While watching CNN yesterday this story came over. - A man in Tennissee was arested over the weekend for disorderly conduct and the improper use of a firearm when he shot his lawn mower, reportedly because it would not start. When asked for comment, he was quoted as saying "It's my mower, and I can shoot it if I want."




Okay, much better now.
You know, I've heard of beating a dead horse, but shooting a dead lawn mower is a new one. I wonder if he had tried smaller caliper weapons before, or did he just jump to the big gun. That would certaintly void the warrenty (I'll stop now, but I think we deffinatly need a new smiley for this one.)
Several things struck me as funny when I heard this story. The biggest (besides the shotgun aspect) was the mans' responce. If this was anywhere else in the world I would have immideatly gone with he's completely crazy, but being from tennissee, you can't tell. Also, the story didn't say what part of the mower he was attempting to repair. If he was trying to fix the carboratior, he might have been trying to fix it by putting more holes into it. That might make it work slitely better. Finally, some brands of mowers (like my last one) deserve to be shot with a shotgun. Oh and one more for the road. ( told you I 'm a smartass) If the mower was a torro, do you thinlk he was just trying to put it down humainly.