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She may have had men stashed all over the place...
Posted on 04/13/2005 11:02:53 AM PDT by Michael.SF.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man who secretly lived in a closet at the home of his married girlfriend for a month was charged Tuesday with beating her husband to death after the man discovered him sleeping in the storage area.
Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Rafael DeJesus Rocha-Perez of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was charged with criminal homicide in the beating death of Jeffrey A. Freeman, 44, and ordered held on $500,000 bail.
"From time to time, you come across a case with very unique — even bizarre — circumstances," Aaron said. "This one probably rates right up there with them."
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Instead, when he returned Rocha-Perez ordered him into a bathroom at gunpoint and beat him about the head, the newspaper said.
"Beat him about the head" -- So MSNBC is now using colloquial slang language as part of their regular news articles. I wonder if the author even realizes how bad that expression sounds.
From that headline, I thought this was going to be some sort of gay story...
Why would this guy be allowed bail? He killed someone, and he lives in a CLOSET, for Pete's sake. No flight risk there.
He lives in a CLOSET, how is he going to post bail?
Husband tried to play it cool; goes for a walk, tells wife to get rid of man before he gets back. Comes back, taken at gunpoint (probably his (the husband's) own gun), beaten to death. Mission failure.
Note to self: If ever placed in this situation, secure my guns (ALL of them) before leaving; come back with court order and cops to secure premises and help wife pack and leave with lover.
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She may have had men stashed all over the place...
Sounds like it was 4 guys living in the closet.
Sounds fine to my ears. It sounds sort of British. Other than that, how is it colloquial slang? Idiomatic maybe, but slang? It's not like the writer said "...dissed his fro with a capper".
"Note to self: If ever placed in this situation, secure my guns (ALL of them) before leaving; come back with court order and cops to secure premises and help wife pack and leave with lover."
What you said reminds me of an old Monty Python skit where an attractive woman would lure her milkman(remember them?) up to her bedroom. Upon entering the bedroom she coyly locked him in, the expectant milkman then saw his dozen or so predecessors. Some in various states of decomposition.
My drill instructor used to say, "beat him about the head and shoulders" all the time. We understood it to mean the recipient was going to get a whoopin'.
My dictionary lists 7 meanings for the word "about" (when used as an adverb). The first one that applies in this case is the third: "toward or on everyside, all around."
I guess our ears difer. I would have said the same thing another way.
Insanity by reason of camphor.
The headlines read that a boy disappeared
And everyone thinks he died
'Cept a crazy girl with a secret lover
Who keeps her satisfied.
It's so nice to be insane
No one asks you to explain
Radio by your side, Angie baby.
The story just reminded me of this old, obscure Helen Reddy song.
An article in the local Nashville paper says that the wife called her mother-in-law Sunday night because she didn't want her to worry. Apparently the husband called his mother every Sunday. She told her he was asleep after taking some medication.
My wife recently asked me to redo the shelving in our closet, which naturally guaranteed I wouldn't go near it. I wonder...
Oh c'mon... like it hasn't happened to you...
There's so much junk in our closets I'd be amazed that someone could fit into any of them.
Wow! What a measured response that was. Too bad it didn't work our for the guy. She must be a real bum.
Every time I read this headline, I see "LAWYER who lived in closet..."
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