Wow, the death of an Amsterdam burglar

[Hueij]

http://teletekst.nos.nl/gif/105-01.html

Translation:

Amsterdam: Residents of a house on the Nieuwe Nieuwstraat in Amsterdam found a body between two walls. The neighbours asked them to look into the space between two houses because they heard a rumble six days before. The occupants who could check the space were on holliday during the time.

Six days ago the police came to check because someone was heard on the roof. It was then suggested that a burglar could have fallen into the 40 cm wide space.

The man fell from the 3rd [2nd for Americans] floor into the space. Witnesses say they heard moaning. A building contractor has partially demolished the wall to get access.


On the radio they said the man is dead.

And Hueij says woah...

[Az]

A rather unpleasant death.

[Berzerker]

Gee, that's too bad.

[Spiffor]

This really isn't the kind of death I want

[Q Classic]

victor galis brought up a valid point.

who the hell names a street "new new street"?

[Berzerker]

Don't try to burgle a house I wonder why the guy didn't just yell out for help and take his medicine cuz it sounds like the guy just stayed there and died with little or no effort to draw attention to his plight.

[Az]

Yeah, Berz, if you were the owner of that house, you'd probably shoot him .

[Berzerker]

Nah, I'd help him. I don't believe in using too much force to counter a threat, I'm just more lenient towards those who over-estimate the amount of force necessary when they have a legitimate fear for their life. If the owner did shoot him, I'd convict the owner of murder.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
victor galis brought up a valid point.

who the hell names a street "new new street"?

I guess the translation doesn't work in English. But let me try...

Amsterdam is an old city and there is a "New Street" since the beginning of time. Now let's suppose there is another street that is going to be called "New Street" but to avoid confusion they call it the "Newer New Street".

Clear now?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Azazel
Yeah, Berz, if you were the owner of that house, you'd probably shoot him .

Not me. I'd likely laugh for a few minutes before calling the cops to get him out.

Does this qualify for a Darwin award?

[Q Classic]

still kinda funny. for a while, i thought some developer was just stoned when he named it.

[germanos]

There is no mention, nor indication in the article the stiff was a burgler.

Still a rather unpleasant way to die

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by germanos
There is no mention, nor indication in the article the stiff was a burgler.

It's a pretty good bet.

[chequita guevara]

Some aquaintences of mine were partying naked on a roof of an apartment. They got terrible drunk and two of them (man and woman) fell into the space between buildings and got wedged in. The fire department had to come and pull them out. I lost any respect I had for him as he was telling me the story.

[Dinner]

Ahh, hell. At least he didn't die.