Hunter shot in rump

[Drizzt]

Hunter shot in rump during toilet break

From correspondents in Marseille
December 6, 2004

IT was a case of the hunter being hunted when a 70-year-old French man stopped to relieve himself against a tree Friday and was shot in the backside by his own rifle.

Firefighters in southern France recounting the incident said the unidentified man leant his gun against a car and was shot when it fell to the ground and discharged.

Firemen said the bullet merely grazed his rump, adding that he had escaped serious injury by a centimetre or so.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11601497^13762,00.html

As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by THAT much....".

 

[Jim March]

Assinine.

 

[shermacman]

And he screamed: "I surrender!" as he fell to the ground...

 

[griz]

Oh great. Now he will be the butt of all the jokes.

 

[Joe Demko]

Hope the brain damage wasn't too severe.

 

[1911Ron]

Thats hitting below the belt

 

[Fly320s]

Being that he's French, he must have turned the other cheek.

 

[Atticus]

Talk about pissin and moanin.

 

[Spinner]

Bummer!

Spinner

 

[slugcatcher]

I guess it can no longer be sold as a new French rifle as it has been actually fired.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I daresay he'll never hear the end of it.

 

[Spinner]

Apparently the poor guy just wants to put the whole incident behind him.

Spinner

 

[mondocomputerman]

...and with a crack, the rifle went off.

 

[Stickjockey]

"...French police are trying to get to the bottom of the incident..."

 

[WilderBill]

Shot by his own gun!
Man, what a pain in the ass!
A low blow, indeed.

 

[yesterdaysyouth]

preacherman must be sleeping on this one...

 

[Selfdfenz]

I didn't know there was anything to hunt in France.....something in this story stinks.

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[GEM]

This hole story must be made up.

 

[buttrap]

Is it poodle season over there?

 

[Remington788]

Cracked me up.

 

[jamz]

I assume that the hunter didn't assess the situation right, or he didn't assign responsibility to himself, or he assembled his gun wrong, as his rifle tried to assassinate him, or gave his ass assent to assimilate the bullet. I assume his assertiveness must have been assaulted a bit.

It's an assumption that there was an assuring associate nearby who'se assignment became to assist this guy. Perhaps he was Assyrian?


-James

 

[Selfdfenz]

..."adding that he had escaped serious injury by a centimetre or so."....

That must be a French thing...measuring others dudes behinds...?
Not too surprising really.

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