70-Year Old Man Shoots TV, Engages in Standoff With Police Over DTV Transition

[pokerfan]

Angered and distraught over the analog TV shutdown, a 70-year old Missouri man blew away his TV and engaged in a brief standoff with police when he could not get his converter box to work.

Surprised? You shouldn't be. Violence like this was inevitable. All it takes is mixing one part old man with one part technology, one part handgun and two parts alcohol. Then shake vigorously with an absence of Wheel of Fortune.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5157325/70+year-old-man-shoots-tv-engages-in-standoff-with-police-over-dtv-transition

:wtf:

[crimsonblue]

1. Good thing is...

all the private jails in Missouri have cells with cable tv. :P

[pokerfan]

2. damn

If they ever get broadband, I'm moving to Missouri and shooting my TV.

[crispini]

3. There is such a thing as caring too much about TV

I mean dude, it's not like it's all that great anyway.

[seabeyond]

4. ah, that is so sad. but whoever wrote that little piece

funny

[rcrush]

5. I have old people in my family like this guy.

Its true. You mix an old man with technology and guns and someone is gonna blow some stuff up.

[BuelahWitch]

6. I predict torches and pitchforks over DTV before long

All it takes is a week without "The Bold and the Beautiful" for some people to lose it...:hide:

[Swede]

7. Get the fuck off my lawn.

:shrug:

[Jamastiene]

8. Somehow, I knew this would happen.

I just thought it would happen on a larger scale where I live.

[rurallib]

9. Last name McCain?