I had to put these two together because, well, they're both about the ties that bind. And about children infuriating their parents which, believe it or not, I know a thing or two about.
First: the little boy with far bigger balls than most other boys his age.
Second: the man with particular taste and a bad combination: hammer and temper. Tsk tsk.
Teenager hijacks bus in Japan
TOKYO, July 16: A 14-year-old Japanese boy who wanted to cause trouble for his parents was arrested on Wednesday for hijacking a bus at knifepoint on a major highway, police and news reports said.
No one was hurt in the incident, which was resolved within an hour after the teenager called police from his mobile telephone.
“I was scolded by my parents so I did this to cause them trouble,” the teen told police after his arrest, according to Jiji Press.
The boy had run away from home and was wielding two knives. He hijacked the bus, which was carrying about 10 passengers to Tokyo from the central city of Nagoya, police said.—AFP
No, Koichi, I am your father!
That's not true! That's impossible! No father of mine would ever use that wallpaper!
Man kills father after spat over home decor
OSAKA--A 43-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of fatally striking his father on the head with a hammer at their home in Nishinari Ward, Osaka, after an argument over redecorating their home, police said.
Koichi Imasato allegedly killed Tatsumi Murakami, 80, who was found with head wounds on a bed at about 5:40 a.m.
According to the police, Imasato, who lived with Murakami, said he had argued with his father over the selection of a decorator to refurbish their home and then attacked him while he was sleeping early Friday.
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