New year off to a bang?

[Dee]

CHAPARRAL, N.M. (AP) - A tattoo can be a painful proposition but usually it's just the needle you have to worry about.

Two men trying to trace a loaded .357-calibre Magnum as a pattern for a tattoo accidentally shot themselves, the Otero County Sheriff's Department said Monday. Robert Glasser and Joey Acosta, both 22, were treated at a hospital in El Paso, Texas, after the shooting Thursday evening in nearby Chaparral.

Authorities said Glasser was struck in the hand when the gun accidentally went off and Acosta was hit in the left arm. Their injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.

New Mexico men shot with .357 Magnum as they traced it for tattoo pattern (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080101/koddities/oddity_tattoo_shooting)
Tue Jan 1, 2007

Something tells me these two were having a little too much New Year’s cheer. *hic*

[JEENEY]

strange things do happen !! glad i wasnt there!! jeeney :D

[Amy in Vermont]

Too bad they won't qualify for Darwin awards. They seem like real gen-u ine genuises!

What's scary is that they can repoduce!

[DaveM]

No doubt it seemed like a great idea at the time....

[Dee]

What's scary is that they can repoduce!

Perish the thought!

(Bacteria can reproduce.) :p

[Eva]

Too bad they won't qualify for Darwin awards. They seem like real gen-u ine genuises!
Yep. Just what I was thinking.


What's scary is that they can repoduce!
Depends on what they hit next time they do this :o

Eva

[hoops]

who the heck tries to trace a loaded gun on their body? it's supposed to be illegal to tattoo someone who is "impaired" and i think this proves this is a good law. dang i have 15 tattoos and the tracing part has always been the least "painful" part. tats are not painful, btw, it's just like getting a shot (not getting shot) about a million times in under an hour.
peace
hoops