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Spurned Chinese wife burns 400 cell phones after relationship blows up
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| 03/08/08
Posted on 03/08/2008 5:24:58 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Spurned Chinese wife burns 400 cell phones after relationship blows up
AP - Saturday, March 8BEIJING - A spurned Chinese wife set fire to more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband after he walked out on their marriage, a news agency reported Friday.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Wang, was arrested for arson.
The couple had owned a successful retail phone business in Weifang, the eastern province of Shandong. However, their shaky relationship hit rock bottom when her husband left her on March 3, the news agency reported, citing the local Qilu Evening News.
Overcome with despair, the woman gathered up their entire stock of more than 400 new mobile phones, reportedly valued at more than 300,000 yuan (US$42,000; ?27,260), and set them on fire, before walking out of the house, the report said.
Neighbors who saw smoke coming from the house called firefighters, who quickly extinguished the blaze.
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brokenmarriage; cellphone; china; rage
To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Unam Sanctam; taxesareforever; ...
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posted on
03/08/2008 5:25:34 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster; mikrofon; martin_fierro
To: TigerLikesRooster
more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband. . . . 100 per ear. Why?
To: TigerLikesRooster
the 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Wang. . . . Everybody Wang chill tonight.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Wow. They had some serious communication issues.
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posted on
03/08/2008 6:01:22 AM PST
by
JoanVarga
("¿Por qué no te calles?")
To: TigerLikesRooster
their shaky relationship hit rock bottom when her husband left her Yes, leaving is one clue that the relationship is at rock bottom.
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/08/2008 6:20:53 AM PST
by
csvset
To: TigerLikesRooster
How can that be arson? Hubby can charge her for his half of the inventory but she can do what she wants with her half. One would think the attorneys would take his half out of the settlement agreement. I sort of like her spunk though.
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posted on
03/08/2008 6:26:48 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/08/2008 6:28:58 AM PST
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/08/2008 7:42:08 AM PST
by
exit82
(People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
To: Charles Henrickson; TigerLikesRooster; martin_fierro
Well, she pretty much burned up all those rollover minutes...
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:11:09 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Yu Wang?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Two Wangs don’t make it right
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:14:15 AM PST
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"—Ronald Reagan)
To: TigerLikesRooster; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
A spurned Chinese wife set fire to more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband after he walked out on their marriage
At least we know they didn't have fights over money.
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posted on
03/08/2008 10:16:22 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I hate it when this happens......
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posted on
03/08/2008 10:18:01 AM PST
by
rrrod
To: Charles Henrickson
...more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband... 100 per ear. Why?
"...The couple had owned a successful retail phone business..."
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posted on
03/08/2008 11:19:51 AM PST
by
Screaming_Gerbil
(How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The temper and readiness for action of Shandong, a region in northern China, women is legendary. They are also known for being larger and stronger than other Chinese women.
My wife is of Shandong heritage. I cannot disagree with these attributions.
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posted on
03/09/2008 12:28:32 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: Tainan
The home of Shandong giants, including Confucius.:-)
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posted on
03/09/2008 12:31:02 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: Tainan
So which of you is taller?:-)
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posted on
03/09/2008 12:31:33 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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