A 69-year-old British man pleaded guilty to administering a poisonous substance with the intent to injure this week. In an last ditch attempt to save his failing relationship, he laced his wife’s tea with mercury every time she visited him in the hope that it would cause her to become ill and fully dependent on him. His caustic plan was thwarted when his wife discovered small beads resting in the bottom of her cup and showed them to her daughter. His sentence will be determined after the delivery of medical reports determining the impact the mercury had on his her system.
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this is kind of romantic… isnt it? …. no? ….. maybe thats just me.
Well, it certainly sounds like this man was volatile, if he was that mercurial… *BA-DUM-CSHHHHHHHHHHHH*
I had just made a new cup of tea when I read this too…
It makes you wonder what’s in your the tea leaves.
Well, at least he had good intentions.
… the tea was hot
the tea was laced
with strychnine and a little spice
to cover up the funny taste
of our conspiracy…
I deem this man hilariously stupid. He knows nothing of chemistry.
He couldn’t come up with a better way to save their relationship? wow.
Münchausen syndrome by proxy? This story is actually really sad. He loves his wife and doesn’t want to loose her. It’s still wrong, but when it comes to “love” our brains stop operating on “Right”. “Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken..” -or get you thrown into prison…
Ah! This is not a good idea ah? ahahaha cos sick the people cannot ops censured me. This is love? I think not, I have other idea about love. Like some friends say this days: love is not prison, is freedom; or, define is limit! (Oscar Wilde)… I will give to you other type of tea, or better, other coffee, red of my blood. But, I think that is a good metaphor to show love.. le poison of the lovers.
Guy:Hey honey i think we’re having relationship problems….DRINK THIS!!!
Lady:uhhh ok? -drink it- wow this tastes kinda fu……
Guy:uhhh honey? Hooooooney? OH CRAP I KILLED HER!!! NOOOOOO!!!!! -weird narcaleptic moment and he falls over asleep-
Well then, this concludes our small skit of stupidity
…so I guess trying to talk it over and accept the fact that the relationship had lost its spark didn’t sink into his mind well…what an idiot in love.
It is kind of romantic…in a sick, sick way. XD But romantic none the less!
Interesting tasting tea.
It’s a good thing I don’t drink tea.