BS: Bizarre Moments in Our Times

Subject: RE: BS: Bizarre Moments in Our Times
From: Matt_R
Date: 16 Mar 01 - 11:32 AM

Everyday, every hour
I wish I was
Bulletproof...

Anyone remember "Spectre of The Gun" from Star Trek (TOS)?

Subject: RE: BS: Bizarre Moments in Our Times
From: Kim C
Date: 16 Mar 01 - 11:32 AM

I thought jujuman was a kind of candies. Oh no wait.... that's jujuBEEs...

Subject: Bizarre Moments in Our Times
From: Amos
Date: 16 Mar 01 - 11:27 AM

Every now and then a news blip comes along which is bizarre enough to make our whole century stand out in sharp contrast. Consider, as a first example, the poor Ghanian in today's story; all he wanted was to be bulletproof! Anyone can relate to that! And look what happened to the poor sod! There oughta be a law. Actually, come to think of it, there are some -- Newton's Third, for example! :>)

Man Shot Dead As Bulletproof Magic Fails

ACCRA (Reuters) - A Ghanaian man was shot dead by a fellow villager while testing a magic spell designed to make him bulletproof, the official Ghana News Agency reported.

Aleobiga Aberima, 23, and around 15 other men from Lambu village, northeast Ghana, had asked a jujuman, or witchdoctor, to make them invincible to bullets.

After smearing his body with a concoction of herbs every day for two weeks, Aberima volunteered to be shot to check if the spell had worked.

One of the others fetched a rifle and shot Aberima who died instantly from a single bullet.

Angry Lambu residents seized the jujuman and beat him severely until a village elder rescued him, the Wednesday report added.

Feel free to add your own examples. I am sure there are many such tales.

Regards,

A