Everything's Bigger In Texas… Even Bondage

Except this story doesn't actually come from Texas, but I didn't realize that until after I wrote the snappy title. So lets all pretend, shall we?

In a news story today, our local television station (the one that leans more toward murder and mayhem) reported on a wife who had bound her husband with panty hose, slapped a ball gag in his mouth and covered his head with a sack, leaving only slits for his nostrils. Then left him. Alone. For 20 hours.

When she came back nearly a full day later to resume her domineering romp, she found her husband dead. The coroner ruled that he asphyxiated. In other words, the dude smothered to death. And now his dirty mistress/housewife is charged with his murder.

While I appreciate the need for a little slap-and-tickle, I'm pretty sure I'm going to draw the line at being left bound, gag and deprived of air for 20 hours. It just seems a bit excessive. And, while accidents happen, how accidental is it when you tie up your husband and leave him in the closet with a ball gag duct taped to his mouth? Really?

Regardless, I'm pretty sure Suzy Ho-maker better start learning to enjoy an entirely different sort of punishment. The parochial kind.