Man Dies After Stealling EMS Vehicle

[MorganGrayson]

I can't imagine a worse indignity than having a death that makes people laugh. (I did laugh and I'll feel guilty about that later...if I have the time.)

I wonder if the poor guy was such a definite "Darwin Award" candidate *before* he had the stroke?

This is the sort of thing that makes me have a mental image of "the great whatever" as the deceased slumped at a bar with a glass in his hand muttering "oh, for fuck's sake, I have to go through eternity with THIS hanging over my head!!"

[Red]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

This is the sort of thing that makes me have a mental image of "the great whatever" as the deceased slumped at a bar with a glass in his hand muttering "oh, for fuck's sake, I have to go through eternity with THIS hanging over my head!!"

That's a wonderful image.


It is terrible to laugh at someone's death, but sometimes....ya just gotta.

[voodooman]

People say cops have a wierd sense of humor, and we do BUT, you have to just to maintain some sense of mental stability.

We did get into trouble the other night at a scene, all of us were standing around joking and laughing and the news was there and caught us. It is difficult to convey to the public what fire/police/ems go through day to day and that we are not making fun of the situation or the people involved, it just appears that way sometimes.

I would however probably chuckle at the guy who stole the Ambulance.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by voodooman

People say cops have a wierd sense of humor, and we do BUT, you have to just to maintain some sense of mental stability.

We did get into trouble the other night at a scene, all of us were standing around joking and laughing and the news was there and caught us. It is difficult to convey to the public what fire/police/ems go through day to day and that we are not making fun of the situation or the people involved, it just appears that way sometimes.

I would however probably chuckle at the guy who stole the Ambulance.

Reminds me of that classic scene backwhen on "Hill Street Blues" where the episode starts out with the cops at the aftermath of a car accident, and they need to find this guys arm in 15 minutes so the hospital can reattach it. It's somber, it's grizzly. The one cop finds the arm, looks down, looks at the nice watch and says "It takes a lickin' but keeps on tickin'"!!!

I doubt there was a water cooler in an office builiding across the country that wasn't talking about that, and laughing about it, the next day.

[voodooman]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Reminds me of that classic scene backwhen on "Hill Street Blues" where the episode starts out with the cops at the aftermath of a car accident, and they need to find this guys arm in 15 minutes so the hospital can reattach it. It's somber, it's grizzly. The one cop finds the arm, looks down, looks at the nice watch and says "It takes a lickin' but keeps on tickin'"!!!

I doubt there was a water cooler in an office builiding across the country that wasn't talking about that, and laughing about it, the next day.

Hill Street Blues. Man thats an oldie.

Funny story too btw.

[Red]

Originally Posted by voodooman

People say cops have a wierd sense of humor, and we do BUT, you have to just to maintain some sense of mental stability.

We did get into trouble the other night at a scene, all of us were standing around joking and laughing and the news was there and caught us. It is difficult to convey to the public what fire/police/ems go through day to day and that we are not making fun of the situation or the people involved, it just appears that way sometimes.

I would however probably chuckle at the guy who stole the Ambulance.

I think most people understand that without the humor you wouldn't be able to handle what you deal with on a regular basis. You have to have a release.