Men caught drinking alcohol by their wives in an Indian village now face being slapped across the face by their wives'
slippers.
A committee of women at Japalli, in Andhra Pradesh, introduced the
punishment in a bid to 'curb the menace of liquor', reports the Press Trust of India.
Any married man discovered drinking will be hauled up before village elders and slapped five times with his wife's
leather slipper in front of local residents. They will also be fined the equivalent of £64. The fines will be handed over to the offenders'
wives to spend as they see fit.
The women decided on the tough
new measures after their attempts to close local liquor stores ended in failure.
Will was trying to teach his young son the evils of alcohol. He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of
whisky. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whisky curled up and died.
'All right, son', asked Will, 'what does that show you?'
'Well, Dad, it shows that if you drink alcohol, you will not have
worms.'
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In Queensland, Australia, a lifeguard decided that he needed a drink while he
was working, so he went to the club house and drank some 'lemonade' from a
bottle. The lemonade was in fact a sample bottle filled with the tentacles of
the deadly box jelly fish. The lifeguard survived, just!
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