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By Hamilton Nolan Oct 7, 2011 10:14 AM 11,490

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Karaoke Provokes Punching

Today in Understandable Although Not Technically Excusable Crimes: Paul Collen, 42, punched a 79 year-old man and knocked him through a plate glass window at a hotel bar "after complaining about the older man's karaoke singing."

Don't pretend like it's never crossed your mind.

[AP. Photo of random songbird: Jed Scattergood/ Flickr]

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