Maybe I Shoulda Just Stayed in Alabama

I Googled "weird news," and there was just too much data to fit into my blog. So I winnowed (Look it up if you don't know what it means!) it down to 2 for this entry. One story from the South, and one from Utah. (So basically, I need to forget where I came from and where I am.)

A Utah woman was sentenced to 30 days at home with an ankle monitor for "blindfolding her husband and promising him a surprise before hitting him in the head with a hammer." Ooooookaaaaaaay. Hell hath no fury and all that, but a hammer? In the head? Here's the really weird part: HE ISN'T DEAD. (Part of me thinks, "Whew!" and the other part thinks, "So what was the point?")

And in Arkansas, a family became ill when they ate long-nose gar roe. They figured since the meat was safe to eat, the eggs would be too. OK. Here is a picture of a long nose gar.



Does this look like something to eat? Or does it look like something that will eat you? Just sayin'.

But this is the part of the story that I like best: The patriarch of this poisonous-roe-eating family is DARWIN Aaron. That's right. Darwin almost became a Darwin Award Winner by eating the disgusting yellow goo out of that fugly fish. They all got really sick, but fortunately survived.

I see two lessons here: (1) Blindfolds + Hammers = FAIL and (2) If something looks and smells disgusting, maybe just don't eat it.