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Police: Man dies after falling on his coffee mug
AP ^ | 2-22-02

Posted on 02/22/2002 12:31:28 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- A man apparently bled to death after falling on the shards of a coffee mug he was carrying, police said.

Joseph Stoyer, 51, was found face-down on the sidewalk outside his Long Island apartment building by a jogger Thursday.


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Comment #41 Removed by Moderator

To: Charles Henrickson
It was a mugging.

More likely a suicide - he was tired of the daily grind.
42 posted on 02/22/2002 1:01:51 PM PST by CharlieDarwin
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To: Proverbs31
Enjoy someones death????

The death, no. The manner, OTOH, can be sometimes amusing...

43 posted on 02/22/2002 1:03:51 PM PST by Chemist_Geek
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To: Cagey
Is that the "State of New Jersey Coffee Mug"?
44 posted on 02/22/2002 1:05:19 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Perp

45 posted on 02/22/2002 1:05:33 PM PST by Cagey
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To: CharlieDarwin
Didn't the swordfish thread give us enough puns?
47 posted on 02/22/2002 1:07:07 PM PST by The Chid
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To: Proverbs31
Enjoy someone's death????

No, of course not. It's only the fact that we don't know the poor man or his friends or relatives that makes joking possible. That, and the rather bizarre and seemingly incongruous way that the accident happened (by a coffe cup, of all things). It's called "black humor."

Or in this case, possibly "with-cream humor"! Whoops! I did it again!

48 posted on 02/22/2002 1:09:53 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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To: Proverbs31
Enjoy someones death????

I hereby state, in advance, that should I die in a manner which is in any way bizarre or ironic, every Freeper has my unreserved permission to milk it for all the humor value they can manage.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
-- George Bernard Shaw
[Aside: When I went looking for that GBS quote in order to make sure I had remembered it accurately, I found this superb "quotes" website: http://www.quoteserver.ca/index.shtml]
49 posted on 02/22/2002 1:11:35 PM PST by Dan Day
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Is that the "State of New Jersey Coffee Mug"?

No. Our mugs must be made of plutonium to resist the chemicals in our coffee.

50 posted on 02/22/2002 1:12:14 PM PST by Cagey
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To: Proverbs31
Enjoy someones death????

Paraphrasing Mel Brooks:

Tragedy is when you fall on your coffee mug and die,
Comedy is when someone else falls on their coffee mug and dies.

Mel actually used slipping on a banana peel in his example.

51 posted on 02/22/2002 1:14:02 PM PST by Fifth Business
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To: Proverbs31
Seriously, if I were dealing with the real man's family or friends, I would give them only my deepest sympathy and care and concern.

And we all know, I think, that there is real sorrow and real tears lying beneath the surface of this story. As it is, we are only having a little harmless fun. I don't think this will desensitize us to the real thing, when it confronts us.

52 posted on 02/22/2002 1:19:27 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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To: Dawgsquat; dighton
Could this be the one, the only Dawgsquat???? I hope so.

It's an epidemic.

53 posted on 02/22/2002 1:28:55 PM PST by Orual
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To: Orual
Indeed, it is I. Drowned in a cat bowl? BWAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!
55 posted on 02/22/2002 1:36:11 PM PST by Dawgsquat
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To: Dawgsquat
BWAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!

Proof positive! Hi, and wonderful to be talking to you again.

56 posted on 02/22/2002 1:40:45 PM PST by Orual
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To: Orual
Back atcha! The Missus says hi. Hope things are well up your way.
57 posted on 02/22/2002 1:42:02 PM PST by Dawgsquat
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To: Conservative Tiger
Police said the victim was drinking Chock Full of Cuts Coffee!!!!

Actually, it was a Starbucks coffee mug--one that Xlinton gave to him. Hmmmmm, calling Alamo Girl.

58 posted on 02/22/2002 1:43:36 PM PST by DallasDeb
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To: DallasDeb
Doh! You beat me to it. I was just going to point out that a method of death we would laugh about might throw Freepers off the trail.
59 posted on 02/22/2002 1:59:26 PM PST by Some hope remaining.
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To: CholeraJoe
Naw, just paper cups only.
60 posted on 02/22/2002 2:03:01 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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