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    Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Undoubtedly, he was a Tigers fan
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    Image of Grandma Death Grandma Death
    01/29/09

    @PandoraSpocks:


    Ahhhh, you obviously don't follow Detroit sports, otherwise you would have gone with the more appropriate 0-16 Detroit Lions.

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    01/31/09

    @Grandma Death: I almost went with the Lions, but I figured that was too obvious...
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    I didn't mean to do that. Wasn't paying enough attention.
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Ah, The Dickensian Aspect.


    Scott Templeton, gritty reporter from The Wire's fifth season who also got poignant quotes from homeless people would approve.

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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    One of the points of the article, I think, was to highlight the unresponsiveness of 911 in Detroit. It's a serious and ongoing problem.
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    Image of lurkystars lurkystars
    01/29/09

    @bluebears: It's exactly why I moved out of the city after 35 years. My house was broken into for three years like it was an annual event.


    I don't blame the cops or 911. They are completely outnumbered. Thanks again, Kwame!

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    Image of ronniedobbs ronniedobbs
    01/29/09

    @lurkystars: Speaking of that guy, WHO THE HELL is trying to hire him in Texas?!
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    01/29/09

    @ronniedobbs: Please let it be W and Laura.
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    Image of minou minou
    01/29/09

    @bluebears: To be fair, there was no way they were going to revive him or anything.
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    Image of Mafalda para Presidente Mafalda para Presidente
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Perhaps he was just trying to freeze himself during this bad economy and be revived later when the recession is over.


    Of course, storing your block of ice OUTSIDE is probably a bad idea in this kind of endeavor.

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Detroit is a really rough but interesting city. I haven't been there since the mid '90s, so maybe it's changed a lot, but D-town spends the night before Halloween burning shit down. That's pretty hardcore for the Midwest. [en.wikipedia.org]


    Also, every night that I spent at my boyfriend's house in downtown Detroit back then, I was always awoken by the sound of glass breaking. I'd get up, peak out the window, make sure it wasn't my car, and go back to bed. It was pointless to call the cops.

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    01/29/09

    @VoxPopuli: ugh. I mean "peek out the window." I have acute tarditis today.
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    01/29/09

    @VoxPopuli: it's just kind of sad today. Parts of it have come back (Hamtramck, down by the ballparks) and the suburbs are strong, but it is so burned out.
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    Image of leonleonleon leonleonleon
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Protip: this is not how cryogenic freezing works
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Flying back from a recent trip to Detroit, I mentioned to the TSA person going through my stuff that security was far more rigorous than at JFK. And she snorted, "New York? Ha! This is Detroit, honey - we eat our young."
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Also, Michigan has been having a bad run of people freezing on them. There's that very sad story about a 90 year old man in Bay City who froze to death in his house after the electric company reduced his service due to arrears... IN WINTER.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01/29/09

    @The Real JR: isn't that illegal?
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    Image of rocknrollscience rocknrollscience
    01/29/09

    @BadUncle: There are laws in place to stop two particularly large utilities in Michigan from shutting off electricity/gas during the winter. There are also special accomodations concerning elderly and low-income utility customers that protect them from this.


    However, Bay City has a municipally-owned utility company and is not restricted by those policies that would normally stop this from happening. That story was national news, and a lot of people are PISSED. Action will be taken, I'm sure.

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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    01/29/09

    @rocknrollscience: It's really heartbreaking. I was watching a news story on this and one of his neighbors was doing that angry sobbing thing. Yeah, I agree. There will be some serious action there.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    01/29/09

    @BadUncle: you know I thought it was too, but I routinely hear about these companies shutting off heat in the winter.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit


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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    At least he's fresh!
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    Image of RocketSurgeon RocketSurgeon
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Templeton.
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    Image of hurleyburley hurleyburley
    01/29/09

    @RocketSurgeon: Yes! I also kept picturing Bubs as the semi-cooperative homeless guy.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Can anyone confirm that this young man wasn't on his way to a concert in Detroit, Rock City?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Damn. Now Ben and Jerry's will have to scratch off "Hobo Pop" as a potential flavor.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    01/29/09

    @BadUncle: Bumsicle
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    01/29/09

    @Kid Twist:You shoulda kept reading.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    01/29/09

    @BadUncle: And no "Motor City Mansicle," either
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01/29/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Waitaminute - isn't that a gay porn title?
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    Image of rocknrollscience rocknrollscience
    01/29/09

    In reply to Reporter Finds Dead Body In Ice Block on Normal Day in Detroit
    Note that the man-sicle was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft. Also note that this building is notorious as a haven for local metal scrappers. They're going in and out of there every day, carrying out large pieces of scrap as if they're movers.


    This man was most likely a scrapper who fell down the shaft and was knocked unconscious. Considering the 'locals' within the building are more concerned with keeping themselves alive, they obviously had more pressing matters on their minds.


    By the way, I live two blocks from this building.

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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    01/29/09

    @rocknrollscience: Note that you have way too much information about this. Note that we have noted this. Note an alibi if you have one. You're gonna need it.
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    Image of TheUpMyAssPlayers TheUpMyAssPlayers
    01/29/09

    @rocknrollscience: Man-sicle? You're a fucking douchebag, and a disgrace to my city. the man froze to Death, probably Alone. Go find some class.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    01/29/09

    @TheUpMyAssPlayers: Class, as in the emphatic capitalization of Death and Alone.


    For me it would be more horrible if he had froze to Death Accompanied By Someone.

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