Essie Time Again

I know it hasn't been long ago, but it's already time for another Essie Award -- the award presented for incredible stupidity.

This Essie goes to Spc. Patrick Edward Myers of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Myers was stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas. He and Pfc. Isaace Lawrence Young were drinking and watching football. Pfc. Young had the hiccups. In an attempt to scare away the hiccups, Myers pointed a gun to Young's head and pulled the trigger. Young doesn't have the hiccups anymore -- the gun was loaded.

"Man dies in shooting meant to cure his hiccups." The Dallas Morning News; September 26, 2012; p. 4A.