Man jailed for 22 years for stealing a television remote | Eric Bramwell must serve at least half of the sentence before he is eligible for parole

This is like the story an ex-gf of mine tells: I dumped her for eating a banana.

No, I dumped her for taking me for granted. Eating my food (again, without asking) was just what she was doing when I told her it was over.

EDIT: This is hilarious. I show people one grain of sand and they're telling me the history of the country that the beach is in. Priceless. It reminds me of when Houdini tried to prove to Arthur Canon Doyle that spiritualism is bullshit, and as a result, Doyle would only believe that Houdini was an evil spiritualist trying to ruin other spiritualists. Oh, the irony. Please. . .do not stop.

EDIT2: The cavalcade of dipshittery that has splattered into my inbox is goddamned stupefying. For anyone who responded to this post with the semantic equivalent of "You dumped your girlfriend for eating your food? You're an asshole.", please be advised: you are fall-down-shit-your-pants retarded. I dumped my girlfriend of, like, three months, because she was an inconsiderate and selfish person who took me for granted, for a lot of reasons that are no one's business but my own. At the time when I chose to break things off with her, she happened to be eating a banana she had helped herself to, which I used as an admittedly weak but still relevant example of her thoughtless behavior that was poignant because her self-centered behavior happened with such frequency that it had even occurred at the time I had decided to cut her loose. The idea that I broke up with her for eating my food is every bit as relevant as saying that this guy in the article we are supposed to be discussing, that guy got 22 years in the clink for a single remote control.

My reason for sharing all of this is not because I feel that I must defend myself. My reason for sharing these details is so the entire rational world can see how fucking dim all of you haters are. I wanted to fully illustrate the context so that rational people can point and laugh at all of you cowardly turds who are frothing at the mouth to jump to conclusions so they can shit down the necks of strangers from the safety of anonymity. So GG, dumbasses. . .and thanks for making my point for me.

Jesus, get over yourself dude.

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