# Boyfriend of woman found stuck to toilet gets 6 months probation
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 30, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261 "2008-07-30T18:47:06Z")
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/1 "2008-07-30T18:47:06Z")
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> NESS CITY, Kan. - A man whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long that the seat adhered to her body will spend six months on probation.
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> ADVERTISEMENT
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> Kory McFarren pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. A judge sentenced him Tuesday to six months in jail but granted the probation after the victim, Pam Babcock, asked for leniency.
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> **“She didn’t believe that her circumstances were his fault,” Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said.**
(bolding mine)
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap\_on\_re\_us/woman\_in\_bathroom](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_re_us/woman_in_bathroom)
You gotta love the internet – how else would I find out about things like this?
“Honest officer, it’s not my boyfriend’s fault that I’m stuck to the toilet seat. It’s mine.”
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### Author:  [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/2 "2008-07-31T03:14:10Z")
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> McFarren told police Babcock had refused to come out of the bathroom for two years. Medical personnel estimated she’d been sitting on the toilet for at least a month and said the seat had adhered to sores on her body.
What.
The.
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Fuck.\*
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/3 "2008-07-31T12:15:02Z")
I hope more women take note of the dangers inherent to leaving the seat down.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/4 "2008-07-31T15:55:25Z")
I thought how in the hell do you come off charging this guy, when he first called to have somebody do something about the woman that wouldn’t leave the bathroom. I haven’t seen any mention that she’s retarded, so it’s her fault she adhered to the toilet. It’s called personal responsibility. In this country you’re not expected to have personal responsibility, but you’re supposed to be held accontable for everybody else’s conduct.
The guy is doing 6 months in jail for a previous crime right now.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/5 "2008-07-31T16:11:11Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
I thought how in the hell do you come off charging this guy, when he first called to have somebody do something about the woman that wouldn’t leave the bathroom.
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He called somebody after a month, or by his estimation, two years. If your girlfriend won’t leave the bathroom, how long should it really take before alarm bells start going off - a few hours? A day? - before you call emergency personnel? Whether it’s two years or a month, this guy was negligent.
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> I haven’t seen any mention that she’s retarded, so it’s her fault she adhered to the toilet. It’s called personal responsibility.
If she’s been judged dependent and is in the care of a legal guardian, and oh yes, was stuck on the toilet for a crazy amount of time, _something_ is wrong. She may not be retarded and I don’t know what the problem is, but I don’t think it’s a big stretch to discern that she isn’t mentally healthy and that some problem contributed to what happened. People with that kind of trouble are generally not considered responsible for their actions.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/6 "2008-10-08T03:08:57Z")
Update: [Beau of woman stuck on toilet wins lottery](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073475/)… Again.
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> GREAT BEND, Kan. - A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home has won $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/7 "2008-10-08T11:53:04Z")
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> Update: [Beau of woman stuck on toilet wins lottery](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073475/)… Again.
The words individually make sense, but together… WTF 😕
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/8 "2008-10-08T12:02:40Z")
Both the unluckiest AND the luckiest man in Ness County.
This just became an Earl episode!
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### Author:  [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyfriend-of-woman-found-stuck-to-toilet-gets-6-months-probation/458261/9 "2008-10-08T12:53:39Z")
Honey - it was an Earl episode the minute she couldn’t remove herself from the toilet.
Now it’s a Must See sweeps moment!