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Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:02 pm
by Gob
A 70-year-old man is alleged to have shot his son - because he didn't like his country music karaoke singing.
William Oller Sr told his son 'I'm going to shut you up' before getting a handgun from his truck car and shooting his son four times.
William Oller Jr was shot in shoulder, arm and chest and also sustained a head wound during the fight with his father outside their home in Redding California.
Police said the confrontation had been sparked when Oller Jr, 50, refused to turn off his karaoke singing machine.
Investigators did not reveal what specific song Oller Jr had been singing along with that caused the argument.
An arrest warrant revealed that Oller Sr told his son words to the effect 'I'm going to shut you up' before grabbing a semi automatic handgun.
When his son followed his father outside the pair grappled and he was shot multiple times.
Oller Sr was taken away in ambulance after opening fire on his son and getting shot in the leg himself
He told paramedics: 'I can't believe he shot me' as he waited to be transported to hospital.
Oller Jr was treated for non life threatening injuries at hospital from the .22 calibre bullets and is expected to make a full recovery.
His father appeared in Shasta County Superior Court on attempted murder and other charges and was remanded in custody in lieu of $500,000 bond.
Oller Jr's lawyer John Kucera said his client does not wish to see his father prosecuted.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1l4lQLjbd
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:14 am
by BoSoxGal
Dumb & Dumber
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:04 am
by Jarlaxle
Probably more like: druink & drunker.
(Wait, is "drunker" a word?)
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:23 am
by BoSoxGal
Is druink?
No worries; the drunks won't care!
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:43 pm
by dales
Haven't heard from BobB lately, he "lived" in Redding.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:06 pm
by Sue U
dales wrote:Haven't heard from BobB lately, he "lived" in Redding.
And as I recall, his posing style reflected the "local color," apparently.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:10 pm
by Guinevere
Akshullee, it reflected his Southron routes
(He was living in Alabama when he started posting at le Cafe).
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:48 am
by Timster
However, If he was butchering (I'll give croaky some slack here, is that even possible....) "My achey breaky heart... ?
...The shooting was justified.
Yup... Just one critics opinion.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:47 am
by Crackpot
How could one butcher that which is already butchered?
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:33 am
by Sean
Mincing?
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:21 am
by Timster
Sean wrote:Mincing?
Ha! You mean words Sean? Remember, the first rule of Thesaurus Club...
Ok fine. I thought that I made it fairly clear that achey breaky was a trite Hack job banking on the lowest common denominator. Along with about 90% of Country and or Western that is suppose to pass for music these days.
However, I will accept blended, folded, spindled and mutilated as agreeable synonyms. Or, sliced really bloody thin.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:02 pm
by dgs49
The key fact is omitted from the story.
What was he singing?
Surely, if it was "Stand by Your Man," the homicide was justified.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:38 pm
by Joe Guy
It would be fitting if he had been singing, "A Boy Named Sue."
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:12 pm
by Long Run
Redding would Merle Haggard territory. Maybe Kern River or My Favorite Memory.
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:37 pm
by Sean
I bet he was singing something by Otway...
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:21 am
by Gob
Anyone attempting to reach those heights is bound to cause enemies on the way...
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:14 am
by Sean
Touche!
Re: Everyone's a critic!
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:20 pm
by rubato
Guns, likker, and country music! They go together like Jukes and Kallikaks, like Hatfields and McCoy's. Now that's the real AMERICA!