I always loved slapstick comedy, especially “The Three Stooges.” They could find pain and comedy with just about any prop. I always wondered they would be like if they were in the 20th Century if Moe could beat up Larry and Curly with blenders, microwaves and pepper spray. Now we know…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (NBC11.com) — A San Jose man is in custody after he threatened someone with a knife and exposed seven officers and paramedics to hazardous fumes, police said.

It happened outside an apartment complex on Merrill Drive, in southwest San Jose overnight Tuesday.

Police said a man threatened family members with a knife then sprayed himself with pepper spray, exposing everyone to the fumes.

Everyone was decontaminated and is expected to be OK.

The suspect was hospitalized and faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon.

He sprayed himself in the face with his own pepper spray. Something tells me if this guy owned a flamethrower, he’d win a Darwin award.

And how did he contaminate everyone in the room with just pepper spary? Was it authentic Mexican jalapeno flavored or something?

The unidentified man is expected to recover from his injuries, but he will have to wait for a donor so he can have a dignity transplant.