Why Drinking and Yard Work Don't Mix
 

Sep 6, 10:54 PM EDT

Cops: Chicken Dies, Wife Shoots Husband

CHESHIRE, Ore. (AP) -- A woman shot her husband in the back after he killed her pet chicken, the Lane County sheriff's deputies said. Deputies said they were sure that Mary Gray, 58, intended to shoot her husband, Stephen Gray, 43. They weren't certain if the husband meant to fire at the chicken.

"We don't know if it was an accident or if it was on purpose," Sgt. Clint Riley said. "It depends who you ask."

Riley said the couple had been drinking for much of Monday while they did yard work at their rented home in the town northwest of Eugene, and they began arguing after Stephen Gray shot the chicken with a .44-caliber handgun.

Deputies said he was then hit with a shot from a .22-caliber rifle, and is recovering.
Mary Gray was arraigned Tuesday on an assault charge.





This just happened to me and the wife a couple of weekends ago. We got drunk and were pulling weeds in the front yard when I accidentally pulled a flower out instead. Next thing I know, I got clocked on the head with a shovel.

Pet chicken?

Actually, my wife was drinking and mowing the lawn yesterday. She managed to drive the lawnmower too close to the pump's power supply and severed the cord, costing 400 dollars for a new pump. I didn't shoot her though.

Was that your pet penis pump?

That would be more understandable shooting than a pet chicken. At least you can eat the chicken.

It depends on who you ask. I wonder where the chips fall on that one.

LOL. No, we have a 8 foot pond and a small waterfall in our backyard. The fish rely on the moving water (or so she has told me) to keep healthy and we had to replace the pump for the waterfall/pond immediately.