Man says he was forced to eat beard in mower spat

[Nagishkaw 510]

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. – A central Kentucky man says he was forced to eat his beard after an argument about a lawn mower got out of control. Harvey Westmoreland of Lawrenceburg told WLEX-TV that two men cut off his beard, stuffed it into his mouth and forced him to eat it.

Westmoreland said two former friends got angry as they tried to negotiate a price for a lawn mower they wanted to buy from Westmoreland. He said "one thing led to another, and before I knew it, there were knives and guns and everything just went haywire."

The two men pleaded guilty to charges related to the incident and will be sentenced next week.

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[Ban Hammer 13,633]

[almaty 19]

hmmmmmmm...must have been Muslims.....just saying..i lost my beard that way in almaty...

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

hmmmmmmm...must have been Muslims.....just saying..i lost my beard that way in almaty...

There aren't any Muslims in Kentucky, only weird beard eaters. How much moonshine was imbibed before this went down. Even poor Chucky is scared. Poor Westmoreland, first Vietnam and now they make him eat his beard.

[BishopM 114]

hmmmmmmm...must have been Muslims.....just saying..i lost my beard that way in almaty...

Whoa! A brother Almaty sighting!

Blessings Brother!

Edited November 13, 2010 by BishopM

[Nagishkaw 510]

There aren't any Muslims in Kentucky, only weird beard eaters. How much moonshine was imbibed before this went down. Even poor Chucky is scared. Poor Westmoreland, first Vietnam and now they make him eat his beard.

That just made me LOLZ for real. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[scandal 951]

Beard can actually be quite tasty. It's best cooked al dente. I like mine garnished with just a little salt, garlic, and a dash of pepper. Yum!

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

Beard can actually be quite tasty. It's best cooked al dente. I like mine garnished with just a little salt, garlic, and a dash of pepper. Yum!

That was beard? You told me those were some new kind of rugelach.

[Fandango 1,440]

There aren't any Muslims in Kentucky, only weird beard eaters. How much moonshine was imbibed before this went down. Even poor Chucky is scared. Poor Westmoreland, first Vietnam and now they make him eat his beard.

You go on about how some jokes are racist, yet you freely sit here and make fun of stereotypes in Kentucky. Hrmmm.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

There aren't any Muslims in Kentucky, only weird beard eaters. How much moonshine was imbibed before this went down. Even poor Chucky is scared. Poor Westmoreland, first Vietnam and now they make him eat his beard.

Probably Australians. On second thought, they couldn't have been since they aren't tough enough to make someone eat their own beard.

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

You go on about how some jokes are racist, yet you freely sit here and make fun of stereotypes in Kentucky. Hrmmmm.

You can't even tell when a joke is racist or why it is, but you see no difficulty on lecturing me. Keep thinking, maybe a cogent argument will form, once you learn how to think. It takes some of us longer to evolve than others, you'll catch up one of these days.

[Fandango 1,440]

You can't even tell when a joke is racist or why it is, but you see no difficulty on lecturing me. Keep thinking, maybe a cogent argument will form, once you learn how to think. It takes some of us longer to evolve than others, you'll catch up one of these days.

Not lecturing you, and yes, I do contend that the joke wasn't racist. Chill out. There's absolutely no need to get all rabid here, much less be so rude when I'm trying to have a discussion.

But while you're chilling out, realize that by your own standards, your 'joke' here was just as 'racist' (if of course, Kentucky was its own country, but that's splitting hairs...)

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Please let's keep the discussion on the light side rather than allowing disruptive comments to mar the thread. This will be easier to do if you avoid references to cultural/racial or religious stereotypes and ignore, rather than react, to such comments if they do appear. Thanks.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

There aren't any Muslims in Kentucky, only weird beard eaters. How much moonshine was imbibed before this went down. Even poor Chucky is scared. Poor Westmoreland, first Vietnam and now they make him eat his beard.

Lol

[Amby 490]

just saw this update on the local news

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) - Two central Kentucky men were sentenced to probation in connection with a bizarre case in which a third man says he was forced to eat his beard after an argument.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports 47-year-old Troy Holt and 51-year-old James Hill were sentenced Tuesday in Anderson Circuit Court.

Harvey Westmoreland of Lawrenceburg had said Holt cut off his beard and forced him to eat it while Hill allegedly held a sickle blade to Westmoreland and his brother during the May incident.

Holt could not say why he made Westmoreland eat his beard other than that things "got out of control" after some heavy drinking.

He added, "I ain't got no excuses about what I done."

Hill had no comment after sentencing.

As a condition of their sentences, neither Holt nor Hill is to have contact with Westmoreland.

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=13513018