The Wii has often been blamed for broken TV sets, but now it can be blamed for broken faces. A couple were arrested on Christmas Day, quite noticeably bruised, after they got into a physical fight over a Wii game. Fun for all the family!
24-year-old Heath Blom upset his girlfriend, 24-year-old Randi Young, by disparaging the good name of a Wii game he got for Christmas. It is alleged he was throwing a childish tantrum over not receiving a $1000 RC airplane instead. Blom denies wanting the plane before his birthday in April, claiming that “You can’t fly an RC plane in the snow.”
However, Blom does admit to insulting the Wii game he was given by his grandparents instead, upsetting his grandmother and angering his girlfriend. After labeling her boyfriend an ingrate, Randi then called him further names “for not liking the Wii.” I know how Blom feels there, at least.
“He said he hated it, he hurt [his grandmother’s] feelings,” explained Young. “When he didn’t get the plane, he got really upset. He acted like a 10-year-old kid.”
As the fight progressed, Young started packing her bags to leave. Heath allegedly got really mad at this, not because she was going, but because he thought she was taking the Wii game with her … even though he said he hated it. “He dragged me down two flights of stairs, by the hair,” she stated. Blom instead argues that he tried to block her exit, and she punched him in the eye three times before he simply pulled her hair. Young’s father said she has a swollen nose. Police were eventually called, and both sides of the argument were arrested when their bruises were spotted.
Best. Christmas. Ever.
[Thanks, Pew]
Published: Dec 28, 2008 07:46 am