Here are two strange stories that seem related in a way.

This first one is rather tragic. In Australia, a 72 year old man tried to climb a tree to get his pet cockatoo which had escaped from his house. The man fell out of the tree and was seriously injured and had to be taken to the hospital. So his neighbor decides that he will climb the tree and get the bird! Unfortunately, he fell out of the tree also but landed on his head and died.

The second one is about a man trying to change a tire on his car. The 66 year old from Washington state was able to remove all but one of the lug nuts. He decided that the best way to get the remaining lug nut off was (and he wasn’t drunk) to use a shotgun. The ricocheting buckshot and debris from the wheel rim struck the man from his feet to his abdomen. He was taken to a local hospital in serious condition.

Some days it may just be better to stay in bed.