How did he go seven years without paying his rent?

[mozapheliac]

"The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years..."

"...the man was 59 and unemployed at the time of his death. He most likely died of natural causes on November 30, 2000, the date he received a letter from the Welfare Office found in the apartment...

"Next to the dead man's bed police found cigarettes, an

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[stellarichards6]

1) i think that's horrible. i agree with the "nobody notices his rent?" part, but more importantly, nobody noticed the smell?? cause seriously, when a mouse dies in my garage, we know IMMEDIATELY. and a mouse < a man.

2) i think its "keel". or at least my dictionary widget says so-- verb [ intrans. ] ( keel over) (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize. • informal (of a person or thing) fall over; collapse.

when i get back on campus tomorrow we should figure out how i'm getting your stuff back to you. :-)

[mozapheliac]

1) This is true. However, the article did mention that most of the building was empty, so it is possible that no one was around to notice the horrid smell, but you don't have to linger about someone's apartment to notice they haven't paid their rent, know whadda mean?

Did you know that when someone has been lying around dead in their home for an extended period of time, and the person has dogs, who are now going without food, the dogs will begin to eat the person? Pretty pleasant, eh?

2) Yeah, I know. But the colloquial phrase I was refering to is "keel over and die," but here I die and then keel, so that the keeling is a direct consequence of the dying. And since it seems a bit redundant to say "I died and then fell over" (since no one dies and remains standing), I just cut out the middle man, and simply killed over. In short -- I made it up. And that's perfectly legit, 'cause English is awesome like that. :)

c. I thought Vika wanted us to the skit at the Russian party? I require pelmeni!

[cilohabla]

Really? That's a big fear?
I mean... who gives a shit how you die and who notices it? You die... that's the part to concern yourself with.

Besides, the fact that this dude died and nobody noticed for 7 years has turned out to be a good thing... because now that they found him, it makes for an interesting story and people from NY and LA have heard about it when they otherwise would never have. So in that way, he died less alone than the average man.

[mozapheliac]

Well, it's not really the dying part that worries me. I know I'm going to die, so it's kind of silly to be overly concerned about that. And you're right, when I'm dead I won't give a shit how people respond. 'Cause, ya know, I'll be all dead and stuff. That thing that concerns me is the life that one would have to lead that would result in no one noticing that you were dead for seven years. That's what I fear -- a lonely, lonely life with no friends or family or collegues to notice that I've died. The guy's life prior to his death is what bums me out, not that he died.

Besides, the fact that this dude died and nobody noticed for 7 years has turned out to be a good thing... because now that they found him, it makes for an interesting story and people from NY and LA have heard about it when they otherwise would never have. So in that way, he died less alone than the average man.That's true that it's good for us, because now we have something interesting to think and talk about, but for him it makes absolutely no difference. He still

[cilohabla]

The guy's life prior to his death is what bums me out, not that he died.
Ah. Yeah, I get whatcha mean now.

[hypersterility]

Being slowly smashed to death does sound rather painful and horrific, now that you mention it.