Posted on 05/18/2006 8:27:20 AM PDT by pissant
A seemingly unbelievable mess discovered last year in an Ogden townhouse has suddenly become an Internet legend.
It's all TRUE!
You know how some people, after they use something, just can't bear to throw it away. That might make sense if it's magazines or clothes. But what if it's empty beer cans? In astounding numbers?
When property manager Ryan Froerer got a call from a realtor last year to check on a townhouse, he knew something was up.
Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "Said it was the sickest thing he's ever seen. Just unimaginable that someone could live in that."
He couldn't even open the front door. It was blocked from inside.
Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "There was beer cans I would say probably this high up on the door."
The realtor had forewarned him about the smell.
Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "He poked his head in, the smell was so awful he couldn't go in. "
At the back door, Froerer was astounded by what he saw in the kitchen.
Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "As we approached the door, there were beer boxes, all the way up to the ceiling."
Inside, he took just a few snapshots to document the scene. Beer cans by the tens of thousands. Mountains of cans burying the furniture. The water and heat were shut off, apparently on purpose by the tenant, who evidently drank Coors Light beer exclusively for the eight years he lived there.
Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "It's just unbelievable that a human being could live like that. "
To all outward appearances, the person who lived in the townhouse was the perfect tenant. He always paid on time and he never complained. He kept a low profile in the neighborhood.
Kirk Martin, Letter Carrier: : "Yeah I never delivered any mail there at all. I thought the apartment was vacant."
The cans were recycled for 800 dollars, an estimated 70,000 cans: 24 beers a day for 8 years.
Froerer e-mailed his photos to a couple of friends, who sent them to friends. Now he's getting calls from faraway places
Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "It's amazing how the internet can have the effect and get around. I'm sure it's been around the world. "
The townhouse was cleaned up last year and it's just fine today.
The man who lived there seems to be back on his feet. We spoke to him today and he says he's completely stopped drinking. He was welcomed back to his old job a few months ago, and his co-workers speak highly of him.
That would indeed be hell! /puke
Who had to count them?
Sounds like a reality show.
(fumbling the key into the lock) "That was a wonderful date, oh yeah, gotta warn ya, my place is a little messy, the maid's been on vacation (snicker.)"
Drinking Coors (light, or otherwise) is liking having sex in the bottom of a canoe.
F'n near water!
I've never had Coors (Light), but the same goes for all Miller products.
ping
Not homebrew related, but interesting....
Then that's where I'm going!!
Dayam, I don't have near that many!
I am happy to report that ,yes, I have stopped drinking Coors Lite.I have moved on to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale,and am now a building contractor.
Thanks all for your concern.
70,000 cans of beer in the hall,
70,000 cans of beer,
Take one out, away from that lout,
69,999 cans of beer in the hall...
Tangentally related:
Mr G went to a college that was dry. The third floor of the frat house was where "ice cream" was served. When the frats were done with the "ice cream" the bottles, and later cans, were dropped down in the walls through holes in the closets.
After about 75 years of this process, the building was slated to be torn down. In spite of the effort to remove as many of the offending cans as possible, the sound that happened when the wrecking ball hit the walls was not to be believed.
E-e-e-e-w-w-w-e!
No microbrews for this guy, apparently.
No kidding. Any self-respecting drunkard would have switched to liquor when he had to shovel a path inside his house.
SD
to quote Homer Simpson: "Beer, the cause of, and solution to all of life's problems."
This an old story if you can believe it, or maybe not. Maybe his landlord is just now finding out about it.
This guy who lived there actually posted pictures of himself and this apartment on the internet about 3 years ago. It showed him sitting on an old ripped up sofa with a coffee table in front of him with about a zillion beer cans on it and all over the place. He looked like he hadn`t bathed in about 10 years, and looked worse than your worst Bowery bum. He must have literally drank beer constantly. I wish I still had those pics. It`s definately the same guy as I recognize the apartment.
That is something like 7 million calories and over 700 pounds of carbs. I guess he was not on the Atkins Diet.
LOL! That's good.
This was probably a Mormon who didn't want his fellows to see him hauling near-beer cans to the trash.
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