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    The Piano man mystery

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    by oz_media ·

    While wading throught the heaps of articles on the accusations of the OFF scandals the daily spew about America’s involvement, or lack of, Russia’s purchases (apparently for a US company) and Galloways flight to the US to try and clear his own name, I ran into a VERY interesting and finally non-political article.

    THE PIANO MAN++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    The Piano man was found wandering in England wearing a tux (soaking wet). He was admitted to hospital where he ws seemingly suffering from amnesia or something as they coudn’t get him to speak to share his name. They gave him a pen and paper in hopes that he would write his name down, but instead he drew a picture of a grand piano, they lead him to the piano and he started playing a “virtuoso classical piano performance”that left them all quite awed.

    He hasn’t spoken a word, they don’t even know i fhe speaks English or not, and the really ODD part, no tags on his clothes (all have been removed) and no ID to speak of.

    WHat is THS guys story?

    Perhaps someone who TRIED comitting suicide, didn’t WANT to be identified?

    Someone threw him overboard, again removing his clothng tags for ID reasons?

    Is he perhaps a concert pianist who simply went missing and fell overboard, tags being remobed MAY be completely unrelated?

    Who knows, but they sure want to find out.

    WHO IS THE PIANO MAN?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4550069.stm

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    • #3238745

      Is it!!!

      by black panther ·

      In reply to The Piano man mystery

      Osama Bin Laden ( clean shaven ) 🙂 🙂 **LOL**

    • #3237629

      Other Articles

      by bfilmfan ·

      In reply to The Piano man mystery

      Perhaps this will help whet your appetite for the story also:

      http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15313808-38200,00.html

      And just for the really weird factor:

      Corpse Punches Coroner (Must have thought he was The Tall Man, Angus Scrimm)

      http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1397102.html?menu=news.quirkies

      For those with a taste in weird news, I highly recommend:

      The Anomalist
      http://www.anomalist.com/

      Fortean Times
      http://www.forteantimes.com/

      • #3256573

        Cool thanx

        by oz_media ·

        In reply to Other Articles

        They had a half hour news report on him last night too.

        Aparently it isn’t VEY recent, due to the nature of the issue, they kept it quiet in case of a crime or possible hit.

        They have decided to make it public now to try and get SOME sort of reply from him. So far no go.

    • #3237618

      Weird, hey?

      by skidoggeruk ·

      In reply to The Piano man mystery

      Apparently, “they” are contacting Eastern European countries now. I am guessing he has jumped/fell/pushed off a boat? Maybe he has had a breakdown. Good Luck to him anyway.

    • #3237612

      not you too

      by house ·

      In reply to The Piano man mystery

      I remeber hearing the story on the news and thinking ‘what a goof’. Sorry, I’m not quite as enchanted by the crack-pot as others seem to be. The guy plays a mean piano, but as far as his mystery goes… if you want to say something, go ahead, else play the stupid piano.

      The guy had a nervous breakdown, cut all the tags off his clothes in an attempt to free himself from the confines of our material world, and took a walk down to the beach to pass out on the edge of the friggin tide.

      • #3237606

        HA

        by skidoggeruk ·

        In reply to not you too

        Cruel, but funny

        hey, they are now guessing Scottish, as he responded to a Saltire. Well, that or Jamaican.

      • #3237599

        Agree…

        by salamander ·

        In reply to not you too

        The dude had a nervous breakdown. I’m betting, however, that he tried to kill himself, and something went wrong. If he cut out the tags of his clothes, so that his body couldn’t be identified…maybe he was quite serious about disappearing himself. Probably a quite serious attempt, if he didn’t leave any identifying info to ‘get back’ at whoever/whatever had upset him.

        Alternatively, the guy could be compulsive, and maybe none of his clothes in his closet have tags. Stranger things have happened. Maybe he finally had a ‘break’ of some variety.

        • #3256583

          ha

          by house ·

          In reply to Agree…

          …fine job of hiding.

          I shouldn’t judge – I just don’t believe in the hype when it comes to such incidents. I’m tired of hearing about other people’s eccentricities, celebrity or not.

          In fact, I’m tired of world news in general – maybe that’s why I’m so cynical.

        • #3256571

          What do you mean by hype?

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to ha

          VERYeryuite a while.

          This is also nothing like some sort of celecrity issue and doesn’t neccessarily have anything to do with eccentricity, it is purely unknown, just speculation.

          I too thought maybe he had just decided to pack it in and failed, therefore is even more recluse than before.

          But there’s little or no HYPE over it, it was just an interesting story of a mystery piano man, you don’t have to be interested if you don’t want to be though.

        • #3256566

          hype enough…

          by house ·

          In reply to What do you mean by hype?

          …to have Oz_Media dedicate an entire thread to it on a tech forum.

          ooohh… touche!!! heh

          Besides – I saw it in almost every newspaper and news brief for two days.

        • #3256487

          I dunno

          by salamander ·

          In reply to What do you mean by hype?

          I like a good mystery. Personally, I’m tired of the Jackson trial (now THAT’S hype and eccentricity), and would like to read about something different, is all. 🙂

        • #3256447
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          Come on be far to the guy

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to I dunno

          OZ just wants to sign him up for a tour and being normal management screw him for everything he’s got or getting.

          Lets see 10% performer 90% Management and what’s best of all they guy will not know any better. 😀

          Col ]:)

        • #3232290

          At least he’d get 10%

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to Come on be far to the guy

          Better than he’d do in the US.

      • #3237560

        Shine

        by bfilmfan ·

        In reply to not you too

        I see you saw that film too.

        I was thinking of the case here in the US where a man called home after 14 years. Strange, strange case. Details here:

        http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/local/barre0401.html

    • #3256455

      This is crazy

      by itgirli ·

      In reply to The Piano man mystery

      From this link:
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pia19.html

      The following is the first sentence from that link:
      LONDON — Many callers have offered information about the mysterious ”Piano Man,” including a mime who said he was a fellow street musician, but the hospital patient who loves to play Tchaikovsky has yet to be positively identified, officials said Wednesday.

      Thing wrong with that sentence:
      “a mime who said”

      • #3256442
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        Maybe it was a video phone

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to This is crazy

        Just like the ones in the Thunderbirds. :p

        Actually he really is part of the currently forming International Rescue Secret organization who had to ditch their experiential Thunderbird 6 on its first test run. Of course no one can call in to identify him as it would breach security so a little old English Lady in a weird Rolls Royce will just suddenly appear and pick him up in the middle of the night. 😉

        Col ]:)

      • #3232288

        I guess he broke out of character for that one

        by oz_media ·

        In reply to This is crazy

        Either that or he’s really good and although they can’t figure out who the piano man is, they had a really entertining game of charades at the hospital.

        • #3232274

          If a mime speaks and no one is around to hear it,

          by itgirli ·

          In reply to I guess he broke out of character for that one

          Can you still call him a mime? I mean mimes do not speak, so if he speaks wouldn’t he no longer be a mime. They should have said “a former mime” since he was miming no longer. Doesn’t anyone else find this odd? I find a talking mime and a silent piano player quite odd alone, but to be in the same story. I can see the headlines
          now, “The ‘Piano Man’ still will not speak, mime speaks for him.” This just keeps getting more and more strange.

        • #3232241

          Is a boxer still a boxer when he isn’t fighting?

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to If a mime speaks and no one is around to hear it,

          Being a mime is a profession. Therefore while one may not actually be silent, he’s a mime all the time.

          Just as a pianist is still a pianist when he sings a song. A doctor is still a doctor when he writes a letter. You are still an IT tech when you drive a car.

        • #3232240

          so that means

          by jck ·

          In reply to Is a boxer still a boxer when he isn’t fighting?

          because I aspire to be, that I’m leader of the free world even tho I’m programming computers right now to make my living? even tho I may not actually be leading the world at this moment?

          yes…I’m moving more toward being world leader…vote for me…I’ll make oceanic escapades a non-arrestable offense!!! 🙂

        • #3232238

          Not even remotely close to similar

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to so that means

          If you ARE the leader of the free world and then go golfing, it doesn’t mean you are a golfer now and not still the leader of the free world.

          As for the ocean, fish f**k in it all the time.

        • #3232229

          thank you

          by itgirli ·

          In reply to Not even remotely close to similar

          thank you

        • #3232227

          hmm

          by jck ·

          In reply to Not even remotely close to similar

          guess that means you have to risk gettin arrested next time then, Oz!!!

          see…i’m not so bad…I swear

        • #3232118

          All the time

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to Not even remotely close to similar

          It seems everytime I have sex I am risking getting arrested…for one thing or another anyway. :p

        • #3249366

          that’s not so bad

          by jck ·

          In reply to Not even remotely close to similar

          I just hope you’re not at risk for a heart attack while doing it. 😉

        • #3238551
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          But if you are enjoying yourself

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Not even remotely close to similar

          Who really cares other than the undertaker who will be constantly trying to get that wide grin off your face. 😀

          Col ]:)

      • #3232189

        If a tree falls on a mime in the forest, does anyone care?

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to This is crazy

        NT

    • #3256415

      I think the guy

      by jck ·

      In reply to The Piano man mystery

      is just tired of the BS and wants to live free in a hospital.

      I’m thinking about doing the same thing…wonder if I could just not talk and maintain their computers?

      I gotta start swimmin!!! 😉

      • #3232285

        Well

        by oz_media ·

        In reply to I think the guy

        Like my old Sea Scout leader used to sing;
        Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women and swimming between thier thighs.”

        • #3232273

          I’d rather

          by jck ·

          In reply to Well

          swim with a regular-legged woman…and attempt to make her bow-legged while we swim! 😉

        • #3232265

          try the ocean

          by itgirli ·

          In reply to I’d rather

          but not the wave pool. Use the waves and it helps if both parties are relatively buoyant.

        • #3232263

          I’m pretty buoyant

          by jck ·

          In reply to try the ocean

          but all that sand and salt…I’d be afraid of scuff marks…for both parties.

          Never did that in the ocean…oh well…I did lead a sheltered life in Oklahoma.

          Amazed I’m not still there…I better pray a little more so He knows I appreciate my liberation from heehaw hell 🙂

          Ocean…interesting…heheh ]:)

        • #3232254

          go crazy

          by itgirli ·

          In reply to I’m pretty buoyant

          try a supermarket.

        • #3232239

          I’m not allowed

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to go crazy

          Safeway won’t let me shop there anymore.

          THree young couples go to a priest befor ethier marriage and he goes over thier responsibilities and explains that they must try and remain virgins until after the ceremony, no matter how much they love each other.

          A week later they return to the priest, who asks how they made out with keeping thier drive in check.

          The first two couples had no problems at all, the third said, “well it was close, we were doing really well. But when we were in the grocery store, I saw her bend over by the cabbages with a little skirt on and just lost it, we ended up having mad passionate sex.

          The priest says, “I’m so sorry but I just won’t be able to marry you in my church.”

          To which the couple reply, “Well that’s not so bad, we aren’t allowed back in the grocery store either.”

        • #3232248

          you have no idea

          by jck ·

          In reply to I’m pretty buoyant

          of the places I’ve considered…supermarkets, laundromats, in the middle of those clothing racks in apparel stores, and even thought of the tent idea before that movie with Jennifer Connelly came out.

          Only one thing stopping me…

          it’s not as fun by yourself…gotta get a cohort in crime, ya know 😉

        • #3232234

          I had an exhibitionist ex years ago

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          It started in when she was in college. It was ‘anywhere dangerous where we might get caught’.

          -Sneaking into the dark room, during her photography class (I didn’t attent her college).
          -The hood of the car inparking lots when we went out.
          -Vancouvers English bay Fireworks, thousands of spectators
          -The bus
          -The ferry deck
          -BJ’s just about anywhere, often in places I would not have dreamed of.

          It was an interesting couple of years but the whole premise doesn’t excite me anymore, it’s all been done now and there’s nothing ‘dangerous’ about it. Damn woman ruined me!

        • #3232233

          Well, Oz

          by jck ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          Thanks for being sick of it.

          I am still to try lots of that, so I look forward to doing it alot like the fish sometime in the future…

          BTW…maybe that’s why it appeals to me…I’m a pisces…hehehee ]:)

        • #3232228

          I’m a gemini

          by itgirli ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          I am of two minds and can therefore have fun on my own. Usually in traffic. eases the stress.

        • #3232225

          Only once

          by jck ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          did I ever try it driving…learned my lesson of how valuable it is to keep napkins in the glove compartment or a spare towel on a seat.

          oh well…I still hold true to the fact that a partner in crime would make it better…so…I’m waiting on that…then I’ll try just about anything

          just about…hahahaha ]:)

        • #3232116

          both of you

          by oz_media ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          IT- BE CAREFUL! When I was younger I had a cartage company and while driving a 5 tonne through town I caught a girl doing that at a stop light. She noticed me and quickly freaked out, took off on the green but with a red face. Then again, maybe YOU are into exhibitionism and danger and therefore you are actually turned on by the thought of someone seeing you or catching you in the act.

          JCK – That’s pretty f’kin gross. Be glad you don’t have a motorcycle.
          What happens if you get some in your eye and you kill somebody?

          tsk tsk,

          With women it’s pretty cool, with guys it’s just grim. Just like everything else besides drinking and fishing.

        • #3249365

          I have a solution

          by jck ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          I wear sunglasses…I’ll just wipe em off on my pant leg 😉 hahahaha

        • #3238605

          exhibitionism – caught in the act

          by house ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          hey oz… holy crap… I didn’t know that this was that sort of site – I’ve been away for too long.

          Let me break it down…

          I was caught in the act with my arse in the air at the following locations with various ex-girlfriends…

          1) In the garden of a Ukrainian Church downtown

          2) In the staircase of a 13 floor Condo Building

          3) On the roof of that same building

          4) At the local beach at like 3:00 am by someone I knew who came by in a paddle boat

          5) On a staircase at the end of a suburban type culdesac

          6) In someone else’s home – we broke in through the window on our way home from a party – couldn’t wait – got chased out a bit later by the tenant’s voice screaming down from upstairs – I think that he was more afraid of us

          hmmm…. that’s all I can remeber for now – i haven’t done this stuff in a few years, but I’ve had a few ideas lately.

          ]:)

        • #3238602

          I’ve never been caught…

          by jck ·

          In reply to you have no idea

          that I know of…

          but, I am lookin for the right girl to try and get caught with 🙂

          oh my…yes…glad this is the “Miscellaneous” discussion

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