no good deed goes unpunished

[rone]

When Marine Lance Cpl. David Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital in Iraq to cut off the finger.

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With his approval, doctors severed his finger, but somehow in the chaos that followed, they lost his ring.

<kanzen> odds are he's going to get divorced next year
<kanzen> his wife is probably cheating on him right now

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Man, ANOTHER reason I'm glad I got rid of mine

[veep.livejournal.com]

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3230118

"A Portuguese soccer player lost a finger when he caught his wedding ring on a fence while celebrating a goal for his Swiss team."

He even got a yellow card for excessive celebration.