Linkajc wrote:
COVINGTON, La. — R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did.
The 68-year-old man from Covington, La., was mowing the lawn on his 5-acre property when a stray bullet from nearby woods struck that cell phone. He figured a rock kicked up by his tractor hit him. That is, until he took out the phone and a .45-caliber bullet fell from its case.
Richard told The Times-Picayune of New Orleans he doesn't think it was a coincidence, either.
"I look at this as God telling me to put my cell phone in that pocket, and I'm grateful and humbled," he said.
Doctors told Richard the bullet came at an angle, which along with the cell phone probably prevented serious injury.
Deputies are investigating the case, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain said. He said the case should serve as a serious warning that people should consider the consequences before firing a gun.
However, Strain said investigators don't believe the shooting was intentional.
Hope he had insurance on the phone. Then again, you typically get a shitty replacement phone anyway, so it's probably better if he doesn't have insurance.
Either way, time for a new phone!
Either way, time for a new phone!
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Reminds me of that soldier in Iraq who had an iPod in his pocket, I think Apple gave him a new one for free too
I'd say it was probably his brain that told him to put it in his pocket and not 'god', lucky he wasn't texting his BFF Jill at the time.
Last edited by The A W S M F O X (2008-11-21 07:44:05)
Wish he got shot in the pocket he usually has it in. Then he'd blame the devils tricks..
1600's, go back there.
1600's, go back there.
What the fuck, mowing your lawn when a fucking bullet, probably from some prick "being a man" and "hunting", smacks right into you. The guy is seriously unlucky and lucky at the same time. He shouldn't have to deal with this shit in the first place!
Last edited by Mekstizzle (2008-11-21 08:24:22)
yeah this is pretty bad luckMekstizzle wrote:
What the fuck, mowing your lawn when a fucking bullet, probably from some prick "being a man" and "hunting", smacks right into you. The guy is seriously unlucky and lucky at the same time. He shouldn't have to deal with this shit in the first place!