# Meteorologist, Dead Dude with dog collar in hot tub. Priceless
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 7, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472 "2011-09-07T03:59:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/21 "2011-09-08T03:35:18Z")
> [@Filbert](#):
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> Out of curiosity, on the police report, why does it have an Ethnicity bit, where it lists all 3 men as ‘Not Hispanic’?
> Is it just me that thinks that;s an odd way to put it?
I think it’s a truncation of “White, not Hispanic”, which I’ve seen on many demographics forms.
I guess there’s more than one way to be White?
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### Author:  [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/22 "2011-09-08T11:09:53Z")
Warning my girls off drugs is so easy nowadays.
“Girls, do you think that this guy ever imagined that doing drugs would one day lead to him being found in a hot tub with a dead dude wearing a dog collar? Well, thanks to him, you can!”
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/23 "2011-09-08T11:20:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> I just noticed they have included the police report in the link I gave in the OP. Be sure to scroll down to the officers statement. That was one strange crime scene.
Strictly speaking, it’s not yet a _crime scene_ as the death could well have been accidental or due to natural causes, and as far as I know, sitting in a hot tub wearing a dog collar isn’t illegal, even in Arkansas. Just a bit weird.
Around here they’d call that a “death investigation”.
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### Author:  [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/24 "2011-09-08T11:51:43Z")
…so the KARK guy didn’t cark it 'coz he B. Cummins on the couch…
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/25 "2011-09-08T13:20:35Z")
> [@Filbert](#):
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> Out of curiosity, on the police report, why does it have an Ethnicity bit, where it lists all 3 men as ‘Not Hispanic’?
> Is it just me that thinks that;s an odd way to put it?
What I’ve been seeing for a couple of years is “Hispanic / Not Hispanic” as a separate question from “White / Asian / Polynesian / Native American / African-American” on demographic questions. (Whenever I have the option, I don’t answer either question.)
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/26 "2011-09-08T13:24:37Z")
I gotta say, that’s a real bitch of a way to die.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/27 "2011-09-08T14:19:50Z")
Gosh, you know, I was kind of nervous about my annual employee review coming up later this month. But I’ll bet it will \*pale \*in comparison to Brett Cummins’ next employee review.
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### Author:  [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/28 "2011-09-08T14:41:58Z")
I think it’s fair to note that according to this report, the police have not charged the meteorologist with a crime nor have yet determined whether a crime has even been committed.
But don’t let that stop anyone from assuming that Mr. Cummins should or will lose his job over this.
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### Author:  [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/29 "2011-09-08T15:30:48Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#):
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> But don’t let that stop anyone from assuming that Mr. Cummins should or will lose his job over this.
As a meteorologist, he would expect some rain on his parade.
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### Author:  [@pitcairnpete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pitcairnpete)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/30 "2011-09-08T15:41:32Z")
Sounds like a ruff night to me…
edit
Never mind rain on his parade, he was probably waiting for a golden meteor shower
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/31 "2011-09-08T16:59:02Z")
Did they arrest the guy? Was it a good collar?
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### Author:  [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/32 "2011-09-08T17:05:46Z")
The viral marketing for Hangover 3 is getting really out of hand.
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### Author:  [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/33 "2011-09-08T17:12:45Z")
Hot diggidy dog, it was a good collar! There were bennies in the jets.
And I hear that that golden meteor shower brought flash flooding. With hot breaks. And swells.
I’m gonna stop now.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/34 "2011-09-08T17:52:14Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#):
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> I’m gonna stop now.
Thank you. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/35 "2011-09-08T18:20:11Z")
I am really curious how this is going to be handled at KARK, and how awkward this year’s office holiday party will be.
The latest:
MAUMELLE, Ark. (AP) — Police have spoken multiple times to an Arkansas meteorologist in the days since he was allegedly found asleep in a hot tub next to a dead man, though no charges have been filed and police say they are not treating the case as a criminal investigation . . . Cummins did not respond to several messages this week seeking comment. Officials at KARK also did not return phone messages.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/36 "2011-09-08T18:22:45Z")
> [@Eve](#):
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> I am really curious how this is going to be handled at KARK, and how awkward this year’s office holiday party will be.
Since Emily Post isn’t available, I’ll ask you, **Eve** - what _is_ the proper etiquette in dealing with this situation?
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/37 "2011-09-08T18:32:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> Since Emily Post isn’t available, I’ll ask you, **Eve** - what _is_ the proper etiquette in dealing with this situation?
A bright social smile and careful avoidance of certain topics (future employment, the internet, bathtubs, cocaine and dog collars being among them).
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/38 "2011-09-08T18:33:48Z")
Is there a particular type of card that would be appropriate? For example would I go with the “death of a loved one” category or “death of a pet?”
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/39 "2011-09-08T18:53:11Z")
I think Hallmark actually \*makes \*an “I’m sorry you were found in a tub with a dead guy in a dog collar” card.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorologist-dead-dude-with-dog-collar-in-hot-tub-priceless/595472/40 "2011-09-08T18:55:56Z")
> [@](#):
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> …police say they are not treating the case as a criminal investigation
So, how long before the hot tub shows up on Craigslist (“slightly used, great for family fun and pets”)?
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