"My husband died. I moved on eventually. Some British nobleman tried wooing me. I fell for him. We boned in a Liverpool hotel. He asked me to marry him. I said no, and then cut my hair short."

She was 19..I was very, very confused when I was 19. He however..

This story is horrifying, but I don't see how we can find fault with the author for telling it. Well, some people can, but those people are terrible and the kind who say DV victims are stupid because "they don't just leave."

This is some brave shit.

I have relatives who are like her parents and they're still savoring what an awful person I am based on things I did as a small child. You can't win, you can just cut them off in the way that's truest for you. This was awesome.

I'm going to stop defending my choices to assholes and just start using the simple but brilliant sign off "because fuck you that's why."

The "It's more likely than you think" line actually made me snort out loud and wake up husband!

I love people act like they've never fucked a stranger in public before. seriously, prudes?

The Syracuse ABC affiliate interviewed the KFC manager on duty when and he was still shocked about the incident.

I can see the sign outside this KFC

Hunting with Dick Cheney is less hazardous than eating a Double Down Dog.

A guy with an open gunshot wound is still arguably the healthiest person in a KFC.

Most of these stories eventually explain what the stupid person actually thought...the root of their stupidity...like not knowing what a scallop is or wanting your toast uncut. And really, just use your words. Please don't cut my toast. What is a scallop? Chocolate cake lady at least *asked* and learned something.

She just had a Crunchy allergy, thats all.

I am a working cook, as well as an instructor at a culinary school in Canada. I regularly reference BCO in class, trying to prepare my students for the unbelievable fuck-wittery waiting for them out in the 'real' world. These poor kids have no idea what awaits them...