[News] Dead Man falls from sky in Clapham...

[Chicken Run]

"The society brunette, 32, ran her hand through her luxurious tresses and made her way to the bottom of the beautifully landscaped, substantial garden in THE RENTED £2.3 million detached Edwardian property in the sought-after south west London enclave of Clapham, popular with monied overseas investors and royalty alike. Flaunting her enviable curves in a figure-hugging £899 caramel coloured strappy dress from Stella McCartney, teamed with matching fawn coloured 3" heels (£1299, Jimmy Choo) and a rare Thierry LaCroix handbag in cappucino with rose gold detail, the Benenden-educated beauty put on an eye-popping display as she pointed out the damaged slates.

'It's just terribly hard to believe this kind of thing could happen round here, rather than in, say, Brentford", she reflected. "Those slates were only laid down six weeks ago, and we had them hand made by an artisan stone-mason in mid Wales. The artificial turf will have to be relaid too now, as there seems to be some sort of crease in it. It's just so very sad- we're desperately hoping they still have the same colour stone in stock'.

The stowaway is thought to have originated from Kenya."

Edited for you....

 

[Wozza]

Wow.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Which magnitude is stowaway suitable for and which would 'illegally hid' cover for example?

I use language the other way around. I consider the context, then choose my words; I can’t therefore be bothered to do the reverse and list a load of scenarios for you. I think you understand what I mean though.

 

[symyjym]

That's crazy.








sorry

I know. Astro bloody turf

 

[Triggaaar]

I agree. Imagine how utterly desperate this guy was to climb into the gear housing for an 8 hour unpressurised flight at 30,000ft.

Desperate indeed - but it's a bit odd though - presumably he didn't realise he would be at 30,000 feet, without much oxygen, and in freezing temperatures, or he wouldn't have done it, as the chances of survival were zero.

 

[GOM]

I use language the other way around. I consider the context, then choose my words; I can’t therefore be bothered to do the reverse and list a load of scenarios for you. I think you understand what I mean though.

No, I 100 percent do not understand what you mean. The word stowaway was correctly used in the correct context. What word would you use ?

 

[Chicken Run]

The BBC have been calling this poor person a stowaway in their reporting all morning, which doesn't sit too well with me.

Give BBC customer services a call and have a moan?

 

[Chicken Run]

No, I 100 percent do not understand what you mean. The word stowaway was correctly used in the correct context. What word would you use ?

Maybe ‘Poorunfortunatechapfromahorriblecountryhopingforabetterlifeinanevenshitercountry’

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Obviously what happened to the stowaway is horrific but having a frozen corpse fall from the sky abd land a metre away from you and then splat all over you, your garden, your walls, and your fence has got to be so beyond traumatic it is ridiculous. How many hours of therapy will that take to get over??

Not so dramatic - deep-frozen, would have dropped like a stone with no time to thaw - intact mostly, I would suggest, defo no blood & guts ....

 

[BNthree]

Not so dramatic - deep-frozen, would have dropped like a stone with no time to thaw - intact mostly, I would suggest, defo no blood & guts ....

From the article I read:

“He had all his clothes on and everything. I had a closer look and saw there was blood all over the walls of the garden … I realised immediately that he had fallen."

 

[sydney]

Maybe ‘Poorunfortunatechapfromahorriblecountryhopingforabetterlifeinanevenshitercountry’

to be fair Lagos would give Southall a run for its money shittery wise

 

[sydney]

Not so dramatic - deep-frozen, would have dropped like a stone with no time to thaw - intact mostly, I would suggest, defo no blood & guts ....

[mod edit] Post deleted. This bloke has suffered a horrible death, for no reason other than wanting a better life. No need to be an absolute ****.

 

[Stat Brother]

Look I'm sorry I know NSC is a fountain of all knowledge but even I draw the line at a deep-seated understanding of the consistency of a body that has been frozen on route from Nairobi and deposited above Clapham.

 

[beorhthelm]

The media speculating on the “security” aspects of this. If the chap can sneak into a category “A” international hub and climb into the Landing gear bay...what’s to stop a terrorist climbing in there with a bomb.

I think they’re missing the point. What motivated the bloke to take this type of mortal risk? Terrorists tend to be a little less haphazard in their approach.

i think the point is extremely important. they take the risk because they misjudge it, not realizing they will be frozen/asphyxiated and never make the journey. it highlights contemptible security standards in some places while we have draconian security theater elsewhere.

 

[sydney]

[mod edit] Post deleted. This bloke has suffered a horrible death, for no reason other than wanting a better life. No need to be an absolute ****.

did you just call me an absolute ****..

 

[hans kraay fan club]

did you just call me an absolute ****..

Sorry about that. Your post was massively out of order.

 

[sydney]

Sorry about that. Your post was massively out of order.

really.... ok..... i guess i'll have to accept that ........but it was sort of continuing the tone of the conversation re freezing and the picture of the busted pavers with the comment underneath lead me to believe that we were taking a humorous direction....wrong again...! what a ****.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

really.... ok..... i guess i'll have to accept that ........but it was sort of continuing the tone of the conversation re freezing and the picture of the busted pavers with the comment underneath lead me to believe that we were taking a humorous direction....wrong again...! what a ****.

No drama. There's plenty of distasteful posts on this thread that honestly didn't need to be made. Yours just crossed a line, IMO. No offence meant, I'm sure, and no harm done.

 

[rippleman]

Perhaps you could suggest words to replace stowaway for varying magnitudes of event. Which magnitude is stowaway suitable for and which would 'illegally hid' cover for example?

Bunked?

As in "he bunked the 'plane to England"

 

[rippleman]

Not so dramatic - deep-frozen, would have dropped like a stone with no time to thaw - intact mostly, I would suggest, defo no blood & guts ....

But carnage if he had fallen into an infant school playground.