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The leg was stored in a smoker after Mr Wood lost his home
A US man who stored his amputated leg in a barbecue smoker that was later auctioned off is locked in a custody dispute with the man who bought it.
John Wood's smoker was sold to Shannon Whisnant last week after he fell behind on payments at the storage facility in North Carolina where it was kept.

He wants his leg back but Mr Whisnant says he has a receipt for the smoker's contents and wants to share ownership.

Mr Wood's leg was amputated above the knee after a plane crash in 2004.

He asked to keep the leg so he could be buried as a whole man when he died, and stored it at the facility in Maiden after losing his home.

But when Mr Wood failed to pay the necessary rental fees, the storage company auctioned the smoker and all its contents.

'Strange incident'

After buying the smoker last Tuesday, Mr Whisnant looked inside and found a man's leg wrapped in a wire screen.

Halloween's just around the corner - the price will go up if I get the leg

Shannon Whisnant

He initially gave the leg to the police, who concluded it had not been removed as a result of a crime and sent it to a funeral home until Mr Wood could pick it up.

But after making money by charging adults $3 (£1.47) and children $1 (49p) to look inside the empty smoker, Mr Whisnant asked for it back.

His request was refused by the funeral home, so he decided to try to persuade Mr Wood to share custody and profits.

"I told him I'd share custody of it..." Mr Whisnant said.

"It's a strange incident and Halloween's just around the corner. The price will go up if I get the leg."

'Despicable'

Mr Wood, who now lives in Greenville, South Carolina, has insisted he is not interested in using the leg to make money and plans to travel to Maiden as soon as possible to reclaim it.

"I just think it's despicable," he said.

"I don't mind having the 15 minutes of fame, but I'm not looking to really profit off this thing.

"He's making a freak show out of it."

Having had his offer rejected, Mr Whisnant has threatened to begin legal action if the leg is not returned to him by next week.

He says he has a receipt showing he bought both the smoker and its contents at the auction.

"Everybody knows it's mine, period," he said. "And if anyone tries to take it, I want everything they got

Not in America at all this one -

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=67040&in_page_id=2

Not too sure which is the weird-est(?)
however I am slightly concerned over your reading material (LOL)

Hope thats not you in the gas mask int he picture ?

Not too sure which is the weird-est(?)
however I am slightly concerned over your reading material (LOL)

I didn't want to be the first one to post one of these! Thanks Gary for taking the lead.

There's a lot to be said for living in the country.

Now the italians are up for it

convent in Italy is being shut down after a fight between its last three remaining nuns.
So badly did relations deteriorate between the sisters of Santa Clara in Bari that the Mother Superior ended up in hospital with scratches to her face.

Now the local archbishop has intervened and asked the Vatican for permission to close the convent.

Sister Liliana is on her own there now and says she has no intention of leaving her home of the past 44 years.

The Clarissa nuns are regarded as the most austere order of the Roman Catholic Church, devoted to a life of prayer, penance and quiet contemplation.

But at the Santa Clara convent in Bari, the vow of silence was shattered by an unholy row.

Sisters Annamaria and Gianbattista say they were driven to distraction by the nasty habits of their Mother Superior, Sister Liliana.

They became so angry that during the summer they turned on her, scratching her face and throwing her to the ground.

The two nuns have now moved into a nearby convent, leaving Sister Liliana barricaded inside.

Despite the efforts of the Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pichierri to reconcile the three sisters he has been forced to call on the Vatican for help.

He wrote to the Holy See telling them the sisters had "clearly lost their religious vocation" and with only one nun remaining has asked for permission to close the convent down.

But Sister Liliana is not going without a fight.

She has been at the nunnery for 44 years and she is not going to be pushed about now.

She has written to the Pope telling him she will only leave when God decides it is time to go.

And since she is devoted to her vow of silence it is not that easy to reason with her.

The Clarissa nuns are regarded as the most austere order of the Roman Catholic Church, devoted to a life of prayer, penance and quiet contemplation.
What exactly is the point of this? and what good does it do?

Why don't they do something useful like get a bloody proper job instead of doing bugger-all in the name of some make believe god.

I reckon it's just a cop-out, living off free money donated by the people.

Col

Col,

I don't think I will be seeing you at those Pearly Gates (LOL) mind you I don't think I'll be there either


What I was trying to show was there are stupid people everywhere
Stateside, UK and now Italy are joining in - any others want to join in the stupid party ..

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What I was trying to show was there are stupid people everywhere
Stateside, UK and now Italy are joining in
Yes I know, but it made me think about what these lazy nun types are doing - sod all by the look of things, just sponging off the church, like vicars only working on sunday and getting a house and a salary for it.

Teachers are another bunch of scroungers - start work at 9 finish at 3:30. Get at least 3 months paid holiday.

Col

like vicars only working on sunday and getting a house and a salary for it.

Colin, you clearly don't know any pastors personally. Pastors of my old church basically worked 6 days a week...including many evenings....and occasionally still had to schedule some elders meetings on the evening of their 'day off' (tuesday) because they were too busy with other church stuff to find another day or evening that worked. From personal experience in several other churches, I think that's more typical than your 'one day a week' comment indicates.

As for the nuns, yeah....seems cushy but it ain't much of a way to live if you ask me.

Colin, you clearly don't know any pastors personally. Pastors of my old church basically worked 6 days a week...including many evenings....and occasionally still had to schedule some elders meetings on the evening of their 'day off' (tuesday) because they were too busy with other church stuff to find another day or evening that worked. From personal experience in several other churches, I think that's more typical than your 'one day a week' comment indicates.

As for the nuns, yeah....seems cushy but it ain't much of a way to live if you ask me.

Craig

The vicars here in the UK - slightly diffrent set up
although I think Colins gone off the deep end here

Vicars and priests aren't as lazy as you migh think
i know at least 1 priest who does mass every day , goes and visits the oldies (those a little bit closer to god). does his duty to the Armed forces as a pardra (?) so its not as easy as some would think, but its not excatly hard either

As to teachers hmmmm i think i am in with Col on this one ..