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- pintomp3, on 02/08/2008, -1/+79poor guy, never got a chance to come out of the closet.
- badenglishihave, on 02/08/2008, -0/+59"I'll give you $5."
"I... er... but what about...... well..."
"There's a dead guy in the closet."
"OK, deal." - oboy, on 02/08/2008, -0/+59I would have made an offer right there and then. Should be worth a hefty discount to save the embarrassment
- Flappy3, on 02/08/2008, -0/+43Lots of hanging space.
- DrMonkeyLove, on 02/08/2008, -1/+39"Yes, you can see the Victorian influences in this house. And as a bonus, the closets are very spacious. Take a look in he- HOLY BAT BALLS!!! WHAT THE CHRIST IS THAT?!"
"Yeah, um, can I see another house? This one is creepy now, and probably haunted." - sockpuppets, on 02/08/2008, -3/+38I wonder if he dropped any good loot.
- Armor1901, on 02/08/2008, -3/+35How the ***** do people miss that? I mean, the house was up for sale, right? What did they figure happened to the owner when they decided showing the house to people?
- bosssmiley, on 02/08/2008, -0/+27"House comes complete with unique period feature..."
- peaceninja, on 02/08/2008, -0/+20clearly, the house killed him
- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -5/+24Owner was just kind of hanging around I guess.
- mrmacky, on 02/08/2008, -0/+18Dugg for bat balls.
- digmark, on 02/08/2008, -5/+21Pictures, or it didn't happen.
- creep303, on 02/08/2008, -0/+14Yes, because everything ever said on the Internet has been original and funny.
Thanks for being the cunning Internet sleuth you are, Mr. Killjoy. - Roblodocus, on 02/08/2008, -3/+16I bet the estate agents hate it when the owners are still hanging around.
- plingboot, on 02/08/2008, -2/+15Incompetence clearly. I was an estate agent for 5 years. RULE 1 of our guide book... always check the 'closets' and large cupboards for the dead. Can't get the staff these days.
- rickd25, on 02/08/2008, -1/+13Well it is in England ya know.
- capiCrimm, on 02/08/2008, -0/+11a couple modifications to the suicide note should fix that.
- Laterali, on 02/08/2008, -0/+9I hate when that happens.
- lolinyerface, on 02/08/2008, -1/+10Damn I saw the cut off RSS feed title and prayed the headline was 'House comes with Previous Owner, Dead in Clown Suit.'
- plingboot, on 02/08/2008, -1/+10You know what? I suspect they probably did.
Shame on reuters for not mentioning that vital bit of news! and way to go you for flagging up this blatant lazy reporting - pintomp3, on 02/08/2008, -0/+8i've got some real skeletons in my closet..
- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -3/+11There is important believability information missing from this story. I'm sure it probably happened, but I'm not clear on how. He inherited the house, put it on the market himself, started showing it, then offed himself? That would explain no investigation into his disappearance I guess. The guy must have had a strange sense of exhibitionism to set it up that way though.
- johnn11238, on 02/08/2008, -0/+8Owners are rarely involved in showing a house. That's what the realtor is for.
- ziptnf, on 02/08/2008, -0/+7Recent suicide?
- NSMike, on 02/08/2008, -0/+7Um... I think the guy had put the house up for sale himself. Sounds like he was trying to move on after his mother's death, and ended up not being able to deal with it. It's likely the Realtor didn't even expect the guy to be there. If they limited the times people could be shown a house that was for sale to when the owner was there, a house would never get shown.
- plingboot, on 02/08/2008, -0/+7you must have that 'crap digg comment detector' plugin installed.
- CressCrowbits, on 02/08/2008, -1/+7"Hehehe here they come! Right, I'll just hide in the closet and make it look like I've hung myself, then when they freak out I'll be all like 'suprise!' and it'll be hilarious. Right, now how do I make it look like I've hung myself without actually hanging myself? Well, this should work ... oh man this is going to be so funny ... here goes ... OH SHI..."
- synack, on 02/08/2008, -0/+6"We'll take it!"
- pintomp3, on 02/08/2008, -1/+6wtf?
- weeeezzll, on 02/08/2008, -0/+5Only problem is that the guy selling the house is hanging dead in the closet and thus cannot sign the papers required to complete the transaction.
- Aensland, on 02/08/2008, -1/+6Reminds me of the used car salesman who inadvertantly revealed his less than savory past when he opened a car trunk and proclaimed "You can fit three corpses in here."
- gbarger, on 02/08/2008, -0/+5Usually a real estate agent notifies the seller before a showing so the owner can prepare the house. Also, the agent usually has a key so the owner doesn't have to be there during the showing. So, maybe this guy was depressed and wanted to die, but also did not want to rot away somewhere. He could have done this shortly before the showing, meaning no one would smell him and he would be quickly found so they could bury him quickly.
- Unclickable, on 02/08/2008, -1/+6This comes to mind http://yuxt.com/videos/392416 (nsfw) you have to watch it till the end
- osbjmg, on 02/08/2008, -1/+5This is why I hate the news. Never a full story...
- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -1/+5We'll TAKE IT!!!!!!! *tap dances*
- NSMike, on 02/08/2008, -0/+4There isn't really any information to indicate how long he had been missing. Could've only been a few hours. When was the last time someone called the police when you weren't around for a few hours? The fact that there is no mention of a stench, and that this seems like a surprise discovery might lend some credibility to that assumption.
- cphelps, on 02/08/2008, -1/+5Mine isn't crashing. Must be you.
- MRintheKeys, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4It appears that mortgage was a little steeper the last time around.
- BingoPower, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4Dugg for making me laugh out loud.
- objectcode, on 02/08/2008, -0/+3how original telling someone how original they are
- loquax, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4Please tell me it was Tom Cruise.
- Harrison88, on 02/08/2008, -3/+6How original....
http://kotaku.com/gaming/wow/best-wow-forum-post-e ... - akatherder, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2What doesn't make sense? You typically work with a realtor and they come to your house on weekends to show the house to other people. The guy was either living or getting things ready to sell in his mother's house after she passed away. He hung himself and the realtor showed up for their scheduled appointment they had made before he killed himself.
- rowlodge, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2there's a real estate seller job opening up today there.
- CedEx, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2No. Because the thoughtful owner used one of those Glade hanging closet fresheners.
- inactive, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2You're probably right. My point was simple. Nothing you just said was in the article and it is important information to understand what happened. What you and I said seems likely, yet they didn't tell you that's the way it happened.
- mrjofo, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2"Remember, Mrs. Farmer. Whenever you buy a house, whatever's in the ground belongs to you - whether it's gold or oil... or Claude Musselman"
- cphelps, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3Why would this not be possible?
- cphelps, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2What?
- kuyamon, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2No wonder the house market is the way it is.
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