Texan Killed Friend Who Drank Last Cold Beer

[drew]

More evidence that the gene pool needs some serious pruning!!


BANDERA, Texas (Reuters) - A jury on Thursday handed a life prison sentence to a Texas man who shot and killed a longtime friend he accused of drinking the last beer in his refrigerator.Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before passing the sentence on Steven Brasher, 42, for the murder of Willie Lawson, 39, on Nov. 5 last year.
"There was only two beers left, so I took one, and I told Willie not to take my last beer," Brasher said in a taped statement that was played during the trial.
Testimony showed Brasher shot Lawson in the head with a pistol after the two began arguing over the missing beer. Brasher maintained the shooting was an accident. http://johnbridge.com/vbulletin/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

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[flatfloor]

I don't understand what that jury was thinkng.

[Bud Cline]

I've got a few beers in my fridge so you guys just help yourself OK?:bow:

[JC]

His momma must not have taught him how to share...eh

[John Bridge]

I don't see what your concern is at all. It was his last beer, right? And this is Texas, right? What's the problem?

:santa:

[cx]

Boy, talk about great minds and all. Here is what I had typed before I saw JB's post:

So what's all the fuss? This is Texas, and he apparently did drink the guy's last beer.


So, I guess what I wanna know is what do y'all do in a situation like that where you live? :D



No lecture, JT, we know your stand on shootin' peoples, even when they really need shootin', like when they steal your tools and stuff. :p

[Ron]

That one wasn't about sharing at all.It's about it being the last one.

I rent an industrial unit and have rented some space to a friend of mine.I usually keep a 6-pack of Grolsch there.One day after work,I was looking forward to the one Grolsch bottle that was left .It was gone.Called my friend and gave him some grief over it.I told him he can drink five out of a full 6-pack when I'm not there,but never,ever,ever drink the LAST one.

Simple universal rule :)

[cx]

So! It's the same all over, even in Canada. This is good to know. :)

But you didn't shoot him. That shows remarkable restraint and good judgement on your part, Ron. This is also good, and even our Official Po-lice Chief would approve. :)









Or was it just the fire arm restrictions up there that saved his sorry ass? :p

[flatfloor]

Ron coulda troweled him to death. :)

[Ron]

:D

[cx]

Naw, that would be no good. Then there'd be groups clamoring for a ban on trowels! :rolleyes:


How would the honest tile man make a living, then? Only be allowed to have three foot long trowels, and then only for sporting use. No, best Ron should just let'im slide this time. Next time, though, just run over'im with your SUV. Ain't never gonna hear nobody wantin' to ban them. :)

[Ron]

SUV,Kelly? I wouldn't drive one of them spoiled,rich,make-up-putting-on-in-mirror,bejewelled housewife vehicles even if I won one.

I like the trowel idea.Nothing too painful,maybe jes a slap with the pool trowel to the head. :laugh2:

He hasn't drank the last "one" again.

[John Bridge]

I've got an old 14-inch finishing trowel that has edges like a razor. It could remove body parts easily. ;)

[Cami A]

spoiled,rich,make-up-putting-on-in-mirror,bejewelled housewife vehicles


:wtf: Gotta tell ya you're losing points here, Ron.

I might have to use John's trowel, if he'll autograph it for me first. ;)

[cx]

Yeah, Ron, you forgot "cell-phone-talking". :D


What's with the new signature, Ms. Cami? You ain't fixin' to leave us, are ya? :(

[Cami A]

I'll accept "cell-phone talking". The weekly back-and-forth drive is getting boring.... ;)

My sig-of-the-moment? Nah, it just applies to my random postings, that's all.

I think you've proved it might be true. :D:D:D

[cx]

Oh, yeah, we have all that here, no question about it, but I'm not sure you can take credit for all of it, my dear. :)

Nor do I think you're finished! :D

[Ron]

Oooops.Sorry,Miss Cami :uhh: :eek:

I was just generalizing about some of the SUV drivers here in Toronto.This city runs rampant with SUV's.What's wrong with a station wagon,anyway?Why do all these people have four-wheel-drive that they never employ.
Why?Because it's a status symbol.Like the dumpster in the driveway is a status symbol.And because the couple across the street,the one with the fancy landscaping have one too.

Uh,oh....where's the foot-in-mouth smilie?I think I may have done it again :bang: :crap:

I didn't mean you,Miss Cami.I adore you.If you are driving one of them SUV's it would stand for "Sexy,Unparalleled Vivaciousness". :D

Nice save Ronny! :)

[Cami A]

Oh, no...I have a dumpster in the driveway, too... :(;):(
Landscaping consists of weeds, sand, and a few clumps of cement left from pouring the steps, so I'm safe there. ;)

:D:D:D Ron, I was just joking. I know the women of which you speak..they're not just in Canada, ya know. I've also needed the foot in mouth smilie, but there isn't one yet. :D:D:D

I do use the 4WD, and my SUV's never new enough or clean enough to be a status symbol. Our mothers drove station wagons, that's why. ;)

Nice save, indeed. :p :p :p

[tileguytodd]

Drawbacks of owning a 4WD
#1-No more weather related days off( the boss knows better)

#2- you Know who gets the 3 am phone call when someone is in the ditch.

#3-When its time to bring the inlaws back to the airport after christmas,and thier flight leaves at 4 am,and its snowing,guess who's driving!!!!!!!


And the definition of a 4WD-A vehicle thats just good enough to get you where you shouldnt oughta be!! :D

[Sonnie Layne]

I spent five minutes talking on a cell the other day. Had to ask this client how she like me to deal with a little problem I'd come across. At the end of the conversation, I said, in my typical manner, "OK, see ya' while ago".

She says, well... I'm in the driveway, so it'll be sooner than that. No, she hadn't just pulled in, she was there the whole time.

Few months ago, a lady in a Caddy was talking on the phone..., this is happening before my very eyes right on the corner where I live... She's apparently lost her train of thought, or maybe she can't talk and turn right at the same time, but she ends up damn near in the front lawn after having over-run the curb. She stopped before ramming the condo, but she never even stopped her conversation for a second!!! Must have been one important conversation.

On the other hand... damned I don't know if I should let this out or not...

JJ and I had been out for a bite a few weeks ago. I, of course spent a good share of the time in the kitchen talking to the chef about the preparation. We'd both had a couple drinks. I think one bottle of wine, an apperitif and something to finish it off. Not drunk, but perhaps marginally legal (that don't take much).

Anyway.... she's on the phone, over-runs a left turn, over the curb (we're only doin' about 10 mph at that point), back onto the street in a straight line without any further ado. Except I was about to lose my dinner through my jockey shorts. She finishes her call, I said something like "Damned, you ran off the street, we could have been killed".

She said, "Hell, Sonnie, it was just a curb, settle down".
Girls gotta be Italian, I'm tellin' ya.

[flatfloor]

NY passed a law re cell phones they have to be hands free but I don't think it will help it's the distraction that causes most of the accidents.:(

[IBJT]

In Texas, do they shoot ya if you use the last minutes on the cell phone?


:D :D

[Sonnie Layne]

only if you're drinkin' your last beer at the time....

I think whiskey is still legal, tho ;)