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January 5th, 2010, 23:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/2010/01/custom_1262732849264_ork2_9eoev_54.jpgThe Scottish Sun - "Scottish Newspaper of the Year" mind you - reports that a woman gave her 42-year-old husband an ultimatum: Ditch that six-foot-tall World of Warcraft (http://kotaku.com/tag/worldofwarcraft/) orc statue, or I move to Canada. Who did he choose?
Surprise! This is actually a story about rational people. He put the orc, which he'd owned for six years, up for adoption. "Dee means more to me, so he had to go," said Robert Cushnie, a 42-year-old telecommunications manager.
Seems Cushnie had acquired the statue when a games store shut down. He married his wife in February, but she, standing 5-3 was mildly repulsed, if not intimidated, by the six-foot orc. The statue is now with an elderly couple, whose 16-year-old granddaughter adores it.
Oh by the way, the Cushnies are still moving to Canada, Dee's country of origin. See? Happily ever after. We can do that here, too.
It's Him Orc Me (http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2792768/Wife-forces-husband-to-give-away-giant-World-of-Warcraft-Orc-figure.html) [The Scottish Sun, via HBG (http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2010/01/05/man-made-to-choose-6-foot-wow-orc-statue-or-wife/)]
[Image via GizmoWatch (http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/world-of-warcraft-life-size-orc-statue-on-sale-ebay/); it's not the statue in question, but close.]
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Surprise! This is actually a story about rational people. He put the orc, which he'd owned for six years, up for adoption. "Dee means more to me, so he had to go," said Robert Cushnie, a 42-year-old telecommunications manager.
Seems Cushnie had acquired the statue when a games store shut down. He married his wife in February, but she, standing 5-3 was mildly repulsed, if not intimidated, by the six-foot orc. The statue is now with an elderly couple, whose 16-year-old granddaughter adores it.
Oh by the way, the Cushnies are still moving to Canada, Dee's country of origin. See? Happily ever after. We can do that here, too.
It's Him Orc Me (http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2792768/Wife-forces-husband-to-give-away-giant-World-of-Warcraft-Orc-figure.html) [The Scottish Sun, via HBG (http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2010/01/05/man-made-to-choose-6-foot-wow-orc-statue-or-wife/)]
[Image via GizmoWatch (http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/world-of-warcraft-life-size-orc-statue-on-sale-ebay/); it's not the statue in question, but close.]
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