Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to The New Coffee Room. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
One way to cure hiccups!
Topic Started: Jan 26 2006, 08:38 AM (168 Views)
The 89th Key
Member Avatar

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - A Colombian man accidentally shot his nephew to death while trying to cure his hiccups by pointing a revolver at him to scare him, police in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla said on Tuesday.

After shooting 21-year-old university student David Galvan in the neck, his uncle, Rafael Vargas, 35, was so distraught he turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, police said.

The incident took place on Sunday night while the two were having drinks with neighbours.

Galvan started to hiccup and Vargas, who works as a security guard, said he would use the home remedy for hiccups of scaring him. He pulled out his gun, pointed it at Galvan and it accidentally went off, witnesses told local television.

"They were drinking but they were aware of what was going on," one witness said.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
kenny
HOLY CARP!!!
What an idiot.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
JBryan
Member Avatar
I am the grey one
Call it "Colombian Roulette".
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
AlbertaCrude
Bull-Carp
Wouldn't a teaspoon of icing sugar chased down by a glass of water have been less terminal?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Aqua Letifer
Member Avatar
ZOOOOOM!
AlbertaCrude
Jan 26 2006, 08:55 AM
Wouldn't a teaspoon of icing sugar chased down by a glass of water have been less terminal?

Who knows; from what little information I know about the guy, I'd bet the uncle still might've turned the gun on himself regardless.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
George K
Member Avatar
Finally
I don't see what the problem is.

It stopped the hiccups, didn't it?
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
Free Forums with no limits on posts or members.
« Previous Topic · The New Coffee Room · Next Topic »
Add Reply