Police called to a Long Island man’s house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.
The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died of natural causes. Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they went to the house to investigate a report of a burst water pipe.
Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005.
Get rid of that bumper sticker saying “Kill your TV” — they’re starting to strike back!
What was he watching?
he was a Nielsen Family particpant!
I love this part:
Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they went to the house to investigate a report of a burst water pipe. Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005.
— What they’re not saying, but it seems implied, is the heat had been turned off, and the place had frozen up. Way to treat a 70 year-old guy. Shouldn’t somebody from the gas company have checked it out, before turning off the gas? If not the gas company, then surely our oversized gubment has some employee that could have followed up.
Watching NASCAR racing or sure. Typical of the audience.
Where on Earth did you find that wonderful illustration?! Beer and remote in hand, cigar chomped securely in teeth – the guy is clearly all set for eternity or baseball season.
John C. Dvorak wrote: “Watching NASCAR racing or sure. Typical of the audience.”
Translation: I’m not getting enough hits to my website, so I need to say something semi-controversial.
Get rid of that bumper sticker saying “Kill your TV” — they’re starting to strike back!
and here I thought ‘blipverts’ were FICTIONAL!
J/P=?
His Social Security check was direct deposited and his electric bill was direct debited. If he had the same arrangement for his gas bill, he could have been sitting there into eternity.
The least they could have done is left this NASCAR viewer propped up until after the Daytona 500.
If you read the article, it state he was diabetic and blind. So technically he was listening to the TV. Apparently he had pissed off the neighbors asking for favors so they avoided him.
Ha! That’s nothing. Here’s a dead person who watched TV for over two years– and somebody was checking on them daily to come back to life!
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=3849
Says “Neighbors said when they had not seen Ricardo, who was diabetic and had been blind for years, they assumed he was in the hospital or a long-term care facility.”
“Blind for years” in front of a TV, odd!