Original Blog Entry: Man jumps off ferry to stop his wife from nagging him

truesee — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:03:34 GMT

Man jumped off a ferry yelling I need a break to stop his wife from nagging him

The Daily Telegraph

August 11, 2009 3:59PM

Man throws himself overboard to end wife's constant nagging ... The man after he was found alive said he thought he was going to die but it felt better than hearing his wife's nagging. Source: Getty Images

A MAN jumped into a fast-flowing river because he couldn't take his wife's nagging anymore.

The Chinese lorry driver, known as Zhou, and his wife were on a ferry on the Yangtze River when it all became too much for him, the Chongqing Evening Post reports.

Members of the ship's crew saw the man suddenly run out of his cabin with his hands covering his ears, and shouting: I can't stand it any longer.

They initially thought he was suffering from an ear injury and went to help him but found he was unhurt.

While we were still puzzling over the this, his wife ran up and continued nagging him, said a crewmate.

The husband covered his ears again and said: 'I need a break' before jumping over the side into the rushing river.

We immediately found lamps to light up the water but found nobody. The possibility of survival can be zero.

However, later that night, police found the man who had managed to swim about 2km across across the broad river.

I felt I was dying, but even that's better than my wife's nagging, he reportedly told the police.

The couple were reunited the following morning at the local police station where Zhou's wife promised to give up her habit of nagging him

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