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.

[...]

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

Comments

[omarius.livejournal.com]

Boy don't a lot of englightened romantics read your journal. ;P

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"Enlightened romantic" is a bit of an oxymoron, i'd say.

[omarius.livejournal.com]

There sure were a lot of oxymorons running around in the 18th century!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Why you bringing up old stuff??

[omarius.livejournal.com]

I just can't let go.