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[RJ749]

I know it's a frustrating job when you start wiring home audio and video but this is really stupid.

Man Accidentally Kills Wife During Botched Satellite TV Install
You know those annoying pro-cable commercials that always talk about how awful or expensive it is to install a satellite dish, and how comparatively easy, cheap, and dependable cable is? Yeah, well, they don't have anything on this story out of Sedalia, Missouri, where a husband has admitted to shooting his wife during the install of a home satellite TV system.

Amazingly the husband, Ronald Long, was trying to use a .22-caliber pistol to shoot a hole through the wall in the couple's home to enable them to run a wire through to the television. His first shot was apparently unsuccessful in penetrating the wall and his second shot somehow hit his wife in the chest, 34-year-old Patsy Long. She was pronounced dead on Saturday night.

Ronald could now be charged with manslaughter, though prosecutors haven't confirmed whether that is their intention. It also remains to be seen whether the cable companies will start filming new ads about these new potential dangers of satellite dish installation, but we wouldn't put it past them.




http://www.switched.com/2008/03/26/man-accidentally-kills-wife-during-botched-satellite-tv-install/

[erniezap]

Only in Missouri, right Twolane?   

[Hugh Janis]

couldn't find his 1/4" drill bit huh?

[RJ749]

I didn't realize that a 22 cal was the correct caliber for coax

[Twolanerider]

Only in Missouri, right Twolane?   

Sounds more like an Arkansan to me Ernie.  Though much of southern Missouri and north central Missouri are certainly competitive.  Without looking at the link though this one sounds like another 1 April gag though.  Not because of the people/geography involved but because of the caliber in the story.  That's a lot of work for a little .22 to do.

[sadunbar]

Sounds more like an Arkansan to me Ernie.  Though much of southern Missouri and north central Missouri are certainly competitive.  Without looking at the link though this one sounds like another 1 April gag though.  Not because of the people/geography involved but because of the caliber in the story.  That's a lot of work for a little .22 to do.

I saw this in the news a week or so ago..  As much as it sounds like an April Fools joke - I think it actually an actual event, which would make it a competitive Darwin Award candidate - but I do believe it is true.  (unless some practical joker started planning for April 1st a week ago - which would be a sign of real genius)   

[RJ749]

Sounds more like an Arkansan to me Ernie.  Though much of southern Missouri and north central Missouri are certainly competitive.  Without looking at the link though this one sounds like another 1 April gag though.  Not because of the people/geography involved but because of the caliber in the story.  That's a lot of work for a little .22 to do.

Don, if it were it would have shot over to Humor way faster than a 22  You know how quick that d00d's trigger finger is and he's double quick today.

[harleyteam]

HEY,  my exwife is looking to get a dish installed.

think this guy would be interested??

[Twolanerider]

Don, if it were it would have shot over to Humor way faster than a 22  You know how quick that d00d's trigger finger is and he's double quick today.

That's true Rog.  D00d is quicker than the muzzle velocity of a .22 round any day!

[RJ749]

HEY,  my exwife is looking to get a dish installed.

think this guy would be interested??

[sadunbar]

HEY,  my exwife is looking to get a dish installed.

think this guy would be interested??

Now that sounds like potential franchise opportunity!

[mr_magoo]

People never fail to amuse us.

[Hugh Janis]

Don, if it were it would have shot over to Humor way faster than a 22   You know how quick that d00d's trigger finger is and he's double quick today.

yeah, if I ever sell my house I'm calling d00d.  He moves EVERYTHING really fast.

[erniezap]

HEY,  my exwife is looking to get a dish installed.

think this guy would be interested??

[Trapperdog]

It was probably a brick wall.