It’s only January, yet we already have 2 strong contenders for Morons of the Year.

Tamra Eason and Linda Falls of Springfield Mo. are facing serious health risks, including the possibility of HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, after getting tattoo’s from a door-to-door salesman using a homemade gun. Linda Falls got so sick afterward she had to be hospitalized. Both women recognized the gun was homemade (and the man obviously not a licensed tattoo artist,) yet got the tattoo’s anyway.

“It was wrapped with black tape, had a pin underneath it, had fishing wire going through it, you could tell it was a homemade gun,” Eason said.

“Beware of deals in parachutes, brain surgery and tattoos,” said Miller Cotton, a tattoo parlor owner.

Truer words were never spoken.

“We just wanted tattoos, and now we’re paying for it,” Eason said.

Ok, those words are pretty true also. Tamra and Linda, we salute you. You’re now the front-runners for Moron(s) of the Year. Good luck!

This one is a real head scratcher. According to a BBC Story, a man walked into a Pretoria (South Africa) police station to report that he’d been robbed and gunpoint and his cell phone was stolen. After giving police the details regarding his phone, the officer taking his story dialed the number. The phone began to ring, in the man’s pocket. He was subsequently arrested for perjury.