January 31, 2007: Stuck salvation

Undertoad · 01-31-2007, 11:50 AM

Dateline, Norwalk Connecticut, a few days ago -- the official caption says this guy probably got stuck because the weather turned cold and he went looking for free clothes to get warmer. Seems like a bit of a disconnect -- it's probably somebody that could use charity but who wasn't ready to squeeze through more official channels.

Flint · 01-31-2007, 11:54 AM

Is this kid jackin' off?

rupip · 01-31-2007, 11:56 AM

i guess this is a volunteer - he is stupid, but has a golden heart

Larry · 01-31-2007, 12:17 PM

He probably just tried to donate some clothes, but forgot to take them off first.

lumberjim · 01-31-2007, 12:56 PM

and wanted to keep his shoes

Sheldonrs · 01-31-2007, 01:11 PM

Maybe he's unemployed and thought that was a job opening.
He just tried to fill it.

Dypok · 01-31-2007, 01:11 PM

His socks are white, and there is tread on his boots. If he is homeless, its a recent development.

findpolitics · 01-31-2007, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Is this kid jackin' off?

Oh god that is funny!

BigV · 01-31-2007, 01:19 PM

I don't think he was unready for the official channels, but that the official channels were unready for him. Probably he needed the clothes at a time and place where the store wasn't located/open, like nighttime when it's colder. And obviously those drop boxes outnumber the stores. He probably was nearer the box with the warm clothes at the time when he was cold. My guess anyway.

glatt · 01-31-2007, 01:25 PM

If he was able to cross his legs while twisting his body a little so his knees were able to bend downward, he could just drop right into the box and be all set. Well, until he wanted to get out, that is. But at least he'd be in a big pile of warm clothes where he could make a nest to sleep.

Slothboy · 01-31-2007, 01:27 PM

Dumb question, maybe. But I've looked that story up on the interweb and none of the stories say if the guy is alive or not. Did he die? They keep saying they "believe" he was looking for a coat... that seems to imply that they can't just ask the dude WTF he was doing.

glatt · 01-31-2007, 01:28 PM

Not a dumb question at all. If he was stuck there for a while, I can see him dying of it. Especially since it was cold.

Happy Monkey · 01-31-2007, 01:37 PM

It seems as if they'd mention it if he died. They did mention he was stuck for 12 hours, which strikes me as an odd framing if he died.

He could have been mentally impaired and unable or unwilling to explain himself.

nil_orally · 01-31-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

He could have been mentally impaired and unable or unwilling to explain himself.

What was he doing so far from Pennsylvania Avenue?

monster · 01-31-2007, 03:49 PM

Perhaps someone donated him?

01-31-2007, 11:50 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	January 31, 2007: Stuck salvation Dateline, Norwalk Connecticut, a few days ago -- the official caption says this guy probably got stuck because the weather turned cold and he went looking for free clothes to get warmer. Seems like a bit of a disconnect -- it's probably somebody that could use charity but who wasn't ready to squeeze through more official channels.

01-31-2007, 11:54 AM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Is this kid jackin' off? Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-31-2007, 12:56 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	and wanted to keep his shoes __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-31-2007, 01:11 PM	#6
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Maybe he's unemployed and thought that was a job opening. He just tried to fill it. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-31-2007, 01:11 PM	#7
Dypok Fuel the body, build the muscle, burn the fat, free the mind Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 27	His socks are white, and there is tread on his boots. If he is homeless, its a recent development. __________________ There follows an untranslatable play on words with the use of local idiomatic expressions.

01-31-2007, 11:56 AM	#3
rupip Salzburger Nockerl Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Salzburg, Austria Posts: 37	i guess this is a volunteer - he is stupid, but has a golden heart

01-31-2007, 12:17 PM	#4
Larry Practically God Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22	He probably just tried to donate some clothes, but forgot to take them off first.

01-31-2007, 01:19 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I don't think he was unready for the official channels, but that the official channels were unready for him. Probably he needed the clothes at a time and place where the store wasn't located/open, like nighttime when it's colder. And obviously those drop boxes outnumber the stores. He probably was nearer the box with the warm clothes at the time when he was cold. My guess anyway. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-31-2007, 01:25 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	If he was able to cross his legs while twisting his body a little so his knees were able to bend downward, he could just drop right into the box and be all set. Well, until he wanted to get out, that is. But at least he'd be in a big pile of warm clothes where he could make a nest to sleep.

01-31-2007, 01:27 PM	#11
Slothboy *No known superpowers. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 48	Dumb question, maybe. But I've looked that story up on the interweb and none of the stories say if the guy is alive or not. Did he die? They keep saying they "believe" he was looking for a coat... that seems to imply that they can't just ask the dude WTF he was doing. __________________ Super perfundo on the early eve of your day.

01-31-2007, 01:28 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Not a dumb question at all. If he was stuck there for a while, I can see him dying of it. Especially since it was cold.

01-31-2007, 01:37 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It seems as if they'd mention it if he died. They did mention he was stuck for 12 hours, which strikes me as an odd framing if he died. He could have been mentally impaired and unable or unwilling to explain himself. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-31-2007, 03:49 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Perhaps someone donated him? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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