# Crackheads spend two days unable to get out of an unlocked closet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793 "2015-01-02T19:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/21 "2015-01-03T21:43:31Z")
If not the dumbest they’ve set the bar pretty darned high. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/22 "2015-01-05T08:10:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Surely we haven’t found the stupidest crooks of 2015 already –[have we](http://on-msn.com/1An9rfL)? Actually, although this hit the news early this year (2015), it actually happened last year. The article says they were “rescued” on Tuesday, which apparently means Dec. 30, 2014. From the excerpt posted by **Der Trihs** above: > [@](#): > > Police said a green garden hose had been wrapped around the door handle to prevent anyone from opening the door from the outside. Arwood and Campbell could have opened the door from the inside whenever they wanted, police said. I can’t figure out what this is saying. _Who_ wrapped the hose around the door handle on the outside? How does this prevent someone else from opening the door from the outside? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/23 "2015-01-05T08:28:03Z")
The hose is wrapped around the inside handle (and, I’m assuming, tied to something else) to prevent the door from being pulled open from the outside, is how I picture it. I haven’t been smoking crack, however, so I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/24 "2015-01-05T19:21:20Z")
But… But… But… It says the hose was _green!_ Shirley, that must be relevant! But how? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/25 "2015-01-05T20:22:24Z")
My theory is that they were pulling desperately at the door to open it without success. Had they tried _pushing_ it, however … ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/26 "2015-01-05T20:49:12Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > My theory is that they were pulling desperately at the door to open it without success. Had they tried _pushing_ it, however … Midvale School for the Gifted strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/27 "2015-01-05T21:37:21Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > Midvale School for the Gifted strikes again. Oddly enough, I live two blocks from Midvale Boulevard. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/28 "2015-01-06T00:03:03Z")
Even more oddly, I live a block from Midvale Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/29 "2015-01-06T00:13:33Z")
I’m puzzled why the presence of the scouring pads was deemed relevant. OK, so maybe those are sometimes used in smoking crack (don’t ask me how, but I’ll take the story’s word for it). But it was a janitorial closet. Surely, janitors have plenty of occasion to use scouring pads for their original purpose, and so could be expected to have a supply on hand? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/30 "2015-01-06T01:34:53Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > At least she is a beauty! When I first saw this article it was on my phone and a combination of small screen and aging eyes made me think she didn’t look half bad. Now looking at the full sized article she is the oldest 25 year old I have ever seen. > [@Chronos](#): > > I’m puzzled why the presence of the scouring pads was deemed relevant. OK, so maybe those are sometimes used in smoking crack (don’t ask me how, but I’ll take the story’s word for it). But it was a janitorial closet. Surely, janitors have plenty of occasion to use scouring pads for their original purpose, and so could be expected to have a supply on hand? It is [this kind](http://www.amazon.com/Chore-Boy-Copper-Scouring-Pack/dp/B005GVY126/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420507941&sr=8-2&keywords=chore+boy+copper+scrubbers) which are kind of old fashioned and not used as much anymore. And they mostly won’t have [cocaine residue](http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/07/12/a-rose-in-a-glass-by-any-other-name-is-a-crack-pipe/) on them if used for a lawful purpose. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/31 "2015-01-06T02:01:04Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > There has to be more to this story. Okay, they’re crack heads, but two such should add up to a half wit or so and figure out that a door can be opened. Over 48 hours. Why did they think it was locked when it was apparently not a lockable door? Crack is a hell of a drug. HAHAHAHAH ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/32 "2015-01-06T02:12:46Z")
A whole new meaning to “get a room.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/33 "2015-01-06T03:47:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oddly enough, I live two blocks from Midvale Boulevard. > [@twickster](#): > > Even more oddly, I live a block from Midvale Avenue. Not nearly as oddly as you two might think. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/34 "2015-01-06T11:11:37Z")
but **twixter’s** location is odder, living one block from Midvale Avenue. Just like if I were to live three blocks from Midvale Street, it would become odd again. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/35 "2015-01-06T15:04:45Z")
But still prime. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/36 "2015-01-06T15:13:01Z")
Ok ok, I should have said, “Evenly enough, I live two blocks from …” ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/37 "2015-01-06T17:00:25Z")
I would like to see Amber Campbell Halloween masks this October. You have to admit, she has a quite distinctive crack-whore look. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/38 "2015-01-06T17:51:52Z")
Well yeah, there’s a dollar on her donut. > [@Colibri](#): > > Sometimes doors can be sticky and difficult to open even if they’re not locked. It’s possible they tried the door, couldn’t get it open, and then just assumed it was locked. But I can only assume one of them would have redoubled their efforts once their closet-mate started pinching loaves in the unventilated, confined space. Personally, I’d have hammered that door like a copper sink. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793/39 "2015-01-06T23:00:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m puzzled why the presence of the scouring pads was deemed relevant. OK, so maybe those are sometimes used in smoking crack (don’t ask me how, but I’ll take the story’s word for it). But it was a janitorial closet. Surely, janitors have plenty of occasion to use scouring pads for their original purpose, and so could be expected to have a supply on hand? Slightly harder to explain would be the janitorial use for a small pile of glass stems next to a pile of small silk roses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackheads-spend-two-days-unable-to-get-out-of-an-unlocked-closet/708793.md?page=1)