British trailer trash??
LONDON (Reuters) - A British retiree did not notice his brother had been dead for 18 months, despite sharing a mobile home with him.
When Herbert Silver, 72, finally called police and told them his brother George, 75, had died, they went to the bachelors' home expecting to find a body. Instead they found a skeleton, British newspapers reported Thursday.
"I admit that I didn't go into his room for a few hours, a few days...well quite a while actually," Herbert Silver told the Daily Telegraph.
Silver said he had thought it a "bit odd" when his brother failed to emerge from his bedroom in the tiny home they shared in Blissford, southern England, but told the Daily Mirror: "George liked to keep himself to himself, and to be honest so do I."
A postmortem indicated George Silver had been dead for up to 18 months.
posted by WordWhiz at 6/16/2005
20 Comments:
This is pretty darn anti-social, but...
One would think the SMELL would be a big tip off, huh?
9:19 AM
Have you tasted (or smelt) the food the British eat? He was probably having his pizza with tuna and creamed corn (as toppings) and didn't notice.
9:24 AM
Well if the state of British people's TEETH is an indicator of their breath and overall personal hygeine... then perhaps the smell wasn't a give-away at all.
Steve, that was a joke by the way...
9:30 AM
I was about to add a disclaimer to Hermes post, to avoid offending our dear friend Steve (isn't he depressed enough already?), but then I saw that Hermes clarified that himself. Whew...
We love you, Steve!!
9:53 AM
hahahahaha, that's a great story!!! It's not even about the smell, you don't see someone you live with for a week, wouldn't you go looking...18 months??????? Just insane.
9:56 AM
Charlie: Agreed. That's taking keeping to yourself to a whole new extreme!!
10:03 AM
Yuck
10:32 AM
i'll bet he killed him.
12:45 PM
Um hi. Weirdos.
English or not- that man is effing crazy!
1:46 PM
18 months doth not a skeleton make. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts Mr. Silver's got a bit of his old roomie stuck between his teeth.
2:25 PM
Oh my. I see you at Paige's a lot so I'd thought I stop by. Thanks!
2:27 PM
I wanna know if you get a cut-rate on cremation if they only have to burn the bones and not all that fat. This might be the wave of the future, money-saving-wise.
3:00 PM
holy moly...there are some extreme and eccentric people out there.
3:58 PM
All I can say is WOW...Nothing like brotherly love.
8:46 PM
All I had to read was the first line to know that guy was an idiot or he killed his brother. You would think if you lived with your brother and didn't see him after maybe a week, that would be a clue that something was wrong, again unless he killed him. What dumb people!!
9:44 PM
There'd be bugs all over too, and probably rats, maybe vultures. And hyenas, you'd better believe there'd be hyenas.
10:29 PM
Paul: Hyenas?? Would they be the laughing variety. Cause this is pretty funny in a sick sort of way. Can you picture this redneck with a proper British accent saying:
"I admit that I didn't go into his room for a few hours, a few days...well quite a while actually," Herbert Silver told the Daily Telegraph.
Yes, quite a while actually...
10:38 PM
I am flabbergasted!!!
Ok, I just wanted to say flabbergasted, I'm weird, I know ;)
11:22 PM
i fear this is how my wife will find me in my office..
she may get suspicious when my paychecks stop coming though!
11:50 PM
Miss Vicki: Nah...it's a great word. I try to use is as often as possible.
McG: As long as there's something good to watch on that big screen TV, Mrs. McG will never notice you're missing!
6:41 AM
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