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Man shoots finger off in wart removal (hold muh beer)
ninemsn (Australia) ^ | Jun 16 2011

Posted on 06/15/2011 8:21:21 PM PDT by Mount Athos

A British man has shot his own finger off in an effort to get rid of a painful wart.

Sean Murphy, a security guard from Yorkshire, blew most of his middle finger off with a shotgun after drinking several pints of beer, The Sun newspaper reported.

The 38-year-old was charged with possessing an illegal firearm after the incident but walked free yesterday after a judge handed him a suspended sentence.

Murphy told the Doncaster Magistrates' Court how he had lived with the wart for five years and had tried several removal creams over the years to no avail.

He added that the wart "was hurting a lot and causing my finger to bend".

"It was as big as my thumbnail. I'd been to the doctors with it and tried all sorts of things but it wouldn't go," he was quoted saying.

He said he didn't expect to lose most of his finger in the shooting.

The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to the possession of firearms charge and also to theft of the shotgun after he told police he found the firearm in a hedge near his work.

A police investigation revealed that it was stolen in a 2009 burglary which Murphy claims he had no knowledge of, The Sun reported.

The judge handed him a 16-week suspended sentence.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: extremesurgery; napl; nofingernopain
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To: Mount Athos

“Lad, could tha hold m’beer, help me hold shotgun, and watch this?”


61 posted on 06/16/2011 1:13:57 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: RichInOC

thanks for translating


62 posted on 06/16/2011 1:19:01 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: TheOldLady

Sounds perfect for 0bamacare.


63 posted on 06/16/2011 1:58:20 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

[nodding]


64 posted on 06/16/2011 2:17:03 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: trisham
Why did the bloke go to the dr. several times for it without the dr cutting it off? Wouldn't that be wasting NIH money?

One recent cost cutter is they're talking "poor women" out of caesarians.




65 posted on 06/16/2011 2:21:53 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: Lady Jag

Countries previously known to be civilized are beginning to drift toward third-world status.


66 posted on 06/16/2011 2:25:12 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

In an attempt to be helpful ... I advise readers of this story to try putting strong acidic vinegar on warts. It often gets rid of them, for good.

I don’t know about the shotgun remedy. Have never tried it.


67 posted on 06/16/2011 4:07:54 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: trisham
Countries previously known to be civilized are beginning to drift toward third-world status.

That's probably because the blokes stealing our money don't need countries for their One World Government.


68 posted on 06/16/2011 5:35:58 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: BlackVeil

If you do, be sure to post the results.


69 posted on 06/16/2011 8:13:24 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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