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Australians shoot each other in backside 'to see if it would hurt'
Two Australian men have been treated in hospital after they decided to shoot each other with an air rifle "to see if it would hurt".
Bonnie Malkin in Sydney
Published: 1:24PM BST 23 Jun 2010
Australian men have a habit of doing dangerous things in the name of having a good time Photo: Jonathan Olley The men, both aged 34, underwent surgery to remove slug pellets from their bums and legs. They had been drinking for several hours when they hit upon the plan to shoot each other for fun. They then took turns firing the air rifle at each others' body parts. .
''Basically it was two mates in a shed having a drink,'' Sergeant Brendan Khan from Horsham Police in the southern state of Victoria said.
''They have admitted that it was just stupidity and they wanted to see if it was painful or not.'' The friends could face criminal charges over the incident and one of the men involved has had his firearms license confiscated.
Australian men have a habit of doing dangerous things in the name of having a good time.
Earlier this year an Australian man was admitted to hospital after he contracted a rare and deadly disease from eating two slugs as part of a dare.
