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U.K. Man Jailed for Killing Wife With TV Remote Control
Sky News ^
| December 18, 2009
Posted on 12/18/2009 10:27:56 AM PST by george76
A U.K. man has been jailed for three years for killing his wife by throwing a television remote control at her head...
Paul Harvey, 46, killed Gloria Laguna by a fluke chance after the remote struck her on a weak artery near her neck.
The couple had been arguing when Harvey lost his temper at his wife, a former American diplomat in India.
An argument started about maintenance which Harvey was paying to a stepdaughter from a previous marriage.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: napl; remote; television; tvremotecontrol
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:27:57 AM PST
by
george76
To: george76
"
Ban all TV Remotes ?" Let's just try registering them first, and see if that works....
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:29:44 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bomb-a administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: editor-surveyor
Let's just try registering them first, and see if that works.... I got a couple of old remotes. I wonder if they'll have a buy back program.
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:32:25 AM PST
by
Focault's Pendulum
(This country elected an empty suit, an absolute economic illiterate!!!)
To: george76
He should have just used one of these...
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:33:03 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: george76
He must have used the heavy duty model....
To: george76
I thought that my tagline was all in good fun, but in light of this event maybe I should reconsider...
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:38:31 AM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: george76
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:40:28 AM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: Zeppo
Your tagline is the first thing I thought of....
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:42:48 AM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: george76
He used this.
And boy is he in trouble!
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:47:31 AM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Ack, is that the site with "Responsibility2nd"? Some weirdo. ...)
To: Slings and Arrows
Killer TV remote control ping
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:48:18 AM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Ack, is that the site with "Responsibility2nd"? Some weirdo. ...)
To: george76
3 years?
She is an American huh? I am sure that makes it ok.
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:50:59 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: editor-surveyor
In the UK all tv’s are registered. You have to pay hundreds of dollars a year for each tv in the house. That’s how they subsidize all the BBC crap.
They actually have special vans with antennas searching for active tv’s in people’s houses and if they come knocking you have to show them all the tv licenses are up to date. I remember seeing them go through the neighborhood.
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posted on
12/18/2009 10:52:57 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Secret Agent Man
> They actually have special vans with antennas searching for active tv’s in people’s houses and if they come knocking you have to show them all the tv licenses are up to date. I remember seeing them go through the neighborhood.
Until about ten years ago, that is how it was in New Zealand, too. Every television needed to be licensed. And they had an army of people whose job it was to check.
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posted on
12/18/2009 11:00:29 AM PST
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: george76
the remote struck her on a weak artery near her neck. My 4 year old nephew was play-boxing with his momma. He pretended to give her a karate chop across the neck but actually made contact. Knocked her out cold, and it was a light tap on the neck.
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posted on
12/18/2009 11:05:43 AM PST
by
phredo53
(Caution: This post does not comply with White House standards.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Not only the tv’s but they have to pay a radio tax each year also.....ain’t socialism grand?
To: AngelesCrestHighway
"Not only the tv’s but they have to pay a radio tax each year also"
Hey, that's a great idea!
To: Responsibility2nd
"And that's the rest of the story." Paul Harvey
To: Responsibility2nd; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
I guess he found the mute button.
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posted on
12/18/2009 12:14:44 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
To: george76
For some reason, that AT&T commercial where the husband, wife and two kids get into a John Woo-esque standoff with the remotes ocmes to mind:
“Sorry, Billy. Happy Pony’s on. And I’m not missing Happy Pony.”
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posted on
12/18/2009 12:20:41 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Slings and Arrows
I tried that, but the “Off” button doesn’t really work.
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posted on
12/18/2009 12:27:53 PM PST
by
TheOldLady
(No more global baloneyism!! -- Jim Thompson!)
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