks the gas line in the house leaves it open for a couple days because he wants to let the stuff get around, knowing his wive's sense of smell is shot from years of smoking, this shoelace is wrapped around a soldering iron the iron is set into a timer, he got up that morning set the timer and left before his wife did slight problem though, his wife's a smoker she ignites the gas before the time even goes off she runs out of the building screaming "He's killed me, the bastard, he's finally killed me."

Daxter King 04-23-2007 06:43 PM

I saw that on the Simpsons once.

Kamille 04-23-2007 06:47 PM

She died later in hospital of her wounds the defence counsel managed to convince the judge that it was possible the son of the couple was the one responsible, thus making it not "beyond a reasonable doubt".

mitsur 04-23-2007 07:15 PM

No, I know a much better one. It's incredible.

A window washer was found dead on the street in front of a skyscraper in NY, NY. Sounds normal, no? Wrong.

It turns out that the window washer was the son of an elderly couple that was constantly bickering and fighting. The son, having lived with them until he was 18, knew that whenever his father ould get agravated enough,he would pull down the shotgun he hung on the wall of their apartment in a skyscraper and point it at his mother. So, as he saw it, his mother was source of all the grief and tension in the family. He loaded the shotgun while on a visit to them when they weren't looking, so hopefully the mother would get shot and die.

He then left, went to his job, and called his mother on her cell phone. He told her an elaborate story that made it look as if his father had done something horrible. So, she hangs up, and gets in a huge fight with the guy's dad, and, sure enough, he pulls the shotgun down. He aims it at the guy's mom, and the gun accidently goes off, misses his wife, and goes out the window.

Later, during an autopsy of the window washer's body, a bullet was found.

It turns out that the son had been tying the knot of the thing that he boosts himself up and down of while calling his mother, and didn't really pay attention. The knot slipped, and the son was thrown off, right in front of the window where his parents lived as the gun went off. The bullet hit him in the chest.

The case was closed as a suicide, and neither the mother or the father were charged.

I dunno if that's an urban legend or not, but it's pretty incredible if true.

Nate 04-24-2007 03:16 AM

I've heard that one a couple of times and even saw a TV show that did a version of it with a bungee jumper.

There is actually an award given every year for winners of frivolous law suits, named after the woman who sued McDonalds for the hot cup of coffee. Past winners include the guy who sued his neighbour for driving over his arm. How did it happen? He didn't see that his neighbour was in the car when he tried to steal his hubcaps.

Laser 04-26-2007 11:42 AM

hmm i sense the darwin awards are sniffing around will be hunting to see if they are true