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EARTHDATE: May 22, 2011

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REAL LIFE NEWS: HAM WARS

by Hazed

People get into fights over the stupidest thing. I've just read a story about four people who ended up in hospital after a row over some sliced ham.

It happened in Italy where they clearly take their sliced meat seriously. In a supermarket in the Tuscany town of Livorno, a 50-year old woman doing her shopping asked the assistant to slice her some ham. But she complained that the slices were too thick.

Somehow, this simple customer complaint turned into a scuffle involving the woman's husband and two sons, and the shop assistant's father. Police were called, and three ambulances were also sent to the scene.

Four of the fighters had to go to hospital: the shop assistant, the ham shopper and her hubby all suffered bruises, and the assistant's dad was hospitalized after feeling ill as well.

No news on whether she got any ham after all this!

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110514/od_afp/italyoffbeat_20110514193427


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