Oops. Of Bonfires and Accidents
This actually happened in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
A man and his girlfriend were attending a “mudding.”
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In South Carolina, that is very similar to a wedding or a baby shower and sometimes they are done in conjunction with each other to make it more festive. In this particular case, it was done in conjunction with a bonfire. There was probably a joyful celebration with roasting of weenies and s’mores. Perhaps some vintage wine. A nice Riesling maybe.
Anyway, there they were at the mudding/bonfire social event and heard someone say, “Stop playing with the gun.” It was 2:00 am so I wouldn’t think there would be target practice going on. The next thing he knows …
The man said he heard someone say, “Stop playing with the gun,” and then felt a burning sensation on his leg where he had been shot. The group dispersed and the man’s girlfriend brought him to the hospital.
I guess I should add here that a shooting is generally the only thing that causes a crowd to disperse from a bonfire, so it’s almost required.
Both the man and woman told deputies there was no argument and they believe the shooting was accidental, the report states.
No charges have been filed and the man signed a waiver of investigation, according to the report.
Accidents happen. So do angry girlfriends. Highly respected statistical studies show that both of those things are more apt to happen at a mudding or a wedding in South Carolina.
I just wanted you to know.
Thanks to Carl for the heads up.
And I missed out on all this fun while at Ft.Jackson.
1Is owning a 4 X 4 Jeep and spinning it in the mud a requirement for a permit to carry?
2I know where I am NOT going on vacation. Or where I am not moving when I get older.
3Obviously their brains have been muddled with mud for a long time. Another ignorant “sport”.
4Surprised it wasn’t a shotgun wedding/mudding. Bride and groom exchange weapons then go mudding.
5Not so long ago South Carolina was considered the perfect retirement spot for those up in the northeast (MA, etc.) I’ll bet it’s not so high on the list now. I’m still counting on Scotland. Excuse me while I go buy lottery tickets.
6Stop playing in the mud, don’t fool around with that fire, quit sneaking your daddy’s beer. All words of good advice from our mothers. And if you learned those three things she probably didn’t need to add “stop playing with the gun.”
7Of course one needs to come to a wedding/baby shower packing heat.
8It’s considered de rigeur in most red states.
Is this a good guy or a bad guy or just a stupid guy?
9I’ll bet there was beer involved. Fools like that don’t drink nice Riesling.
I’m sure glad I’m old. I never seem to around when crap like this happens. 🙂
10Beware: This could happen to YOU – if you are an ignorant fool: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/01/showbiz/buckwild-star-death
11O.K. They are starting to kind of run together. The Carolinas I mean…… North and South.
So, is this part of the new religion they are going to set up? Sounds like a new religion baptism thing. Or was that the other Carolina?
When you have a guy who openly cheated on his wife running for Congress as a Republican in one….. or the other…. what’s a little mud?
Texas almost looks normal compared to some of this stuff.
12This is what I can tell you about Spartanburg: all my precious grandbabies (and JJ, you know what they mean to me) were born there…fortunately, all of them are growing up here.
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