Another candidate for the "Golden Toilet Brush" award...or "I didn't know they drank like THAT in Texas!" files and Yahoo! News...

Oh, this is just too good...comments interspersed, as per usual...

Woman Accused of Giving Lethal Sherry Enema

Thu Feb 3,10:36 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman has been indicted for criminally negligent homicide for causing her husband's death by giving him a sherry enema, a police detective said on Wednesday.
OK...I've heard of coffee enemas, and if anyone out there read "The Road To Wellville", also paraffin wax enemas, but THIS??? Wonder if it sterilized the old Hershey Highway, since it's alcohol? Also, what would happen if he had gas? Would it be like when they light the saganaki at a Greek restaurant?

Tammy Jean Warner, 42, gave Michael Warner two large bottles of sherry on May 21, which raised his blood alcohol level to 0.47 percent, or nearly six times the level considered legally drunk in Texas, police detective Robert Turner in Lake Jackson, Texas, told the Houston Chronicle.
OK, it's Feb. 4th, and they're just getting around to this now? Apparently, there's so much cattle rustling in TX that they don't have time to get around to all the murders and other criminal activity in the Lone Star State.

"We're not talking about little bottles here," Turner said. "These were at least 1.5-liter bottles."
I'd like to know if she just used the bottles straight, or if she used an enema bag and the hose? Why don't they give these details for inquiring minds like mine?

Warner, 58, was said to have an alcohol problem and received the wine enema because a throat ailment left him unable to drink the sherry, Turner told the newspaper.
So it doesn't really matter what end it goes in, huh? I'd like to know whose idea it was in the first place...also, do you serve cheese and crackers when giving a sherry enema?

"I heard of this kind of thing in mortuary school in 1970, but this is the first time I've ever heard of someone actually doing it," said Turner, who led the lengthy investigation in the case.
Maybe I should go to mortuary school...all kinds of weird stuff! I wonder what they discuss at class reunions?

The woman admitted administering the enema, but denied causing her husband's death, the Chronicle said.
That's kind of like saying, "He stabbed himself in the back 29 times."

A dispatcher for the Lake Jackson police said only Turner could discuss the case, but he did not return phone calls from Reuters.
I'd like to know if the dispatcher was laughing when she made that statement...again, DETAILS, Reuters! I want DETAILS!

Along with negligent homicide, Mrs. Warner was indicted for burning her husband's will a month before his death.
Did she douse it with the leftover sherry?

Both charges carry maximum penalties of two years in prison. Mrs. Warner surrendered to police on Monday and was released on $30,000 bail, the newspaper said.
In the meantime, Mrs. Warner will be volunteering at the gastro-intestinal unit of her county's hospital until such time as a trial date is set...

Sudiegirl's final opinion?

I guess it is true that admitting you have a problem is the first step, but ya know, this ain't the way to solve it. I didn't do so hot in biology, but did this woman really think that as long as Mr. Turner didn't consume the sherry by mouth, he could still have it? Is she blonde? This is why I have awarded her with the honor of the Golden Toilet Brush...God only knows where she'd put that. Sigh...

I'll take a Metamucil, straight up, with a twist of lime, please...

Sudiegirl the regular (if you know what I mean)