Monday, November 06, 2006

Truth or Dare?

This guy shoulda said "Dare."

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- The party game asked people to name the stupidest thing they had ever done. Police say Jerry Rose answered, "Shot a guy in the head." Now, Rose is charged with open murder and armed robbery in the March 22 slaying of 60-year-old Edgar Hawke. Hawkes' wife and 14-year-old granddaughter found his body at the bottom of the basement stairs in his Parma Township home. A large amount of cash and a .22-caliber rifle were missing, The Jackson Citizen Patriot reported Saturday. Police were making little headway in their investigation until officers in neighboring Calhoun County questioned Rose's girlfriend about a series of break-ins. She told them about Rose's confession during a summer party, and they gave the information to Jackson County sheriff's detectives. Rose, 29, was arrested Wednesday at his mother's home. He was arraigned Friday and was being held without bond pending a preliminary hearing Nov. 15.
I've never played the game, but I'm sure I'd get along swimmingly by answering "truth" every time. The stupidest thing I've ever done was to buy a house.

5 comments:

Trader Rick said...

The smartest thing I ever did was buying a house. The stupidest thing was marrying insane women.

Lone Ranger said...

I bought my house when California housing prices were skyrocketing. I thought that even if I got relocated again, I could sell it at a profit. Then Congress hiked the capital gains tax and knocked the props out of the housing market. I had that albatross around my neck for 10 years, until I managed to unload it -- at a $50,000 loss.

Oh, and ditto on the insane woman.

tugboatcapn said...

Huhm...

The Smartest thing I ever did was marry an insane woman...

Go figure...

I'll bet the next time that guy plays that game, he will have a different answer to the "stupidest thing" question...

Lone Ranger said...

He'll probably say, "I dropped my soap in the shower."

tugboatcapn said...

How about "I admitted to Murder while playing a stupid Party Game..."