A FIGHT which broke out shortly before the start of a nativity play at Harton Primary School, in South Shields, resulted in a dad having his finger bitten off.
According to this report, shocked parents looked on as the two men began brawling on Tuesday afternoon.
Onlookers told of their horror after one bit the finger off the other and:
Not the finger in question, but a clever, if somewhat gruesome flash drive
Spat blood out like an animal.
The 32-year-old victim was taken to hospital, where he was treated for his injury before being discharged. A 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed by police.
The fight broke out at while parents waited in a room at the school for the nativity to start.
It is thought that no children saw the horrific scenes, as they were preparing for the play in a separate area of the school.
One dad, who witnessed the fight, said:
We were all waiting in a room for the show. I’d got there early so I had a good seat. I heard a bit of commotion from the back of the room and looked around to see what was going on. A man in a white hat stormed in and went for another dad. They were fighting and blood was flying.
He added:
I didn’t see it, but I heard a finger was bitten off.
One mum said:
I can’t believe that it happened – a school is not the time or place to be fighting. The kids might not have been there but they will have heard what happened and I’m sure they will all be affected … You can understand children fighting in the playground, but not parents.
A spokesman for the school said:
We are assisting the police with their enquiries and can confirm that the incident was not witnessed by any of the children, nor were they at risk at any time.
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December 8th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Peace on Earth, good will to all men!
December 8th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
I always find it comically silly how people are in comparing violent people to animals…..Spat blood out like an animal……
when anyone with a little real knowledge of the real world would know that an animal would have eaten the finger then continued onto the main body.
Only people have senseless violence.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
To be honest – I was in nativity plays as a child – tea towel on the head, singing all the carols, and a few years later when I saw my little sister singing too, aged about 5, I filled up it was so cute.
Little kids are very sweet (as long as they are your own of course!) – and pantomimes / culturally christian things like nativity plays, despite being rooted in violent middle eastern savagery, are harmless surely… ;o)
Though – there’s no way I am lying about my beliefs / knowledge (as opposed to blind faith) to get my little boy into a religious school. I will be as honest as required – but I would be sad if I never saw him glaring at a baby jebus in the crib in a nativity play! Towel on his head or not!
(PS Best way to become an atheist for life is a RC education I always feel.)
December 8th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
I have been wondering about the practical aspects of the finger biting. The biter must have had a fine set of choppers as I doubt if false teeth would get through the bone. I still wonder how he did it. Would he have to gnaw at the bone in the finger and then tear at it?
The venue is interesting. The only event that rivals dads on the football touchline as an occasion for rousing fury that their darlings have been under appreciated is the Nativity Play. If their children don’t land the Mary or Joseph part – even one of the Wise Men comes a poor second – the venom heaped on the stars and those who chose them is extraordinay. I thought that perhaps a more kindly feeling had developed since my sprogs were in primary school. Seems not.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Somebody at work yesterday was very proud that her daughter’s nativity play was very PC because it had a black baby Jeebus. Although I thought at the time this was bizarre, it only occurred to me later that this idea, being actually anti-Semitic, was actually very un-PC.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
@ The Woggler – there are, and were, black Jews in and around Palestine. Coming from the house of David, Jesus is unlikely to have been black, but then again his lineage is traced through his adopted father. God, on the other hand, does look like Morgan Freeman…
December 8th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
@stargraves
You think that the best way to become an atheist is a Roman Catholic education?! The dominance of Catholicism would suggest otherwise. You don’t think an education devoid of nonsense may be better? Forgive me if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick!
December 8th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
@Jim Dawson
I think stargraves is trying to make a similar statement to “If you want to become an atheist, read the Bible” meaning that reading it won’t persuade you that there is an all loving being out there.
I have to agree with you though about the RC education. It is easy to think this as an adult, but as a child before the age of reason, it is indoctrination. You just have to ask a lot of the child rape victims at the hands of RC clergy, many of who are still Catholics as far as I’m aware.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
i went to see machine head in Glasgow the other night there and the crowd was nowhere near as violent or as mental as these two, though us metalheads have a positive release for our negative emotions so thats probably why everyone left with all their fingers intact
December 8th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
@JohnMWhite: Jesus was white and that is definite. I have that on the authority of a religious nutter from the USA. His proof was that Jesus is shown as white in all the paintings. He also assured me that the bible was written in English. His bible was the KJ version.
Hope that helps and removes any doubt.
December 8th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Broga, I’ve heard that too. Not only white with blonde hair and blue eyes but also spoke in American english.
December 8th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
If this person jesus did exist then there’s no way he could be born in the part of the world he was born in and be totally white, as far as I know they didnt have factor 50 back then unless he turned water into factor 50
December 8th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Thanks Broga, I stand corrected.
ZombieHunter – obviously his whiteness was a miracle.
December 8th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
It seems that on reaching adulthood, most people would rather play the meaty roles of Herod or the innkeeper rather than dopey Mary or Joseph:
http://goo.gl/7na7v
December 8th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
@JohnMWhite: No problem. This site has a reputation to uphold and accuracy is important. Angela_K has added some additional important details. ZombieHunter raises an intriguing issue. Was the entire population of that area white or did the whiteness, being a sign of purity, affect only Jesus. Someone could get a PhD thesis out of this.
December 8th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Broga
I am convinced that Jesus was also actually one of the BeeGees. In almost every picture I have ever seen of him, he has that unmistakable BeeGee look. So it must be true. Because I’ve got undeniable proof.
December 8th, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Off topic, but are you familiar with this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BRia7J9P4
December 8th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
@Jim – Rolls eyes
)
Back in 1976 – there wasn’t any choice for me, with RC parents. I soon saw through the hogwash – though. I was an atheist by about 9 or 10!
Now though, thanks to the gov’t – faithtard academies are everywhere. and potentially becoming more prominent.
December 9th, 2011 at 8:35 am
AgentCormac. Indeed he has that BeeGee look. I am more of a Johnny Cash fan myself but sadly for Johnny he just doesn’t cut it.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
@Don Thanks for the John Prine link.
Long time no see.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
“Not the finger in question, but a clever, if somewhat gruesome flash drive”
Um, for meme purposes, shouldn’t that have been a thumb, and not a forefinger?