Sunday, February 25, 2007

And now, the Wisconsin edition of WTF?

I neglected to talk about this earlier, this week, but apparently a Wisconsin man mistook the sound of porn for rape and attempted a rescue:

The woman, according to a criminal complaint, was on a DVD being watched by the neighbor, who later played part of the movie back for police to point out what he figured Van Iveren heard downstairs.

To Van Iveren, the neighbor's film sounded like a rape in progress.

"So I grabbed the cavalry sword and ran upstairs," he said. "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock.

"But I froze and instead, what happened happened."

According to the criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning, damaging the frame and lock in the process.

Why not call the cops first? Why kick in the guy's door?

But I think that the funniest quote was from the guy who watching the porn in a follow-up article:

Stieghorst said the incident will not change his movie-viewing habits.

"No, way; I'm a man and I'm a normal person," he said. "But I think I will get some good headphones, maybe some wireless ones."

I can't help but wonder how the reporters were able to ask that question with a straight face -- not to mention write it with a straight face.

2 comments:

Amanda said...

A calvary sword? Dude!

K. said...

"Why not call the cops first? Why kick in the guy's door"

I think that dude just needed an excuse to kick someone's door down with a big-ass sword.