A husband has been forced to make the ultimate compromise -- his wife, or his six-foot-tall World of Warcraft Orc statue. For years, 42-year-old Robert Cushnie was living the ultimate dream, sharing his home with both his woman and his greenskin. However, that dream (the same dream we've all had) was shattered when his Canadian wife threw down an ultimatum.
The choice was simple but heartwrending -- live with the Orc forever, or watch her return to Canada without him. Cushnie, amazingly, summoned the courage to part with the statue, and had to put it up for adoption.
"It came down to the wife or the Orc," says Cushnie. "She said there wasn't any room for him in our life. I've had him for six years but Dee means more to me, so he had to go."
Dee, for her part, said the Orc "towered" over her 5'3 frame, and that it was "creepy." The Orc has found a new home with Michael and Patrica Thomson in Aberdeen.
Any woman who makes a man choose between her and an Orc is a bitch, by the way.
It's Him Orc Me [The Scottish Sun]
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9:20 AM on 01.05.2010
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Beyond DToid reporting this non-news why do the sources, newspapers and local news stations, report these things?
Don't be that douche.
Fair enough.
I've never been a member of the "This isn't news," crowd. But I thought it was a legit question and it got a legit answer. I quite like these odd stories. They're why I like this site. I just thought if you can question the messenger why not question the source.
Although the wife does not look much better then the orc. He must have a thing for Undead
Agree.
She is probably gonna leave him regardless. Nobody gives a shit that much about a freaking statue where you would leave them over it. This is an obvious relationship power play.
When a couple creates a home together it has to reflect both their tastes. It's not unusual for men to have to give up their Star Wars collection or whatever it is they have... and put it away or confine it to an unused room. It's not unusual for women to have to give up a stuffed animal collection or collection of pink ceramic pigs. It's simply compromise and it's the basis for most decent marriages.
... and yeah, a 6' tall Orc is pretty creepy (though it would probably look fabulous in a garden!)
Seriously? WC3 is one of your fav's and you've wanted to play WoW, it's been out for 5 years and you haven't yet?
Your trolling right?
Shes started it =(
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Ah hell, who am I kidding? Shit like this is why the Bible tells us to beat women. :D
I don't see much lady hate here at all. Ultimatums are when the relationship is already on it's way out or it will be. There is this thing called compromise. Compromise = lady. Ultimatum = bitch.
Should have kept the Orc.
Or she confronted him about it without any ultimatum or compromise and all he did was bitch.
There is no power struggle. Nobody here can say that. You all have this picture in your head of a demanding skank because she doesn't want a fucking Orc in her house like none of you guys have ever asked your girlfriend to do anything.
And plus all the stuff that Elsa said. Sorry but a relationship and living together is not a one sided thing. Women make just as much changes as men and if you don't agree with that you're just frankly mistaken if you really don't see that.
There's a time when you grow up. If you think you have her or this relationship figured out based on the fact that she's weirded out by a Orc (I know I would be) you're just being sad. Luckily it seems Cushnie is enough of his age to value his wife over his shit.