# I pit a murdering hit-and-run driver scumbag **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606 "2012-12-20T05:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/21 "2012-12-21T02:08:14Z")
☹ Oh what a blue holiday season this is turning out to be. I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/22 "2012-12-21T03:09:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That’s all I can think of to post, and I know it doesn’t help worth a damn. The support of friends helps a lot! “Shared pain is divided, shared joy is multiplied.” -Spider Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/23 "2012-12-21T03:14:39Z")
They cops will catch them. They always do. Then the judge will hang them out to dry for running. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/24 "2012-12-21T13:21:08Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > The comment that my friend was not dead was followed up by another comment, from his best friend (I recognized the name), that our mutual friend is on life support pending donation of his organs. The docs may be keeping his body going so he can help other people, but all that made my friend who he was is gone, like tears in the rain. Gotcha. The followups weren’t there when I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/25 "2012-12-21T14:35:28Z")
I’m sorry and hope the murderer is caught soon, **Typo**. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/26 "2012-12-21T16:27:11Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Gotcha. The followups weren’t there when I posted. They weren’t there when I first looked either. Before I’d figured out how to register to correct the problem, someone else fixed it for me. Wikipedia is the same way for me, but Wikipedia is a good and happy thing. Death fucking sucks. Murder mother fucking sucks moose cock in hell. (Gawd, writing in The Pit is cathartic!) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/27 "2012-12-21T16:38:59Z")
I saw a brief blurb in the Express newsrag this morning that has to be the same story. Condolences on the loss of your friend. Hope they are able to identify the killer. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/28 "2012-12-21T16:40:21Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I saw a brief blurb in the Express newsrag this morning that has to be the same story. AP picked it up, too. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/29 "2012-12-21T16:54:56Z")
Two silver linings I can see here. One, you shared with (invented even?) the term “frog filching prion” which is priceless, so thank you for that. And two, hopefully as you said, your friend’s organs will go to saving the lives of other people who may very well be good people too, and they will be eternally grateful that your friend was a donor. I am so sorry though. I can’t even imagine what I would do or feel if my best friends were killed by a hit and run driver. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/30 "2012-12-21T17:31:30Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Two silver linings I can see here. One, you shared with (invented even?) the term “frog filching prion” which is priceless, so thank you for that. > > And two, hopefully as you said, your friend’s organs will go to saving the lives of other people who may very well be good people too, and they will be eternally grateful that your friend was a donor. > > I am so sorry though. I can’t even imagine what I would do or feel if my best friends were killed by a hit and run driver. I meant “frog fElching prion” - and I probably spelled that wrong, too :smack: The organ donation is about the only ray of sunshine in this. Between that, and the murder investigation, the funeral is being delayed for some days. I’m Jewish, so aything outside of a day or two for a funeral is odd to me. My friend wasn’t Jewish, so whatever his family wants is their decision, except for the organ donation and police delays. I can only imagine what my friend’s family would be going through with funeral delays if the only reason were the investigation. This all sucks. What also sucks is that John is the first guy who could make me laugh at terrible things like that and get me through. How are we supposed to get through this without him? ETA: I did say felching. But if you don’t know what it is, you don’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/31 "2012-12-21T21:44:45Z")
Sorry to read that. Sad to lose a good person like that. One thing you might do is put a bit of pressure on the police. Post flyers asking any witnesses to step forward. Maybe attend a police-community meeting and ask what is being done. Ask if auto body shops have been notified. Find out if there were any security cameras around. Sometimes cops seem rather obtuse about cameras. I’m sure other, posters have more and better ideas. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/32 "2012-12-21T22:04:09Z")
Sorry, **Typo**. That’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/33 "2012-12-22T09:51:35Z")
I’m really sorry to hear that. I was struck by a hit-and-run a long time ago, but survived with injuries…it’s weird recalling how close that was to my grisly death. They never found mine; hope they find his. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/34 "2012-12-22T10:02:40Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > ETA: I did say felching. But if you don’t know what it is, you don’t want to know. Yes, it was my typo not yours. And I do know what it is so that’s why I think it’s an especially awesome insult. Thanks for sharing it. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/35 "2012-12-22T13:34:12Z")
I never have sufficient words for things like this Typo. I do share your distress. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/36 "2012-12-22T17:02:22Z")
So sorry to hear of your loss, Typo. I lived and worked in DC, and know that pedestrian hit and runs are all too common (including my own). Sending you healing thoughts from across the intrawebz! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/37 "2012-12-22T17:22:50Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > What also sucks is that John is the first guy who could make me laugh at terrible things like that and get me through. How are we supposed to get through this without him? The same thing humans always do. You can’t replace someone like that, you just do your best to carry on doing the good that they would if they were still around. That’s the best memorial you can give them. …well, that and seeing the frog-felching prion get his sorry ass busted. Best wishes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/38 "2012-12-22T17:27:20Z")
I am sorry for your loss. Sending supporting thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/39 "2012-12-22T18:00:32Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > So sorry to hear of your loss, Typo. I lived and worked in DC, and know that pedestrian hit and runs are all too common (including my own). Sending you healing thoughts from across the intrawebz! There have been a wave of pedestrians being hit by cars here lately (some fatal, some not). Sometimes the pedestrians are crossing legally, sometimes not. I walk all the time, and I avoid getting hit probably about once every couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606/40 "2012-12-23T23:32:20Z")
**Typo** , I had a friend murdered years ago. The rage is numbing. I am sorry for the loss of your dear friend and have no words of solace. Focus the anger, be smart, keep an eye out on any leads that may help the police and let them do their job. They DETEST hit and runners. This guy should hang higher than Haman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606.md?page=3)