Enero 23, 2013

"An 80-year-old former Australian Catholic priest... bit off a fellow clergyman's ear during a row over a parking spot."

"Thomas Byrne... reportedly told [Fr Thomas Smith, 81] to pick up something he had lost during the brief scuffle. That something turned out to be a part of Smith's ear.... but he did not realise that until he got back to his room and took the object out of his pocket."

At some point, very old people really shouldn't be driving.

29 (na) komento:

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

This has nothing to do with driving.

Maybe you don't want old people parking.

Seeing Red ayon kay ...

Very old people?

test ayon kay ...

That something turned out to be a part of Smith's ear, the court heard, but he did not realise that until he got back to his room and took the object out of his pocket.
How can you not realize a piece of your ear was bitten off?

Wince ayon kay ...

At some point, very old people really shouldn't have teeth?

Eric the Fruit Bat ayon kay ...

You know those old people, . . . ear today, gone tomorrow.

Clyde ayon kay ...

Jesus wept.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Very old people?

It's not the age, it's the mileage.

YoungHegelian ayon kay ...

If these men truly seek to be guided by the message of the Gospels, they should know by now that ear amputation is best carried out by sword.

Apostolic succession, indeed!

edutcher ayon kay ...

Now that's what pre-Vatican II priests were like.

PS Age has nothing to do with driving. I've seen 95 year old ladies sharp as a razor who drove themselves everywhere.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

It must be Mick the Crocodile Priest.

Colonel Angus ayon kay ...

At some point, very old people really shouldn't be driving.

Or sitting in Congress or the USSC.

Levi Starks ayon kay ...

"At some point, very old people really shouldn't have teeth?"

Yes, lets see the stats on how many people lose ears to teeth every year.
And lets see the amendment protecting our right to keep and bare teeth.

Irene ayon kay ...

The article doesn't address the interesting part: why he's a "former" priest (or a "former" Australian).

Unknown ayon kay ...

At some point a priest should learn to control his temper.

Maybe that's why he's former.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I bet he got an earful for it too.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I assume they mean 'retired' not 'former'.

like lawyers, I think Priests are 'non-practicing' rather than disbarred when they get old.


mccullough ayon kay ...

Don't fuck with an Irish priest. Fr. Byrne taught Mike Tyson how to bite.

Sydney ayon kay ...

What Irene said. He is a former priest or a former Australian?

BarrySanders20 ayon kay ...

Friends, Roman (Catholics), countrymen, lend me your ears.

Bill Harshaw ayon kay ...

Which is why everyone over 60 should push to make self-driving cars legal.

Crunchy Frog ayon kay ...

Evander Holyfield could not be reached for comment.

Drago ayon kay ...

EMD said: "This has nothing to do with driving. Maybe you don't want old people parking."

Actually, this has nothing to do with driving and nothing to do with old people.

It has everything to do with this gent being an Aussie.

The Aussies are great and if you have to be in a scrape they are great guys to have around. On the other hand, they are quite exciteable......

ricpic ayon kay ...

Very old people. You'd think they were a race apart. Inside you're the same hothead or the same cautious timid type you were at 20.

Paddy O ayon kay ...

Why would a priest want to renounce his Australian nationality?

Smilin' Jack ayon kay ...

""An 80-year-old former Australian Catholic priest... bit off a fellow clergyman's ear during a row over a parking spot.""

Obviously you can't be a former Australian, and the sacrament of ordination is irrevocable. So he must be a former Catholic. Probably converted to Scientology...they don't take no shit from nobody.

Methadras ayon kay ...

Don't piss of the olds about their parking spots. Did he bite off more than he could chew I wonder?

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Welp... That's definitely something you don't hear about everyday. Just another one of those things that keeps you wondering. fredsabnormallife.blogspot.com

kentuckyliz ayon kay ...

Unless you eat of the flesh of the priest of the son of man, you have no life in you. If you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the priest of the son of man, you will have eternal life, and you will not die forever.*

* This is a more biblically accurate translation. It isn't "you will never die" but "you will not die forever." That matches our experience better. I prefer the faithful translation.

kentuckyliz ayon kay ...

TAWONDA!!!!

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