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| Man watched TV with dead wife for over a year | |
| 2005-08-22 | |
| OK, this has nothing to do with the GWOT. But it's weird enough to provide some distraction .... Police in Germany Friday said a 54- year-old man watched television in his living-room next to the decomposed body of his wife for more than a year - because he loved her so much. The 53-year-old woman apparently succumbed to complications from chronic alcoholism in April 2004. Her body was found on the floor next to the living room sofa after the landlord summoned police on a hunch. An autopsy revealed no indication of foul play. The husband said the two had spent their happiest times together in front of the TV set and he could not bear to part with her. Police waived criminal charges, handing him over to psychiatrists for counselling.
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| Posted by:too true |
| #9 Actually, the man didn't watch TV WITH his dead wife. She was otherwise disposed. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-22 19:04 |
| #8 What a wonderful smell you've discovered. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-08-22 16:01 |
| #7 Well, at least he didn't have to fight her for clicker control... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-22 13:20 |
| #6 How come it's always germany that turns up with the cannibals or the necropheliacs or the really creepy child killers? What the hell have you guys been doing over there anyway? It's probably those violent video games, if you had a rating system you wouldn't have shit like this going on, er, uh. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-22 11:35 |
| #5 Anyone else remember the story of a German man who was found in his apartment (skeletel in a bathrobe) several years after he died. He was sitting in a chair in fronnt of a TV which had gone out. The were able to determine the date of death because the TV listings were sitting open on his "lap". He was on disability, and had those deposits made, and rent and utilities automatically withdrawn. However he "spent" slighly more than he "took in", and the bones were discovered when the electric company was going to turn off his power because the bank rejected the payment. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-22 11:21 |
| #4 TH - you've never been on a German bus have you? |
| Posted by: Ulotch Grath6836 2005-08-22 10:29 |
| #3 landlord must not have been too bright, he didn;t get a "hunch" when it started stinking like hell and a tenant disappeared? |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-08-22 10:14 |
| #2 The husband said the two had spent their happiest times together in front of the TV set and he could not bear to part with her. Since she past away, these were their happiest times together, he was finally free to reign supreme with the remote. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-08-22 09:54 |
| #1 He watched the same channel for more than a year, too, since the stupid cow wouldn't get up and change it. That ain't a man's job. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-08-22 09:44 |