Send that person to McConnell, if he’s even alive anymore.
Ok this is a mean joke to play in patients, but I would be lying if i said I didn’t laugh when I read this
God forbid someone has a hobby…
Harvesting souls with ma homies.
Cracking open a few cold ones on the hospital roof
Wait, if Ole Grim is being detained, then who is going to harvest the souls of dying mortals? Does this mean we won’t be able to die, or that our souls will simply be trapped somewhere between the realms of the living and the dead? Hmm…
Is that why McConnel has not been declared dead yet???
I think an evil necromancer has been using McConnell’s meat suit as a puppet for years now already…
If Terry Pratchett is to be believed, then it’s zombies and ghosts.
If Piers Anthony is to be believed, this will only affect people with balanced souls, but everyone else should be fine. (Well, dead)
Holy shit. Forgotten memory accessed.
Dude is about to shoot himself, Death turns up to collect him but has his hood down or something, the guy freaks out and shoots Death instead and has to take his place, right?
I read that 30+ years ago burning through my town library’s small sci-fi/fantasy section.
Yes, that’s the one. “On a Pale Horse” is the first book in the series, and the one about Death. In the books, magic and science coexist and aspects of reality like War, Time, Death, etc are all offices that people hold.
The whole Incarnations of Immortality series is one of my favorites, but it’s been a bit since I’ve read them.
Game idea, grim reaper has been arrested, you have to fill in for him while he’s in jail.
god forbid someone have hobbies
What was the crime he was charged with?
Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?
Get your hands off my penis!
causing a nuisance without reasonable excuse
Define “Reasonable”
It’s the UK law term, not my words.
And even by them, it’s not defined, meant to be left to the court to argue.
That’s what juries do.
Going against the status quo. Fall in line or go to jail.
Gonna add on that he refused to leave when a constable asked him to, and he stole cat food and litter from somewhere else.
Sounds like he might have a few problems
Impersonating an officer of the law
“…pleaded guilty to causing a nuisance without reasonable excuse”
thats a crime? And what would constitute a reasonable excuse?
hey, can we arrest trump for that if he comes back to the uk?
Mate, he didn’t have his nuisance license. As punishment he will now be forced to observe the 3pm tea alarm with a glass of luke warm water.
How is “because it was funny” not a reasonable excuse in this one instance?
Some people just can’t take a joke.
People can’t agree on what funny is.
Likely if he had done it to people he knew, and by extension that this particular prank wouldn’t excessively affect them negatively.
Pranking your friends in public, poor taste, but possibly acceptable. Pranking random members of the public, at what could be the worst time of their life…
I don’t necessarily condone what he did, but to be fair if I was in hospital with some deadly disease I’d find someone going about dressed as the Grim Reaper hilarious. I once found a lot of amusement when I was in A&E with an allergic reaction to a horsefly bite, there was a funeral directors on the ad carousel in the waiting room. Talk about targeted advertising!
90% of people would be fine with it too, maybe more. Unfortunately, it would be VERY easy to catch someone in a very bad state, and make it even worse. Without the context of what sort of person they are, and what they are currently in for, it’s FAR more likely to run into someone who wouldn’t see the funny side.
Don’t get me wrong, it could be hilarious. E.g. the guy who did the same at a nursing home, where he also lived. The heart attack induced was just an unfortunate outcome that put it in the news.
I expect it would be for things like mental health, cultural / religious, or practical reasons i.e. shouting really loud can land you an ASBO if you do it for no reason, but not if it’s part of psychotic episode, call to prayer, or an attempt to alert people to danger.
Lol no that would be reasonable and that doesn’t exist anymore in this timeline.
“…pleaded guilty to causing a nuisance without reasonable excuse”
thats a crime?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_nuisance
The nuisance action began in twelfth century England as a criminal writ, belonging only to the Crown. It was used in cases that involved encroachments upon the King’s land or the blocking of public roads or waterways. The King sought to punish these criminal infringements, commonly known as “purprestures”, through criminal proceedings. Over time, activities prosecuted as public nuisances included everything from embezzling public funds to having a tiger pen next to a highway, from assisting a homicidal maniac to escape to placing a mutilated corpse on a doorstep, and from selling rotten meat to “subdividing houses to the point where they become ‘overpestered’ with the poor”. As these examples demonstrate, early authority to commence public nuisance actions was derived from the sovereign’s “police power”.[10]
Spencer (1989 at 59) describes the offence as “a rag-bag of odds and ends which we should nowadays call ‘public welfare offences’”.[11] But the common feature of the crime is that members of the public suffer a common injury through interference with rights which they enjoy as citizens. The modern definition is found in paras 31–40 Archbold (2005):
A person is guilty of a public nuisance (also known as common nuisance), who (a) does an act not warranted by law, or (b) omits to discharge a legal duty, if the effect of the act or omission is to endanger the life, health, property, morals, or comfort of the public, or to obstruct the public in the exercise or enjoyment of rights common to all Her Majesty’s subjects.[12]
can we arrest trump for that if he comes back to the uk?
I’m pretty sure that national leaders don’t normally visit countries unless they are extended diplomatic immunity, so probably not.
EDIT: Hmm. Though…this says that it was abolished as a crime in England and Wales four years ago. There’s still the tort, but the way The Mirror described it, he was “fined”, and I think that you only get fined in criminal law, not civil law (in civil law, the analog would be called paying punitive damages, at least here in the US).
subdividing houses to the point where they become ‘overpestered’
Definitely not illegal any more given the number of downright exploitive HMOs in British cities!
A SUCCULENT GRIM REAPER COSTUME?!!
We also have the very catch all of “disturbing the peace”. Some friends of mine got done with that because the police had been called despite no actual crime being committed. They were eventually “bound over” for a year which is basically a deferred fine to encourage you not to do anything that attracts the police’s attention.
At first glance it is really funny. But of course the people who were genuinely affected are the victims. And nothing funny about it.
Reading the article I don’t think the guy is actually 100 there. I believe he is struggling and just acting out - not that it is an excuse.Gillespie also stole £30 to £40 of cat food and litter from a local Pets at Home on March 26, along with food and drink from Sainsbury’s in Llandudno on May 28, a court heard. He was ordered to pay £100 in fines, £100 in cost to the Crown Prosecution Service and £50 in compensation.
Not the nicest thing to do to any terminally ill patients or knife attack survivors.
*scythe attack
Aside from stealing and stuff, I would’ve found it really hilarious even when I was in hospital after being resuscitated.
It IS really funny.
I’d wake up and say “You’ve got the wrong room, mate.”
There are situations where it isn’t: loosing the morher and baby at the same time - you look outside and there is this baboon making fun of it.
But if you look at a Scrooge like situation it might poke someone in the right direction also.
It would be more appropriate to be in a grim reaper costume in front of smoke shops / liquor stores. Nobody would raise an eyebrow. And that’s still funny while being the good guy reminding people of the dangers.
Remember Death cigarettes?
It’s personal taste. Just because it’s not okay doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Neurodivergent people are facing bad reactions from others every day each day.
Anyhow, just as I said, I find it funny. Surprisingly I thought especially the British (source) are a fan of dark humor.
Still, your opinion is fine too of course!
It would be pretty funny in a sitcom, but significantly less so in real life.
If you think so, fine. But you did read I was in a critical hospital situation?
I don’t see how that is relevant. Do you understand that simply because you would laugh it off doesn’t mean everyone would? In a sitcom, everyone is acting so there’s no potential harm, but in real life, if you can muster any empathy at all, it’s pretty clear how that prank could make a bad situation even worse.
Very often people are having the most stressful days of their lives in a hospital and I see no value at all in making that harder for them for the lulz.
I repeatedly stated that I find it very funny and it’s perfectly fine to think otherwise.
So it bears a relevance if I also am one who is telling you (in hopefully better condition) go ahead have fun and laugh, it’s all that we have.
It leaves the impression of gatekeeping to be honest and being on a morally quite high horse.
I’ll give you another example. Something that deeply impressed me. It was a disabled person in a wheelchair asking that jokes please include him and his situation because otherwise that’s also just another exclusion in life.
I am also not simply laughing it off. Death is a constant companion. If you’re lucky you are not constantly reminded. Better find a good way to accept this when it is required, because it’s inevitable.
Okay, empathy is not your thing so I’ll help.
A man’s wife was in a terrible car accident and as she dies on the operating room table, some assclown dressed as the grim reaper walks up and stands there. Do you truly believe anyone is going to “have fun and laugh” in that scenario?
I’m not saying you can’t laugh at the guy, but for fuck’s sake hop out of your own head for a minute and consider other perspectives.
This is what I meant with my first comment. In a situation where there was no potential for harm, like in a sitcom, this is hilarious. In real life, it is not funny, because there’s that risk of harm.
This is not going anywhere. Yes even and specially then it’s best to laugh. Listen, I died once and recently buried my best friend. I know pain, I know loss.
And everyone works differently. That’s what I said. To each their own. But you don’t seem capable of understanding that.
The one who is judgy and intolerant is you.
Thank you! I’m somewhat irritated by the comment section here. Like yeah, in some way it’s funny but it doesn’t take much imagination and empathy to get why it wouldn’t be funny to people in the hospital who are fatally ill or sth. It’s not just the one side making the joke who decides if it’s funny. Otherwise “it was just a prank bro” would be an okay excuse for any form of acting shitty.
Otherwise “it was just a prank bro” would be an okay excuse for any form of acting shitty.
If this implies that arsehole prankster influencers should be arrested and fined in this manner: yes, please.
Everybody needs a hobby.
Your honour, i ask for leniency due to the objectively funny nature of the crime
Shut up! Shut up you American. You always talk, you
Americans, you talk and you talk and say ‘Let me tell
you something’ and ‘I just wanna say this’, Well you’re
dead now, so shut up.
Down voters haven’t seen the movie…
Even if they did, they didn’t get it.
“It’s a mister Death, he’s here about the reaping or something?”
“Hey… I didn’t even eat the mousse!”
I’m very tall and one time I was in my 97 year old grandmother’s room because I’d had to use her bathroom and she was half awake and said, “No! Go away!” and I was like, damn, ok. But I think she thought I was Death! :/
She was the best. So close to MLK during the Dream speech that she sat on the steps and couldn’t see him. Black Panthers would salute her white self. The best. I asked her what the most impactful technology she’d seen in her lifetime was and she said, “the next one.” So cool. There’s a picture of her and her crew with Jimmy Carter and she’s standing in front of him. What a badass.
HOW UNPROFESSIONAL.
SQUEAK.
Please tell me this is a pTerry reference?
ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀ ᴀ ᴄᴜʀʀʏ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ
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Someone has to do this around the US capitol buildings.
Someone needs to dress as the grim reaper and rock up to whatever hospital Mitch McConnell is staying at. When security tries to turn him away, he can simply say, “I’m here to collect Mitch McConnell”.
“Yeah right, you said that a week ago.”
“I am here for one. I can take many.”
Hey no spawn camping
