no good deed goes unpunished

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

no good deed goes unpunished

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

that's not my fucking name!

alfvaen mentioned Czechia and commented:

I don't even know the origin of the spelling "Czech", since Czech itself doesn't seem to spell it that way--it looks more Polish, perhaps.

Of course, the Czechs call it "Česká Republika", but calling them "Ceska" (say Cheska) seems to be out of the question.  Same for India, which the locals call Bharat.  And where did Japan come from, when they call themselves Nippon?  How did Cymru turn into Wales?  These are the things that make my brain itch.

that's not my fucking name!

alfvaen mentioned Czechia and commented:

I don't even know the origin of the spelling "Czech", since Czech itself doesn't seem to spell it that way--it looks more Polish, perhaps.

Of course, the Czechs call it "Česká Republika", but calling them "Ceska" (say Cheska) seems to be out of the question.  Same for India, which the locals call Bharat.  And where did Japan come from, when they call themselves Nippon?  How did Cymru turn into Wales?  These are the things that make my brain itch.