# "Dad hasn't moved in 10 yrs. Think he might be dead?"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 17, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906 "2005-03-17T01:51:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/21 "2005-03-17T14:45:01Z")
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> The Associated Press—Mar. 8, 2005 - Police on Tuesday questioned three siblings after it was discovered they had been living with the decomposed corpse of their father for nearly a decade, an official said.
I see a zany WB sitcom, with Bronson Pinchot, Julia Duffy, Delta Burke—and Abe Vigoda as “Dad!”
Anyone wanna work on a theme song?
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/22 "2005-03-17T15:09:40Z")
So do you mean to say that that _wasn’t_ just a really really bad case of the farts he had 9-and-a-half years ago?
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### Author:  [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/23 "2005-03-17T16:21:45Z")
There is already a song about Abe Vigoda being dead, but I am thinking something more upbeat.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/24 "2005-03-17T18:01:42Z")
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> I see a zany WB sitcom, with Bronson Pinchot, Julia Duffy, Delta Burke—and Abe Vigoda as “Dad!”
On tonight’s episode of _Our Dead Dad_, the kids argue about what they’re going to fix for supper and decide to let Dad have the “final word”. Hilarity ensues.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/25 "2005-03-17T19:51:33Z")
How is Abe Vigoda still alive, anyway?
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### Author:  [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/26 "2005-03-17T23:58:55Z")
:eek:
You’d think the rotting might give it away…
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/27 "2005-03-18T00:35:37Z")
Theme song to “Our Dead Dad”
(Sung to the tune of _Mack The Knife_)
Oh, our Pop has – rotting skin, dear.
And it has that – pearly blight.
What a cracked life – Had daddy dear
Yes, it’s true that – Dad’s a sight!
When our Pop’s life – disappeared here
Mottled widows start to spread
Fancy veils, though, wears mommy, dear
So there’s ever, ever a trace of dead.
Now past the bedroom, Ooo, Sunday mornin’…
Floated his body just oozin’ ripe. Ew!
Something’s stinking – 'round the corner
Could that someone – be Dad, the fright?
In the tub – down the hallway (buh-buh-bub!)
There’s some rope soap, just droopin’ down
Looks like someone, slipped on the weight, dear
Five will getcha ten, that’s how daddy drowned.
Now … Bronson Pinchot … ho, ho … yeah … Julia Duffy
Ooh … Miss Delta Burke and guest star Lucy Lui
Oh, the line forms on the right of Abe
Now that Daddy’s… dead and blue!
Look out … old Daddy’s dead!!
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/28 "2005-03-18T00:57:35Z")
Bronson, Julia and Delta: “_That’s our dead dad!_”
[Lucy Lui makes Funny Face]
Next week, Betty White on a blind date she’ll never forget!
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### Author:  [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/29 "2005-03-18T01:37:06Z")
Perhaps I should find another thread to hijack, but: how’s your mother, **Eve**?
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/30 "2005-03-18T01:44:34Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#):
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> Perhaps I should find another thread to hijack, but: how’s your mother, **Eve**?
She’s not that nearsighted! :rolleyes: 😉😃
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### Author:  [@Scarface\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarface_Z)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/31 "2005-03-18T02:41:47Z")
QUOTE]Social security scam, perhaps?
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> [@duffer](#):
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> Pretty much. I heard on the radio a few days back that almost the same thing was discovered in Romania or a country near it. It’s hazy but I think that case was a mom dead for a few years. If the Straterra kicks in soon I may look for a link.
One major problem with this the scam theory. If they wanted to collect his social security, why keep him on the futon?
How did they live with the smell? How could the neighbors not have noticed the smell? Decaying bodies are pretty rancid.[
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/32 "2005-03-18T13:30:18Z")
How can they be _sure_ he’s dead? They sould give him another 10 years to speak up. Just to be on the safe side…
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/33 "2005-03-18T18:50:11Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#):
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> How can they be _sure_ he’s dead? They sould give him another 10 years to speak up. Just to be on the safe side…
If he was over here, Congress would probably be intervening to make sure they kept feeding him.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-hasnt-moved-in-10-yrs-think-he-might-be-dead/294906/34 "2005-03-18T19:06:23Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#):
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> If only they had had a [papal death hammer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305285).
I remember when Papal Death Hammer opened for Spinal Tap. Awesome concert, Man!
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