Posted on 07/07/2010 1:40:31 PM PDT by rawhide
A 29-year-old Villa Rica man apparently expected his mother to iron his clothes for him. And when she wouldn't, he pulled a gun and held her hostage for several hours, police said.
Robert Edward Tyrrell Jr. remained in jail Wednesday without bond, Sgt. Marc Griffith with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office told the AJC. Tyrell faces aggravated assault and false imprisonment following the June 30 incident, Griffith said.
"He wanted her to do some ironing, and when she said ‘no,' they got into an argument," Griffith said. "He told her ‘ironing is woman's work.' "
Tyrell, who lives with his parents, then pulled out a gun and took his 51-year-old mother's keys and cellphones, Griffith said. The man refused to let the woman leave for at least six hours, investigators said.
“Mama finally said, ‘I’m not ironing your clothes,' and he went cuckoo on her," Griffith said.
The woman was later able to get out of the home and drive to a police station to report the incident, and deputies were dispatched to the home. Eventually, Tyrrell surrendered without incident, Griffith said.
Bush’s fault.
Smart and sly daughter! Maybe you need to ask for a raise, like a Starbucks along with the pastries? (smile)
My questions: Will Mom iron his clothes for his court date? Does he have a non-violent backup plan in case she refuses to do the women’s work again? At least he won’t have to iron in prison - if he can avoid a job in the prison laundry.
Another note to "mommy," this idiot didn't get these ideas last week or even last year. You should have trained this cretin to think that caring for himself, his laundry, ironing included, was HIS job about 15 years ago!
Presumably, "mommy" also been making his bed, picking up after him, including wiping his.....er, nose since he was 2.
It's high time to stop, not bothering to "drive to the police station to tell on him."
1981 is generally considered the last year of Gen X. So, this punk barely qualifies.
lol - great point!
Hssn’t this turkey ever heard of permanent press?
After 33 years you mean I can expect mine to start any day now? ;-)
LOL!
At a very young age, my mother purposely screwed up my dress shirts....no starch...scorch marks on the collar, etc..
I learned real fast how to iron.
First, iron your own damn stuff. It ain’t that hard.
Second, if you hold your mama hostage because she won’t iron your stuff, you are a bad guy.
Third, Emmett Tyrrell from the American Spectator called and wants you to change your name, for obvious reasons.
I know, just having a little fun because of the periodic boomer-bashing. Most people of any generation are not the negative sterotype.
When my son was going to scout camp, I stitched his “panther” badge on upside-down. It looked like a dead cat!
He took over the badge stitching and became an Eagle Scout.
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