Couple divorces over TV remote control

[MarrickG]

A couple applied for a divorce at a court in Beijing, China recently.

According to the man, a PhD graduate surnamed Wang, the wife had injured him in a fight over the TV remote control last year.

"I was watching a TV programme after returning from working overtime.

"A few minutes later, she snatched the remote control from me and switched to another channel. I wanted the remote control back," he said.

Thus, a fight ensued between the husband and wife, both aged 32, who got to know each other through the Internet in 2006 and got married three years later.

Then, the woman – a masters graduate surnamed Su - ran to the balcony and screamed loudly while Wang attempted to pull her back inside.

During the struggle, Wang claimed Su attacked him with a hair clip and seriously injured his right hand.

"She even gave me the cold shoulder during surgery on my hand," said Wang, who also provided the court with audio clips of his arguments with Su.

The Fangshan District People's Court granted the couple a divorce last Saturday.

Source: Jinghua Times
Published May 30 2011

 

[Leongsam]

Guess which race.

 

[mollusk]

hahaha...a hair clip injured his right hand

 

[Amakusa Kourin]

Classic case of a hen-pecked husband.

 

[Sideswipe]

remote control device is a symbolism of power in the house.

Fathers are the ones referred to most often as controlling the selection of TV programmes on the main family TV set, though fathers often didn't see it this way (Lull). In Morley's sample, men were far more likely to plan a evening's viewing in advance than women were. For many men the remote control device is effectively symbolic of their power of choice over programmes. Some women complain that their husbands often switch programmes without regard for whether their wives had been watching. Mothers only rarely take such unilateral action. This is a reflection of male power in the home. As one girl put it, 'Dad keeps both of the automatic controls - one on each side of his chair.'

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/TF33120/gendertv.html

 

[ivebert]

Haha

Chao Chinks

Singaporeans Chinese = Chinese, no matter how they try to pretend to be something else