{"id":473,"date":"2005-02-22T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-22T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=473"},"modified":"2005-12-06T07:54:19","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T12:54:19","slug":"some-people-bring-it-on-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/some-people-bring-it-on-themselves","title":{"rendered":"Some people bring it on themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I read an article in the NYPost <em>[link defunct]<\/em> detailing the story of a woman who cut off her boyfriend&#8217;s schlong:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> The attack occurred around midnight Saturday, after the 44-year-old man argued with alleged knife-wielder Kim Tran about their impending breakup.<\/p>\n<p>It seems he was already married to her aunt, the Anchorage Daily News reported, and apparently made the decision that three&#8217;s a crowd.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, he agreed to have sex &#8212; and allowed his soon-to-be-ex to tie his arms to a windowsill.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old woman severed his penis with a kitchen knife, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>She then untied him, drove him to a hospital and was cleaning up the scene when police arrived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Part of &#8220;cleaning up the scene&#8221; appears to have involved <em>flushing the severed organ down the toilet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No one&#8217;s ever accused Alaskans of being the smartest people in the world, but &#8220;I&#8217;m having an affair with you; I&#8217;m married to your aunt; I&#8217;m breaking up with you; sure, you can tie me up for one more round of sex&#8221; should put you in the stupid hall of fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read an article in the NYPost [link defunct] detailing the story of a woman who cut off her boyfriend&#8217;s schlong: The attack occurred around midnight Saturday, after the 44-year-old man argued with alleged knife-wielder Kim Tran about their impending breakup. It seems he was already married to her aunt, the Anchorage Daily News reported, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/some-people-bring-it-on-themselves\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Some people bring it on themselves&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-7D","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1042,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rebmit","url_meta":{"origin":473,"position":0},"title":"!rebmiT","author":"Gil","date":"July 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"During the summer, my office is only open from 8am to 1pm on Fridays. 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