Man Gets 27 Years in Slaying Over Meal

Los Angeles Times ^ | 10-18-01 | Shawn Hubler

[boris]

An argument about what to have for dinner ended in his wife's murder.

SAN JOSE -- A domestic violence case that escalated to murder after an argument over whether Tater Tots and macaroni and cheese constituted a healthful dinner has ended in 27 years imprisonment for an ex-soldier at Ft. Ord.

[boris]

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[pikachu]

Hopefully, he will only get tater tots and macaroni & cheese for the duration of his sentence.

[cajungirl]

Macaroni and tator tots? She shoulda had a salad at the very least. Tator tots alone is grounds for murder in self defense.

[Thinkin' Gal]

an argument over whether Tater Tots and macaroni and cheese constituted a healthful dinner

That must have been interesting.

[Deep_6]

re:
"...she had been electrocuted by a radio that had toppled
into the bathtub....."

It should be noted, that it was during a radio commercial
for a "San Fransico treat", that Mr. Baumann became so
enraged.

 

[Jack Wilson]

If she had added some ketchup (for a vegetable course), that would have been a meal..

[MFSanders]

my husband would kiss me for a meal like that.....vegetarian pie, on the other hand.....

[hunyb]

I was gonna say............my hubby would love that for a meal!! And he has a degree in health! :0)

[nothingnew]

I do 99% of the cooking here...and my wife kisses me after every meal. (I started doing all my own cooking after my first wife tried to poison me with brussel sprouts...BWAHAHAHA!!!!)

FMCDH

[Mr. Mulliner]

I'm thinking this wasn't just about tater tots and macaroni and cheese. This guy may have had some anger he hadn't dealt with, anger over something that had happened in the past. Perhaps over something she had served in the past. You know, brussel sprouts may very well have been behind all of this.

[LurkedLongEnough]

The real story is that she had forgotten to wear her

burqua.

[boris]

"I started doing all my own cooking after my first wife tried to poison me with brussel sprouts"

A sensitive test for aliens. Actual humans cannot tolerate these extraterrestrial organisms.

--Boris

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

I keep an old box of C-Rations ("Turkey Loaf") on the top of the kitchen cabinets- my wife once asked me why I put it up there, and I told her that it was to remind me NEVER to complain about ANYTHING sho cooked for me!(Vietnam veterans will understand).

[USAF_ret]

I'd be PO'ed also. She left out the two other main food groups: chicken strips and cheese sticks. What does she expect a soldier to live on?

[general_re]

Hopefully, he will only get tater tots and macaroni & cheese for the duration of his sentence.

Beat me to it. Something tells me that he is not going to find prison food up to his standards ;)

[cajungirl]

Pardon meeeee but the two main food groups are chocolate and chocolate.