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Not sure how public this was, girl takes up smoking, mother tells her smoking will kill her and not to do it, girl smokes in bathroom and covers herself in fabric-freshener to hide the smell from her, ends up poisoning herself and dies.
Now mother has put blame on herself somewhat, saying she would have let her smoke in front of her now. Well, yes.
It's rather tragic (poor girl died fitting and foaming at the mouth) and yet strangely and awkwardly funny. There's not enough irony in the news really.
Basically, if you're going to be a rebel, please read the label correctly. Poor girl.
Not sure how public this was, girl takes up smoking, mother tells her smoking will kill her and not to do it, girl smokes in bathroom and covers herself in fabric-freshener to hide the smell from her, ends up poisoning herself and dies.
Now mother has put blame on herself somewhat, saying she would have let her smoke in front of her now. Well, yes.
It's rather tragic (poor girl died fitting and foaming at the mouth) and yet strangely and awkwardly funny. There's not enough irony in the news really.
Basically, if you're going to be a rebel, please read the label correctly. Poor girl.
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Maybe she tried to kill herself.
Only almost ashamed, eh? I've always been very sympathetic towards people, sometimes it seems more like a curse though.
JFH wrote:
> Seriously though, why would you do that?
Cos he was 12 at the time? My God, when I think of the staggering lack of empathy I displayed toward someone who lost both parents to cancer when she was 12, I'm almost ashamed...
If South Park has taught us anything, it's this; Kids can be so cruel.
> Seriously though, why would you do that?
Cos he was 12 at the time? My God, when I think of the staggering lack of empathy I displayed toward someone who lost both parents to cancer when she was 12, I'm almost ashamed...
If South Park has taught us anything, it's this; Kids can be so cruel.
monkey_man wrote:
> Also, anyone else here manage to make a "your Mum" gag at a
> kid with a dead Mum?
>
> Because I did.
That's evil really, unless his mum was Geri Halliwell or somebody like that. Seriously though, why would you do that?
> Also, anyone else here manage to make a "your Mum" gag at a
> kid with a dead Mum?
>
> Because I did.
That's evil really, unless his mum was Geri Halliwell or somebody like that. Seriously though, why would you do that?
JFH wrote:
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> Now mother has put blame on herself somewhat, saying she would have
> let her smoke in front of her now. Well, yes.
>
> Well, no.
>
> The mother shouldn't be blamed at all, it's not her fault.
Whoops, no, didn't mean that. Meant that well, of course she'd think 'I would let her smoke now' because she's dead and would want her back no matter what, didn't mean to suggest it's the mother's fault.
Bad communication kills.
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> Now mother has put blame on herself somewhat, saying she would have
> let her smoke in front of her now. Well, yes.
>
> Well, no.
>
> The mother shouldn't be blamed at all, it's not her fault.
Whoops, no, didn't mean that. Meant that well, of course she'd think 'I would let her smoke now' because she's dead and would want her back no matter what, didn't mean to suggest it's the mother's fault.
Bad communication kills.
Pandaemonium wrote:
> Only after twenty minutes did he reveal that he "choked on a
> sock in the bath."
>
> *rimshot*
That sounds like the sort of needlessly cruel thing I'd do...
> Only after twenty minutes did he reveal that he "choked on a
> sock in the bath."
>
> *rimshot*
That sounds like the sort of needlessly cruel thing I'd do...
monkey_man wrote:
> Because I did.
Not myself. A mate told someone that "what do you call an epileptic in a bath" joke (A washing machine. An awful and offensive joke) to which the person on the receiving end got really upset,
"That's not funny, my brother was epileptic and he died" etc etc
"damn, I'm sorry mate I didn't mean it" etc
Only after twenty minutes did he reveal that he "choked on a sock in the bath."
*rimshot*
> Because I did.
Not myself. A mate told someone that "what do you call an epileptic in a bath" joke (A washing machine. An awful and offensive joke) to which the person on the receiving end got really upset,
"That's not funny, my brother was epileptic and he died" etc etc
"damn, I'm sorry mate I didn't mean it" etc
Only after twenty minutes did he reveal that he "choked on a sock in the bath."
*rimshot*
What a morbid thread.
Also, anyone else here manage to make a "your Mum" gag at a kid with a dead Mum?
Because I did.
Also, anyone else here manage to make a "your Mum" gag at a kid with a dead Mum?
Because I did.
Light wrote:
> monkey_man wrote:
> I know three people that have had a parent commit suicide. True
> story.
>
> One presumes you did the right thing and told them that they had to
> shoulder at least some of the blame for driving their loving
> parent to suicide?
I only came to know each person after the 'main event'. One I found about in quite a weird way. Used to have a Swedish cleaner at an old job, and one day in the office a colleague said to her about Scandinavia having such high suicide rates..."yeah my Dad killed himself after two attempts. I found him after his first attempt, when I was 10". Then she carried on cleaning as if nothing had happened, we just looked at each other speechless when she left the room.
Another person I worked with said her Brother was tampering with the clock in her bedroom. I laughed and said something about pesky kids..."He died in a place crash a few years ago"...
> Or did you simply start to call them "No-Dad" in
> acknowledgement of the event (this actually happened at my
> school...kids can be entertainingly cruel).
I told someone once he had a "second-hand Dad", when I found out his Mum was re-married.
> monkey_man wrote:
> I know three people that have had a parent commit suicide. True
> story.
>
> One presumes you did the right thing and told them that they had to
> shoulder at least some of the blame for driving their loving
> parent to suicide?
I only came to know each person after the 'main event'. One I found about in quite a weird way. Used to have a Swedish cleaner at an old job, and one day in the office a colleague said to her about Scandinavia having such high suicide rates..."yeah my Dad killed himself after two attempts. I found him after his first attempt, when I was 10". Then she carried on cleaning as if nothing had happened, we just looked at each other speechless when she left the room.
Another person I worked with said her Brother was tampering with the clock in her bedroom. I laughed and said something about pesky kids..."He died in a place crash a few years ago"...
> Or did you simply start to call them "No-Dad" in
> acknowledgement of the event (this actually happened at my
> school...kids can be entertainingly cruel).
I told someone once he had a "second-hand Dad", when I found out his Mum was re-married.
Light wrote:
> 'tis a shame, cos when all is said and done, he wasn't a bad lad.
> Just severely misguided.
Suicide? Ah, I thought it was an overdose. He was a little b'stard in school from what I remember from him. An absolute s***. Last time I saw him he was coming out of the garage he was sleeping in, gaunt and looking one step removed from living on the street (which he was really.)
I think the religious group he got himself involved in are directly responsible for preying on someone who obviously needed serious psychiatric help....
> 'tis a shame, cos when all is said and done, he wasn't a bad lad.
> Just severely misguided.
Suicide? Ah, I thought it was an overdose. He was a little b'stard in school from what I remember from him. An absolute s***. Last time I saw him he was coming out of the garage he was sleeping in, gaunt and looking one step removed from living on the street (which he was really.)
I think the religious group he got himself involved in are directly responsible for preying on someone who obviously needed serious psychiatric help....
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