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Man ridiculed for calling police on stranger dressed in yellow
Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. Social media users are mocking a man who called the police on a stranger dressed in yellow in Northern Ireland. Footage filmed from a passing car shows a figure wearing a long and heavy yellow coat, with yellow trousers and boots to match, walking along a road at night in the Kilrea area of Co Derry. The man was also reportedly wearing a white mask and black wig, although these can’t be seen in the December 27 video. ‘Excuse me mate, excuse me sir, what are you doing’, Gerard McFerran shouts from the window. ‘What’s going on here? Why are you wearing a mask and all?’ He continued: ‘You need to explain something here. This isn’t f***ing right… Why are you in this town for? Tell me, why are you in this town for?’ The ‘yellow man’ explained he was trying to get back to his friend’s place after travelling by train to visit that day. But that didn’t seem to satisfy McFerran, who replied: ‘We’re going to ring the cops on you, alright.’ There have also been sightings reported in the Rasharkin and Dunloy areas. Police said: ‘We take all reports very seriously and I hope that the visibility of our officers today, alongside our commitment to continue to patrol shared public spaces, provides reassurance and boosts confidence that we are committed to doing everything we can to make areas safe. ‘If you are out and about and notice anything suspicious or perhaps you are concerned about the welfare of an individual, please report your concerns.’ The ‘suspicious yellow man’ has caused a storm in part of Northern Ireland (Picture: Gerard McFerran/Belfast Live) There is no indication any crime has been committed, and the saga has prompted ridicule on social media. Responding to initial reports in Belfast Live, Ghost of Sid Vicious said: ‘Headline should say “Man out for evening stroll gets accosted by paranoid weirdo Gerard
Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. Social media users are mocking a man who called the police on a stranger dressed in yellow in Northern Ireland. Footage filmed from a passing car shows a figure wearing a long and heavy yellow coat, with yellow trousers and boots to match, walking along a road at night in the Kilrea area of Co Derry. The man was also reportedly wearing a white mask and black wig, although these can’t be seen in the December 27 video. ‘Excuse me mate, excuse me sir, what are you doing’, Gerard McFerran shouts from the window. ‘What’s going on here? Why are you wearing a mask and all?’ He continued: ‘You need to explain something here. This isn’t f***ing right… Why are you in this town for? Tell me, why are you in this town for?’ The ‘yellow man’ explained he was trying to get back to his friend’s place after travelling by train to visit that day. But that didn’t seem to satisfy McFerran, who replied: ‘We’re going to ring the cops on you, alright.’ There have also been sightings reported in the Rasharkin and Dunloy areas. Police said: ‘We take all reports very seriously and I hope that the visibility of our officers today, alongside our commitment to continue to patrol shared public spaces, provides reassurance and boosts confidence that we are committed to doing everything we can to make areas safe. ‘If you are out and about and notice anything suspicious or perhaps you are concerned about the welfare of an individual, please report your concerns.’ The ‘suspicious yellow man’ has caused a storm in part of Northern Ireland (Picture: Gerard McFerran/Belfast Live) There is no indication any crime has been committed, and the saga has prompted ridicule on social media. Responding to initial reports in Belfast Live, Ghost of Sid Vicious said: ‘Headline should say “Man out for evening stroll gets accosted by paranoid weirdo Gerard
Dickinson S. Miller, philosopher, window climber
David Hume once observed that no matter how skeptical philosophers may profess to be, they ultimately “leave by the door not the window” (i.e. they act based on common sense rather than doing crazy stuff). That wouldn’t have been true of 79-year-old Harvard philosopher Dickinson S. Miller who took to routinely leaving his apartment through his window. Though this was due to a dispute with his landlady, not philosophical preference. His landlady, Anna O’Brien, claimed he failed to pay his rent, routinely used up all the hot water leaving the other tenants with none, and was “very careless” about his room. So she took away his keys, shut off his electricity, and removed his furniture. But she wasn’t able to legally evict him because he fought back in court. Miller insisted that he had been diligently paying the rent until she had refused to take it, preferring him to leave. He complained that he was now forced to sleep on the floor and to come and go through the window. Plus, he had to work on his biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes “holding a pen in one hand and a flashlight in the other.” In April 1947, Miller convinced a court to force O’Brien to return his furniture. But O’Brien had the ultimate victory in June 1948 when she finally secured an eviction order, forcing Miller to leave. Sounds like a pretty epic tenant/landlord battle, appropriate for Paul’s ‘unauthorized dwellings’ series. Holyoke Transcript-Telegram – Apr 2, 1947 (left) Barre Daily Times – Apr 4, 1947; (right) Buffalo News – Apr 4, 1947 Richmond Times-Dispatch – Apr 3, 1947
David Hume once observed that no matter how skeptical philosophers may profess to be, they ultimately “leave by the door not the window” (i.e. they act based on common sense rather than doing crazy stuff). That wouldn’t have been true of 79-year-old Harvard philosopher Dickinson S. Miller who took to routinely leaving his apartment through his window. Though this was due to a dispute with his landlady, not philosophical preference. His landlady, Anna O’Brien, claimed he failed to pay his rent, routinely used up all the hot water leaving the other tenants with none, and was “very careless” about his room. So she took away his keys, shut off his electricity, and removed his furniture. But she wasn’t able to legally evict him because he fought back in court. Miller insisted that he had been diligently paying the rent until she had refused to take it, preferring him to leave. He complained that he was now forced to sleep on the floor and to come and go through the window. Plus, he had to work on his biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes “holding a pen in one hand and a flashlight in the other.” In April 1947, Miller convinced a court to force O’Brien to return his furniture. But O’Brien had the ultimate victory in June 1948 when she finally secured an eviction order, forcing Miller to leave. Sounds like a pretty epic tenant/landlord battle, appropriate for Paul’s ‘unauthorized dwellings’ series. Holyoke Transcript-Telegram – Apr 2, 1947 (left) Barre Daily Times – Apr 4, 1947; (right) Buffalo News – Apr 4, 1947 Richmond Times-Dispatch – Apr 3, 1947