Overreaction
Aussie Dave | Aug 01, 2005 | 4 comments
The Washington Times reports:
A Washington woman has admitted killing her boyfriend by pounding his head with a cast-iron skillet after spraying insecticide onto his face.Dominique Jackson, 32, said she was angry her 44-year-old boyfriend sold her computer to obtain drug money, The Washington Post reported. She pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter.Jackson told police she and Adolphus Jackson began fighting early Oct. 17. She said she initially beat him into unconsciousness with her fists.When he revived she attacked him again, pouring black pepper and hot sauce onto him, along with bleach and shaving cream, prosecutors said. She then sprayed the insecticide into his face and placed a hot iron on his lower stomach, the Post reported.
It was then, she said, she began striking him on his head with the skillet, After he again became unconscious she cleaned the apartment and left for 10 hours.Prosecutors said when she returned her boyfriend was still alive, so she called 911. He was taken to an area hospital where he died the following day.
Dominique Jackson faces up to 17 years in prison when she is sentenced Oct. 14.
Which begs the question……. what’s a skillet?
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A “skillet”
What do they call a skillet Down Under then??!!
A frying pan???
What I don’t get about that article is why Adolphus allowed Dominique to first beat him into unconsciousness … let alone spray him with shaving cream and bleach??!! You would have thought it mighta been a good time to exit before the insecticide and skillet came calling????!!!! Some people are soooooo slow to catch on!
I never would have thought that “skillet” was an American word.
Stan
Dave,
The critical definition is this:
Skillet: Something that should not connect with your head. Ever. Seriously.
Don’t think of it as a frying pan. Think of it as a heavy cast iron bat with a really good grip. Think ‘ouch’.