I told this story before on another thread sometime back, but it fits the topic. It's not the "greatest" in terms of "epic" or "funny"; but more in the terms of "fucked up" and "shocking"

Let's rewind a handful of years to a friendship that I had with a pretty cool girl who we'll refer to as "Gina". Gina had a boyfriend - who we'll call "Chad". He was one of those extremely jealous, possessive types. The relationship was tumultuous, I guess. Gina and I had spent a lot of time together and had become pretty good friends. Chad didn't like the fact that she was hanging out with me and my friends frequently.

My buddy - who we'll call "Gary" for this story - hosts a party at his house and we're all invited - including Gina. The thing is, Chad won't let Gina come to the party without him. I had offered to come pick her up and bring her to the party because she really wanted to go (she needed a ride). But there was no way that was happening on Chad's watch. Either he took her to the party or she wasn't allowed to go at all. It wasn't my place to get involved any further, so I stayed out of it. She gave in and he was her ride to the party. I had never met this guy before but I'd heard enough about him to know that this could turn into a shitshow. I was uneasy about it.

So she shows up with him, we exchange introductions and everything is kosher for awhile. He seems pretty mellow, even talkative with me.

Then the shit started hitting the fan........

Throughout the evening, Chad and another guest had gotten into a verbal altercation twice on separate occasions. The second time was when all hell broke loose.

Cue the sound of commotion stirring up. Aggressive shouting, expletives and a mix of loud voices. This didn't sound like a bunch of intoxicated people being loud and carrying on in good spirits. Something was up. I happen to wander around to the back porch and it's Chad and the same guest from earlier, in a war of words. Words escalated into shoving and they start going at it. Fucking hell....

Gary and another friend - "Rob" - jump in to break it up. Chad is told to leave. So he grabs Gina, and starts dragging and throwing her around, all while still mouthing off. Gary and Rob step in again and are still trying to escort this dude off the premises. Gina runs off after breaking free and now Gary and Rob are wrestling with Chad in front of the house. He's not going down without a fight and refuses to leave without Gina. I'm standing over him while Rob and Gary have him subdued and I'm trying to talk sense into him.

"Dude, relax! You're just making this more difficult for yourself. Listen to me. You're causing trouble with my friends and you gotta go, man. That's all it is. We just want you to leave. Calm down, go to your car, get out of here and everything will be cool."

It was like a switch flipped. He went from rage-mode to "We're cool." But he was still being stubborn. He didn't want to leave without Gina.

Gina was scared to leave with him. She absolutely did not want to go home with him. She was afraid he was gonna beat her, because he was abusive. Being the good friend I am, I said "Don't worry about it. We'll get him out of here. You can crash at my place."

Gary and Rob manage to get this guy further away from the house in an attempt to get him to his car. At this point, there's a crowd. He's still mouthing off and refusing Gary's requests to leave.

Then the knife came out.......

In one swept motion, Chad flipped open a pocket knife and slashed Gary. He got Gary pretty good. Before he could follow up with a second attack, he was immediately jumped by 3 of our friends - two of em being pretty big guys - and then wrestled to the ground in an instant. This guy was kind of a small dude, but he was feisty. I go running down the driveway and Gary is bleeding like a stuck pig. I flipped on a flashlight and I saw how bad it really was. It was deep. Probably an 8 inch gash across and deep enough to require some serious stitches. Gary is fucking livid and just in a drunken rage. He's screaming at the guy holding him back to let him go. "Let me at him! That motherfucker! I'm gonna beat his fucking ass. Let go of me!"

Chad is pinned to the ground, still spouting off, making threats and all this other bizarre shit. EMS and police units are en-route. They show up, Gary gets carted off to the hospital, and the police cuff Chad and eventually cart him off to jail after taking witness statements and doing all the normal protocol stuff that they do.

Come to find out, he came to that party with the intention to start trouble; because he was jealous and paranoid about Gina hanging out with me and my friends. It just blew my mind. He seemed like an alright dude and we had gotten along fine throughout the night before he flipped out. Even had some friendly conversations, sharing a bottle of liquor. Then.....the switch flipped and he got hostile. I didn't expect him to go that far.

You know what was bizarre on top it all? After all that, he's standing there in handcuffs, calm as can be and under police supervision while they're wrapping up. Looks at me and goes "Heh....crazy shit, man. Nice meeting ya."

Alcohol and jealousy is a bad combo.