ISN’T THAT HOW GANDHI GOT BUSTED?

A man who was living in a tent in the forest near Whistler last winter and trying to “become a perfect person” through fasting ended his spiritual quest by throwing a rock through the window of a condo, breaking in and ripping open all the Christmas presents looking for chocolates, and raiding the fridge and cupboards before passing out. Jim Nelson, 49, was aquitted of the crime last week after the judge bought his defence that a 60 day fast induced “hunger, clouds of insanity [and] total confusion,” leaving him unable to act rationally. According to the testimony, the condo’s owner arrived at home to find Nelson “lying unconscious in the kitchen surrounded by wrapping paper with bags of vomit and feces located about him.” (Vancouver Sun)