Wife chops off fingers to stop TV 'war addict' husband

[Alexander's Horse]

March 25 2003, 3:11 PM

The wife of a Gulf War addict in China cut off her finger to stop him from watching TV news about the conflict all day long, a news report said today.

The 45-year-old woman from Nanjing in Jiangsu Province took the drastic step after quarrelling with her husband about his TV addiction since the war began last week, the Hong Kong edition of the official China Daily reported.

She cut off the middle finger of her left hand with a kitchen knife to get his attention because their 15-year-old daughter could not concentrate on studying for upcoming exams with the TV constantly on.

The shocked husband then turned off the TV and took her to hospital, said the newspaper report.

DPA

PMS anyone?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/25/1048354586762.html

[monkspider]

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by monkspider

I second that.

[Kirnwaffen]

And her daughter is better off now that she knows her mother is crazy?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Kirnwaffen
And her daughter is better off now that she knows her mother is crazy?

Crazy people cut off other people's fingers

[Kirnwaffen]

My Mistake

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Crazy people cut off other people's fingers

At first when I saw this I read:

Wife chops off husbands finger to stop TV 'war addiction'



Needless to say, my jaw dropped until I opened the thread

[Alexander's Horse]

I wonder if she stirred his tea with the severed digit.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I wonder if she stirred his tea with the severed digit.

Oh gross. :vomit:

[Kramerman]

at least she didnt pull a Bobbit (Laurana was it?)...

[Ted Striker]

[notyoueither]

Don't mess with devoted mothers.

[DRoseDARs]

One thing you need to understand about students going to college in China, it's SCARY competitive. Ever since China started opening up to western ways, it's been a mad-dash for many parents to get their children access to better education (re:college). In a country of 1.2 billion or so, space is limited. The yearly entrance exams are a major event in a family's life.

This women's psychotic self-inflicted wound is indicative of the stress many families feel...taken to an absurd extreme. Sad, really.

[Alexander's Horse]

So many of these bizarre things are reported out of China. I suppose when you have 1 billion people your pool of lunatics is larger.

[David Floyd]

This women's psychotic self-inflicted wound is indicative of the stress many families feel...taken to an absurd extreme. Sad, really.

Translation: Crazy psycho*****.