Always Look on the Bright Side of the Fence

A routine peeping-tom/self-pleasuring report in a hyperlocal blog in Seattle is enlivened by the following detail:

According to witnesses, the man looked like he was in his 30's, white, with slicked-back dark-blond hair and was said to resemble Eric Idle.

Lemon curry?

Glenn Fleishman, @glennf, is the Executive Editor of The Magazine, a fortnightly electronic periodical for people interested in everything. Glenn also hosts The New Disruptors, a podcast about connecting creators and makers to their audiences, and writes as “G.F.” at the Economist's Babbage blog. He is a regular panel member on the geeky media podcast The Incomparable. In October 2012, Glenn won Jeopardy! twice.

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andyhavens

sick in a cup
Anonymous

Love the “lemon curry” reference – that’s a pinpoint Python reference…
Cowicide

Was this the artist’s rendering of the suspect in sculpture form at the top of the article?

http://www.fremontuniverse.com/wp-content/themes/cutline-3-column-split-11/images/header_2.jpg
igpajo

No, that’s an authentic statue of Lenin that was “rescued from Eastern Europe” and now graces a street corner in the Seattle neighborhood of Freemont.

http://www.seattlepi.com/neighbors/fremont/leninpix.html
- Cowicide
  
  So the peeping tom’s name is Lenin?
  - igpajo
    
    Yep, and they’ve built a statue and put it on a street corner so the community can see what he looks like. He’ll no doubt be arrested very soon.
    - Cowicide
      
      I hope they catch that commie bastard.
    - Cowicide
      
      You know… I was just thinking…
      
      A statue of every peeping tom placed at the scene of the crime in yards behind bushes all over America like that would really halp law enforcement. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before?
Marshall

Know what I mean, know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Say no more.
Anonymous

You can wrap it up in ribbons.
You can slip it in your sock,
But don’t take it out in public,
Or they will stick you in the dock…
Anonymous

I understand he was showing the victims his semprini