Check out this dispatch from the Associated Press. Perhaps Mr. Hussey was practicing to be a mall Santa ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A chimney sweep may be lucky as lucky can be, but William Hussey was neither.
The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted Knoxville police who said a homeowner heard cries for help and traced them to her chimney early Friday.
Police found a sport utility vehicle abandoned with a door open in the road near the home. There were seven gasoline containers in it and a strong smell of petroleum coming from it.
Then, they found Hussey in the chimney of someone he didn't know. Hussey is 22 and is from Chapel Hill, N.C.
The fire department used a rope to hoist him and he was taken to a hospital to be examined.
Police charged Hussey with public intoxication, vandalism and aggravated trespassing.
Officers had no explanation for why he was in the chimney.
Josh Shaffer feels drawn to life's smaller stories – the tiny triumphs of ordinary people, the curiosities you see out the window of your car. He plays the trombone. He can juggle a little. His hero is this guy from Baltimore who lost his paycheck when it blew off his dashboard, and who responded by stopping his car to do a little dance on the shoulder and say, "Oh, well. I'll get another one next week."
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Chapel Hill Residents
Mon, 09/13/2010 - 03:46 — bilgewaterIn the good old days Mr. William Hussey would be allowed this indiscretion as further evidence of the "sorry" Hussey Family.Normally each family had at least two branches--the good and the sorry.If William had been a member of the good part of the family,he managed unilaterally to move them into the sorry classification.
It's convenient to be a member of any sorry family,for you could do almost anything and be considered
"typical" or "normal",.The genetic mutation within sorry families remained constant in every town,and even in cities,and states.Even North Carolina Senators can ruin a perfectly fine family name.Certainly mayors can do pretty fair damage.Marion Barry did quite a number on his relatives.
People up North talk about the Mob as the sorry family leaders.They were feared,but also everyone in the family would send flowers to rejoice the death of this particular person who had permanently stained the reputations of all relatives.Don't you feel empathy for anyone named Gotti?Mayer Lansky certainly put an exclamation mark on all the Lansky kin.Even the television program ruined the perfectly good musical name,Soprano.
Scots always labelled their clans as good,or sorry.These clans included maybe one or two or even three hundred clansmen.Each valley laid claim to its sorry membership. Most of the time,one clan member was stealing a cow, dog,sheep, hog or whiskey from his or her other clan members.
Idiots would go outside the clan and decide they would steal a woman from a rival clan.These inevitably led to harsh words and long drunken diplomatic efforts. Scots feared their women for good reasons. Often times the clan felt real sympathy for the thief,who would have to endure her constant ill humor.This was also the main reason Scots became loyal followers of John Knox's version of Calvinism.Only God's mercy could save a man from a bad wife,and only His anger could place a crown of thorns on his brow.