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Woman stuck in bathroom for three weeks ( France )
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| November 24, 2010
Posted on 11/23/2010 10:06:34 AM PST by george76
A WOMAN was trapped in her bathroom for three weeks after her door lock broke and her nocturnal pleas for help were ignored by neighbours.
The woman emerged in a "very weakened" state when rescue workers, alerted by neighbours worried because they had not seen her for some time, broke into her home in the Paris suburb of Epinay-sous-Senart to extricate her.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: france
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To: wastedyears
How hard is it to break down a bathroom door in France? They call it a watercloset because that's about the size of it.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:32:01 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: a fool in paradise

Rosemarie Batey in her bathroom in Tantobie, County Durham, after firefighters had cut through the tub where she got stuck for five hours
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:33:48 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: palmer
3 seconds without Free Republic
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:34:18 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Krankor
We had an antique glass doorknob on the bedroom door of our apartment. One morning, I accidentally pushed the thing trying to shut it, and it broke in two. One part fell into the other room, the other part into the bedroom. It was locked. Fortunately, I had a phone in the room and was able to call my in-laws to come and get me out. It hadn’t been all that long since I’d had a bad reaction to some new medication and had to call them. - How embarrassing! It did teach me that modern doorknobs work best for me.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:35:23 AM PST
by
Twinkie
To: george76
Help! I’ve locked myself in and I can’t get out!
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:35:28 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: JoeProBono
And they claim that Americans are obese.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:36:08 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: george76
A WOMAN was trapped in her bathroom for three weeks after her door lock broke and her nocturnal pleas for help were ignored by neighbours. Fortunately for her it's France. So nobody noticed the smell.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:41:00 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Defund National Peoples Radio!! Democrats are for free speech. Just not for you.)
To: a fool in paradise
If that were me and it was an apartment I would have plugged the tub and flooded the place before the end of day 3.Bing. Bing. We have a winner! Great idea!
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:42:02 AM PST
by
scan59
(Markets always regulate better than government can.)
To: Secret Agent Man
How often would you or an elderly woman take a nail file to the bathroom?
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:42:53 AM PST
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Wow they have really solid and secure bathrooms in France. Its called take a nail file and push the door latch in.That was my first thought, too. Good grief, don't just sit there and contemplate your navel. Take a nail file, tweezers or scissors to the lock. Bash the door down with the toilet seat. Flood the room so it'd leak to the downstairs' neighbors. All the more reason to have a window in the bathroom.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:43:54 AM PST
by
bgill
(K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
To: GeronL
So instead of helping, the neighbors asked the government to do it?
Ever see "Democrats Stuck on an Escalator"
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:45:52 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Twinkie
LOL! That brings back memories. I forgot all about those old style doorknobs- especially the glass kind. I can remember trying to put the one end back on without knocking the other end with the pole back through the door. There were times I had to use a knife or screwdriver or some other makeshift item to get in or out of a room.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:49:24 AM PST
by
Krankor
(man we just fell about the place if that chick don't wanna know forget her)
To: palmer
3 seconds without Free Republic I stand in awe of your stamina. :=)
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:49:37 AM PST
by
Bob
To: JoeProBono
I remember a children’s story about nikki nikki tempo ooh so membo oohma moochie gamma gamma gucci
He was a fat kid who got stuck in a well, they starved him until they could get him out
the moral was to not pig out.
that failed me later in life...
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:50:11 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: george76
Then they came to pay their respects.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:50:11 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("Life Imitates Bacon, but Bacon does not imitate Life. Bacon IS life." ~paulycy)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
I had a nose and throat surgery that left me unable to eat anything for 3 weeks. For the first 4 days, I could barely tolerate the pain of drinking water or even taking the pain meds (liquid cocaine). Lost 21 lbs and while an effective weight lost plan, not one I would recommend.
That works out to 7 lbs per week on average. Assuming that continues at the same rate and figuring my fat stores prior, I could have easily lasted 10 to 12 weeks. After that, I would have been real trouble.
To: george76
at night-time tried to call for help by tapping on piping, police said.
But neighbours in the apartment block said they thought someone was doing home repair work and launched a petition to find out who it was and have it stopped. Yep. That's modern western culture.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:55:28 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
To: bgill
Pop the hinges off the door or kick the sheet rock out. Most walls are very thin.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:55:44 AM PST
by
stickandrudder
(Another Bitter-Clinger! God-Family-Tribe)
To: a fool in paradise
*Be prepared*.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:56:17 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("Life Imitates Bacon, but Bacon does not imitate Life. Bacon IS life." ~paulycy)
To: a fool in paradise
That IS an American. Different story, different lady, different country.
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posted on
11/23/2010 10:58:22 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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