Honestly, the things some people do

[mikael]

Taken from news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7334233.stm:

NZ man 'used hedgehog as weapon'

A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.

Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy.

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," said Senior Sgt Bruce Jenkins, in the North Island town of Whakatane.

It was unclear whether the hedgehog was still alive when it was thrown, though it was dead when collected as evidence.

The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested "for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog."

Mr Singalargh is due to appear in court on 17 April. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

Hedgehog? Weapon?

What?

I don't even know how I find these things.

[Chibi Chan-o]

Wow, people have reached an all new kind of stupid.....

[Hana]

Wow, this is hilarious. What about animal cruelty?



Sonic approves!

[Horyo]

Hedgehogs would make decent weapons, but their spines would be even better, from a logical standpoint of weaponry.

I do not condone the abuse of animals and reducing them to nothing more than little weapons.

[username]

Porcupines could ____ a hedgehog up.

Don't be bypassing the swear filter -godhunter


O rly?

pianist said:

If you still have the need to swear, use **** on half or more of the word. If poop was a swear word p**p would be valid, but not poo*.

[night]

Lolll, some kids were wtfing about that on the school radio. It sounded so lulzy.

[kappaofearth]

I had used dogs...wait


erhm...I g2g




*RUNS*

[girlunderglass]

Hedgehog ball FTW.


I'm sure PETA must be all over this story.

[admirality]

Wow That story made me laugh... I shudn't laugh at it poor hedgehog but still

I like hedgehogs they r super cute....

Do hedgehogs exist in the USA btw?

[Gran Gran]

I think only as pets...they are cute, but VERY nocturnal...love them tho, my Mom in Germany has some in her yard...they eat snails and slugs.

[admirality]

oh well at least u hav those cute groundhog things over the pond they're kinda like a non prickly hedgehog

Hedgehogs are on the decline over here.... A load of em were culled because they were eating the eggs of some rare ground nesting birds (Ida down birds I thinks) ..... there's loads of squashed ones on the roads where I live....

[historyman12]

Sir, put the hedgehog down or I'll shoot.

[lunar-tsunami]

grangran said:

I think only as pets...they are cute, but VERY nocturnal...love them tho, my Mom in Germany has some in her yard...they eat snails and slugs.

That sounds so cute...I've never seen a hedgehog in person before. I think the idea of them trundling around in a yard is adorable! Plus, I don't like slugs. They'd make better weapons than hedgehogs...you could just wave them near me and I'd instantly be 3 miles away. (shudder) But I am too much of a softy to salt or beer-drown them...I just leave them alone and try to avoid them as much as possible. Same with bugs...scared of bugs but won't squish them...I catch them in a cup or on a piece of paper and then take them outside. But then I immediately do the creeped-out dance as soon as they are gone. (more shuddering)

[Sheogorath]

WTH?! A hedgehog as a weapon? What kind of idiot would stoop so low as to use a small, spiny mammal as a projectile weapon?

[CountessRachel]

I blame today's violent video games. Where else would people get these ideas from?


Next thing you know, people will be running around in overalls throwing fire at each other...