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(The Sun) Weird Why can't this man stop buying cell phones? Call it a stroke of bad luck   (thesun.co.uk) divider line 32
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2010-03-14 11:56:43 PM
If this was happening in the U.S. the usual course of action would be to get some kind of court order showing this man is incapable of making proper business decisions on his own. Maybe require a co-signer on all contracts to ensure his vulnerability to be coerced into signing contracts or other financial agreements aren't being exploited.

I'm assuming here that the U.K. has laws in place to protect people like David Stopher.
 
2010-03-14 11:59:15 PM
Ugh. Poor guy.
 
2010-03-15 12:02:47 AM
I wonder if we could find a way to trigger strokes like that in young hot women?
 
2010-03-15 12:42:41 AM
CravenMorehead: I wonder if we could find a way to trigger strokes like that in young hot women?

Liberal application of alcohol.

/damn libs...
 
2010-03-15 06:08:59 AM
They're really just alts.
 
2010-03-15 06:14:11 AM
CravenMorehead [TotalFark] Quote 2010-03-15 12:02:47 AM
I wonder if we could find a way to trigger strokes like that in young hot women?


Interesting. Your newsletter... yadda yadda.
 
2010-03-15 06:15:47 AM
Sounds like another Phony story the Sun is doing. The guy is a dead ringer for my cousin. Hope those salesman don't end up in their own cell. (insert your pun here)
 
2010-03-15 06:28:23 AM
It could be worse. At least he's not pregnant.
 
2010-03-15 06:28:57 AM
mikdeetx: Sounds like another Phony story the Sun is doing. The guy is a dead ringer for my cousin. Hope those salesman don't end up in their own cell. (insert your pun here)

Horrible puns... So bad, I think I need some O2, I'm turning orange!
 
2010-03-15 06:41:39 AM
Sounds like those salesmen really did a number on this guy.
 
2010-03-15 06:50:55 AM
Can you hear him now?
 
2010-03-15 06:51:34 AM
How about now?
 
2010-03-15 07:01:11 AM
bingethinker: Sounds like those salesmen really did a number on this guy.

Yeah, they really knew how to press his buttons. I guess they were star salesmen; slick operators.

/time to go pound my head against the wall.
//where do I sign up for Craven Morehead's newsletter?
 
2010-03-15 07:10:48 AM
sunbird: CravenMorehead: I wonder if we could find a way to trigger strokes like that in young hot women?

Liberal application of alcohol.

/damn libs...


The problem is that with too much alcohol there won't be enough strokin' ...

BAZINGA.
 
2010-03-15 07:30:00 AM
There seems to be growing evidence that those people that are least likely to be swindled in their younger years are easy targets once the mind starts to fade. It appears that the memory that you can't be conned since you've seen it all before will out live the memories required to see that your being scammed.
I think farkers will be very hard hit in their latter years.
 
2010-03-15 07:45:35 AM
Worse, it seems to drive him buy crap phones.
 
2010-03-15 08:04:53 AM
How about not answering the phone? Or does his "condition" magically make him do the specific wrong things that cost him money?
 
2010-03-15 08:42:00 AM
DON.MAC: There seems to be growing evidence that those people that are least likely to be swindled in their younger years are easy targets once the mind starts to fade. It appears that the memory that you can't be conned since you've seen it all before will out live the memories required to see that your being scammed.
I think farkers will be very hard hit in their latter years.


They call that Alzheimer's around here. I'm planning on taking the cowards way out before it takes full control, personally. Gonna go "Memento" and tattoo "You have Alzheimer's, shoot yourself." all over my arms. If I remember to do so, that is.

/One of my greatest fears.
//It's genetic too, so I know it'll probably happen eventually.
 
2010-03-15 08:42:44 AM
I wonder if he's found jesus....
 
2010-03-15 08:46:07 AM
Anyone have his cell #?? I have some land in Florida...
 
2010-03-15 08:52:10 AM
Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I wonder if he's found jesus....

Probably lost the number.
 
2010-03-15 08:56:30 AM
What's his number? I got a few famous bridges to sell him..
 
2010-03-15 09:14:32 AM
I can't read the article at work, so, I'm assuming the headline is a horrible pun of a guy having a stroke and then having Antero-grade amnesia, like that guy from memento.
 
2010-03-15 09:19:52 AM
Maxout623: I can't read the article at work, so, I'm assuming the headline is a horrible pun of a guy having a stroke and then having Antero-grade amnesia, like that guy from memento.

close. he had a stroke, and it messed with his brain chemistry now he can't say no to a sales pitch.
 
2010-03-15 09:24:32 AM
Diarrhea Anne Frank: Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I wonder if he's found jesus....

Probably lost the number.


Nah, I bet he was hung up at the time and couldn't return stroke-boy's call
 
2010-03-15 09:39:08 AM
Yeah... and that's why I'm always boning fat chicks... had this stroke 3 years ago which left me incapable of saying no to girls over 200 pounds. Sucks :-\
 
2010-03-15 11:41:55 AM
What did that poor guy do in a past life to deserve that? Dealing with one contract is bad enough.
 
2010-03-15 11:50:35 AM
MichianaJerk: apintofpinto Dude, you are my perfect wing man! I had 6 TIAs that left me wanting older unmarried farkettes. We could do some serious damage.

haha nice... if you're ever in the new york area let's get it done!
 
2010-03-15 01:57:31 PM
I'd love to visit this man, I have my own private island in the bahamas that I just acquired from my cousin, a Nigerian king in exile, and I'm looking for capital so that your penis can grow without supplements, without exercise, just call now!

Seriously, what a weird condition. A phone fetish?
 
2010-03-15 02:50:23 PM
I wonder how many Total FarkTM subscriptions he has?
 
2010-03-15 04:01:30 PM
Perhaps what he needs is an impartial 3rd party to handle his affairs and estate on his behalf
 
2010-03-16 01:27:25 AM
Rattrap007: Maxout623: I can't read the article at work, so, I'm assuming the headline is a horrible pun of a guy having a stroke and then having Antero-grade amnesia, like that guy from memento.

close. he had a stroke, and it messed with his brain chemistry now he can't say no to a sales pitch.


No, he had a stroke that caused ischemic damage to a particular area of the prefrontal cortex, and now he can't say "no" to a sales pitch, although I suppose "cell death" could be euphemized as "altered brain chemistry."

This sort of thing is pretty creepy, too. Often, the patient will be able to verbally tell you that doing X is wrong/self-destructive/etc. but they can't stop themselves from doing it without that inhibitory part of the brain that actually generates the "how about no?" signal.
 
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