[Preacherman]

From Yahoo! News and Reuters (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030817/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_norway_shotgun_1):

Man accidently shoots six at his birthday party

Sun Aug 17, 7:04 AM ET

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian has accidentally shot and wounded six of his friends at a surprise party to celebrate his 40th birthday, police say.

The man found out about the party in a forest cabin in south Norway beforehand and hid behind trees nearby with a shotgun as about 30 guests turned up on Saturday night, hoping to turn the surprise on his friends.

He blasted off one round in the air, meaning it as a joke to shock the partygoers. But when he came out from his hiding place, he tripped and the gun went off again, badly hurting one woman in the legs and slightly injuring five others.

"Seven people were taken to hospital in Fredrikstad including the man who shot. He wasn't physically hurt but in deep shock," a police spokesman said on Sunday.

The party was cancelled.

[cool45auto]

:eek: :banghead: I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[mete]

And that's before the aquavit !!!

[4v50 Gary]

That was certainly a surprise birthday party. Glad we're not on his guest list.

[Kobun]

Don't look at me... Same country, different world!

Not everyone should have a gun, and my guess is that this dope won't be having any guns any longer.

I bet that he had his fingerS on the trigger!

I'm just glad it was a shotgun, and not something the media could blow out of proportion.

[BamBam]

Ban surprise parties.

[Tamara]

When surprise parties are outlawed, only outlaws will have surprise parties. :scrutiny:

[tiberius]

The winner of best line in the story is.......

"The party was cancelled.'


ya think?:D

[tlnzz]

That has to be right up there with some kind of a record set. If only for stupidity.

:eek:

[seeker_two]

Let me guess....

He had a .454 Casull & his six friends were lined up in a row... :what:

[Keith]

Oh, like you guys never accidently shot a bunch of your friends!

Keith

[Baba Louie]

Just see who shows up NEXT year! Methinks it was his last party for awhile.

Some peoples kids.

adios

[2dogs]

Ex-friends, no?:rolleyes:

[gunsmith]

"it's my party & I'll shoot if I want to":neener:

[telomerase]

My birthday party was last night, and I can proudly state there were no casualties (besides minor telomere shortening).

Practical jokes involving shotguns = not practical.

[Carnitas]

That's a "Party Foul" of a significantly higher sevarity than spilling your beer on the rug.

[Standing Wolf]

I guess that's one way to start a party with a bang.

[nemesis]

Oh, like you guys never accidently shot a bunch of your friends!

Not accidentally anyway.

[t driver]

Oh, like you guys never accidently shot a bunch of your friends!

:what: LMAO.

Really it isn't funny, but I can't help it.

[Autolite]

Did they let him keep his presents ???

[griz]

The etiquette questions are endless:

What kind of birthday card do you get the guy who accidentally shot you?:(

[Dave P]

That was one heck of a party popper he was using! Wonder if it was loaded with confetti, too??

[geekWithA.45]

Practical Joke and Firearms.....two concepts that just don't belong together.

And in my case, I'd be afraid that my friends would return fire.:evil:

[Newt]

In the backwoods of Arkansas, if you're going to do something like that, you'd better expect return fire. :D

Newt

[45R]

WHAT A MORON!!!!!!!:cuss: :cuss: It wasnt an accident it was negligence!!

[gun-fucious]

I gather in Norway, the Phrase that Pays is:
"Hey Sven, watch this!"

[RustyHammer]

Guess they had a BLAST ... ! :banghead:

[longeyes]

Chalk up anothe for Aquavit.:D