►WHIRLED GNUS◄: Oct 6, 2011

Thursday, October 6, 2011

96 Year Old Florida Woman Arrested for Allegedly Murdering Her Nephew

Amanda Rice Stevenson is 96 years old and she allegedly shot and killed her nephew last night by firing a round from a .357 Magnum into his chest.

St. Augustine Police Department spokesman Mark Samson says the cops got a call just before 9 p.m. Sunday about a possible heart attack at a house in St. Augustine.

Instead, police found 53-year-old John Westley Rice dead on the floor, with blood coming out of his mouth and multiple blood splatters around the scene, Samson says.

Stevenson, who police found in another bedroom in the house, was taken from the home while cops collected evidence -- including the .357 Magnum handgun -- and she was eventually determined by police to be the shooter.

Samson says Rice was shot "over a domestic situation" while he was lying in bed, but exact details of what happened haven't yet been released.

Rice's wife told police her husband was watching football when she left the house at 5:30 p.m., and when she returned at 8:45 p.m., she found her husband lying dead on the bedroom floor, leaning against a door.

It's unknown how many times Amanda Rice Stevenson has been arrested since her birth in 1915, but yesterday's murder charge marks her third arrest in St. Johns County, according to records from the sheriff's office.

An arson charge from 1995 was later dropped, and her other arrest, in 2007, doesn't come with details.

JOKE: A Blonde Goes Into a Bar

A bartender is preparing to open for the night when he hears a knock at the door, he opens the door and a beautiful blonde is standing there.   She says, I'm shy could I get a drink before you open?   So he lets her in. What`ll it be?   Twenty-five whiskeys please. Just line em up.   He is shocked that she would want so much, but he fills them and he watches her down the lot one by one. She then collapsed on the floor.   The bartender looks over the bar, not bad he thinks and takes her upstairs. When he has had enough he goes back down to open up.   It's a really busy night and to boost business he sells the girl for a twenty bucks per go. Everyone wants a turn, and he makes a fortune.   When he has closed up, he takes the girl and puts her outside the door where she first came from and he counts his profits.   The next night at the same time the doorbell rings again so he answers and the girl is back. He can`t believe his luck. Inviting her in he asks, Twenty five whiskeys again, Darlin ?   Oh no, she replies, vodka please. Whiskey makes my twat sore.

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World's hottest chilli contest sends two to hospital

A 'world's hottest chilli' competition at a curry restaurant left two people in hospital. Emergency services were called to Kismot Restaurant's curry-eating challenge, on St Leonards Place, Edinburgh, after competitors started writhing on the floor in agony, vomiting and fainting during the contest. One participant, Curie Kim was so ill after sampling the "Kismot Killer" that she had to be taken by ambulance to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice in a matter of hours. The Scottish Ambulance Service have said it wanted the restaurant to review the way the event was managed.

Paramedics attended the event on Saturday - the busiest day of the week for the ambulance service - costing the service several hundred pounds. Participants were required to sign a legal disclaimer prior to taking part in the competition, and two members of the British Red Cross were on hand, but they could not cope with the nature of the injuries sustained. Curry house owner Abdul Ali admitted that he would have to "tone down" the contest, but said the challenge had raised hundreds of pounds for charity CHAS. He added that half of the 20 people who took part in the challenge had dropped out after witnessing the first 10 diners vomiting, collapsing, sweating and panting.

Previously the restaurant's Kismot Killer dish has caused diners to suffer nose bleeds and one elderly man had to go to hospital. Curie, 21, a Korean exchange student at Edinburgh University, came second in the competition, but she admitted the accolade "came with a price". She said: "I've always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice. I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life." Mr Ali said he felt the competition had gone well, but that he had overestimated how much heat the competitors could take.

Beverly Jones, from Newington, was crowned curry queen after she managed to finish nine spoonfuls of the chilli-filled dish. Mike Lavin, from Polwarth, came fifth, but he, too, had to be taken to the ERI. Local councillor Gordon Mackenzie branded the event a "shambles" and said: "The owners owe a debt to the ambulance service, and I hope they'll find some way of making it up to them." A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We would urge the organisers to review the way in which this event is managed in future in order to avoid another situation where emergency ambulances are required to treat their customers."