# Uncollected NYC garbage breaks would-be suicide jumper's fall **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392 "2011-01-04T17:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/1 "2011-01-04T17:38:55Z")
[Story here](http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/manhattan/garbage-breaks-suicide-jumper's-fall) This is a story of a mentally disturbed person surviving a tragedy, and should be treated solemnly. AS IF! ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/2 "2011-01-04T19:06:00Z")
It is times like this when I mourn the cancellation of Law and Order. Imagine the “ripped from the headlines” episode potential! ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/3 "2011-01-04T19:07:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > This is a story of a mentally disturbed person surviving a tragedy… Don’t you mean _trash_-edy? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/4 "2011-01-04T19:12:47Z")
“Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white man!” 10 points to whoever knows where that came from. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/5 "2011-01-04T19:15:10Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > “Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white man!” > > 10 points to whoever knows where that came from. Oh godDAMN!! It’s on the tip of my tongue, and I saw it in a theater. DAMMIT!!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/6 "2011-01-04T19:17:09Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > “Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white man!” Would that make him white trash? ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/7 "2011-01-04T19:17:59Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > “Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white man!” > > 10 points to whoever knows where that came from. “Boy”. “Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white boy.” ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/8 "2011-01-04T19:19:12Z")
There’s also “Now that’s a real shame when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy like that” from a different movie. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/9 "2011-01-04T19:19:21Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > “Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white man!” > > 10 points to whoever knows where that came from. Charlie Sheen to Emilio Estevez in Men at Work ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/10 "2011-01-04T19:25:40Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > “Boy”. “Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white boy.” Yeah, I know but it was a man in the news story. So I changed the one word but I figured people would still get it. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/11 "2011-01-04T19:35:25Z")
Better Off Dead. I watched that movie 21 times one summer. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/12 "2011-01-04T19:38:47Z")
And here I thought that society under libertarian rule wouldn’t have its upside. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/13 "2011-01-04T19:39:24Z")
Okay, the actual quote from BOD (according to IMDB) is “Now that’s a real shame when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy like that.” Maybe I need to watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/14 "2011-01-04T19:42:58Z")
Here’s hoping the department of sanitation doesn’t use this as an excuse not to do their jobs the next time we have a snowstorm. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/15 "2011-01-04T19:50:41Z")
From [IMDB memorable quotes](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100135/quotes) Men at Work Louis: Aww, lookie here. **Looks like somebody threw away a perfectly good white boy!** [looks up to a poster of Jack Berger on a street sign] Louis: And he sure looks a helluva lot like that dude! Carl: We’re screwed! James: What do you mean, we? You’re the one who pulled the trigger, pal! ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/16 "2011-01-04T20:35:56Z")
::ahem:: I’m wondering if any there will be any charges placed. I’m not aware of NY laws, but in most places, isn’t attempted suicide a crime? It also says in the article that the jumper was afraid of being evicted from his home. So if he can’t pay rent and gets put in jail for att. suicide, isn’t that a win-win for the jumper? After all, he can always get in a job placement program while in jail and have a job and a place to live after he does his time. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/17 "2011-01-04T20:40:13Z")
I don’t think losing a rent-controlled apartment and going to jail counts as a win-win. The guy was apparently depressed that his parents are sick and he was possibly going to be evicted from the apartment (which must belong to the parents), so he started overdoing it with drugs and alcohol and tried to kill himself a couple of different ways. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/18 "2011-01-04T21:09:15Z")
Ah, things are getting better. Originally he was suicidal and now he’s just down in the dumps. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/19 "2011-01-04T21:12:34Z")
I think he misunderstood what dumpster diving is all about. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392/20 "2011-01-04T21:18:45Z")
Great, the trash puns have started. Well I refuse to participate in that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncollected-nyc-garbage-breaks-would-be-suicide-jumpers-fall/566392.md?page=2)