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NO APPEARANCE GUY ATTEMPTS ABDUCTION

The Sydney Morning Herald:

Police describe him as 50 to 55 years old, 175 centimetres tall with a stocky build and short brown gelled hair. He was wearing a navy singlet and khaki shorts.

NSW police:

He’s described as being of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean appearance, aged 50-55-years-of-age, 175cm, of stocky build, and with short brown gelled hair. He was last seen wearing a navy singlet and khaki shorts.

Via Nick C. Previous Men of No Appearance appearances here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Posted by Tim B. on 12/22/2006 at 08:05 PM
  1. Makes you wonder why the SMH even bothers to reports these crimes if they don’t want to give potential witnesses enough information to jog their memory.

    Posted by tdw77 on 2006 12 22 at 08:14 PM • permalink

  2. Headline from todays SMH:

    Someone did something today to somebody.  It is believed that some else is looking for someone as well but nobody is sure.  Further updates in our afternoon edition.


    Great fish wrap the SMH.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2006 12 22 at 08:18 PM • permalink

  3. It must be a time loop causing this virtually same story to appear again and again or, at least, some form of temporal distortion. Is paco or wronwright out there with the Tardis right now? Can you help end this vicious cycle, guys, can you? It must be getting worse because now the postings are coming just a day or so apart instead of the former weeks or days between such postings. At this rate the time-space continuum will see two, or even more, Science help us, postings of this nature in a row! For the love of Science help us! Help us!

    Posted by andycanuck on 2006 12 22 at 08:19 PM • permalink

  4. This is Chief Wiggum.

    Chashing a ...car of..some discription,travelling.. in some direction..suspect is…..a person with…...hair and has shoes…..on

    Pretzels,i repeat send Pretzels

    Posted by sparrow on 2006 12 22 at 08:38 PM • permalink

  5. Charge them with obstructing police.

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2006 12 22 at 08:41 PM • permalink

  6. with a stocky build

    What’s with the sketch, he looks emaciated, let alone non-Mediterranean/Middle Eastern looking.

    Posted by spyder on 2006 12 22 at 09:07 PM • permalink

  7. If they were into that Christiany thing at all, one imagines a Christmas holiday creche decorating the office with animals and empty costumes.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 12 22 at 09:10 PM • permalink

  8. Let me try again:  one imagines a Christmas holiday creche with animals and empty costumes decorating the office.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 12 22 at 09:12 PM • permalink

  9. I demand they stop this rampant sexism!! Its all a plot to bring us males into disrepute, we the poor suffering weaker sex, who are hugely overrepresented in stories linked to rape, muder, arson, fraud, assault and DUI.
    It shatters the poor self esteem of all men struggling to make their way in a world which cruely stgmatises them as aggressive yobs who do all their thinking below the belt.
    /confused lefty off.

    In line with thier policy on not revealing any ethnicity how do they justify even giving out the sex?

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 12 22 at 09:25 PM • permalink

  10. I wasn’t sure what a “singlet” was, so I googled it. Wikipedia defines it thusly: “In theoretical physics, a singlet usually refers to a one-dimensional representation (e.g. a particle with vanishing spin).” Well, no wonder he was a man of no appearance, thought I. But I suspected maybe that was the wrong connotation, so I re-googled, and saw something that suggested a professional wrestling outfit. So, the guy wore pomaded hair and was turned out like Chief Wahoo McDaniel. Perhaps the police figured that was more than enough for a positive ID.

    Posted by paco on 2006 12 22 at 09:36 PM • permalink

  11. # 10 - paco, a singlet is traditional aussie wear, local hero Chesty Bond wore them throughout the 20th century.  (He fought for strewth, justice and cotton underwear in every aussie home).  The singlet was later adopted as the uniform of truckies, (long distance truck drivers), and was part of a uniform ensemble of blue singlet, stubbies shorts and work-cover approved thongs.  Truckies are certainly not known for their professional wrestling prowess!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2006 12 22 at 09:45 PM • permalink

  12. #11: An interesting bit of cultural history, Surfmaster, many thanks.

    Hmmm - “blue singlet, stubbies shorts and work-cover approved thongs.” And you say truckers dress like this? You’re not talking about in the privacy of their own homes, you’re talking about in public? Interesting. Very interesting, indeed.

    Posted by paco on 2006 12 22 at 09:56 PM • permalink

  13. In Redneck-American, we call that a “wife-beater”.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 12 22 at 09:58 PM • permalink

  14. #13: In Redneck-American, we call that a “wife-beater”.

    Oohhhh, now I gotcha! Yeah, I know what those are.

    Posted by paco on 2006 12 22 at 10:10 PM • permalink

  15. #9, I completely agree.  A tenured sinecure at Anywhere U in Humanities to you, my fine fellow traveler!

    Clearly, it should be a PERSON of no appearance.

    Paco, I thought a singlet was a single….er, maritally challenged person.

    Posted by Patricia on 2006 12 22 at 10:20 PM • permalink

  16. #8 RebeccaH

    Hvae you strated the Crhsmtas ibmibnig erlay?

    me too

    Posted by kae on 2006 12 22 at 10:26 PM • permalink

  17. Singlet.
    Also part of the shearer’s uniform… oh OK, almost any australian bloke’s uniform. Shearer. (I think that the shearer’s singlet is called a Jackie Howe after it’s inventor.)

    Posted by kae on 2006 12 22 at 10:32 PM • permalink

  18. #16, kae, right now I’ve only indulged in Tennessee-made Snickers fudge.  The imbibulations are forecast for Christmas Eve, and I anticipate much smiling and carefully formed words.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 12 22 at 10:36 PM • permalink

  19. No wonder the SMH has nothing to go on ... has he stolen their tiolets too?

    Does the SMH receive non-appearance money?

    Posted by egg_ on 2006 12 22 at 11:02 PM • permalink

  20. <strike>tiolets</strike> toilets (correction for the anal types)

    Posted by egg_ on 2006 12 22 at 11:15 PM • permalink

  21. You know, if enough of the citizenry was to get motivated in changing the behavior of these calumnists then that behavior would be changed.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 12 22 at 11:26 PM • permalink

  22. Oh, and for an attempt at clearification, I dont mean just all y’all furriners. We need to get about doing it over here in the US too.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 12 22 at 11:27 PM • permalink

  23. #13 & #14 Do you mean a Gino shirt?

    Posted by andycanuck on 2006 12 22 at 11:44 PM • permalink

  24. Anybody else read Adele Horin’s column in today’s SMH?

    She tells us that there’s “nothing more aggravating than nostalgic baby boomers who think the pinnacle of the good life was reached circa 1971”. Then goes on to say how much better university was back in the 70s. (And fails to understand that students today are different to the ones then and - surprisingly - have different priorities)

    What a clueless old woman.

    Posted by Ian Deans on 2006 12 22 at 11:57 PM • permalink

  25. “one-dimensional representation”
    “imbibulations”
    “calumnists”

    Holy dictionaries and conceptualizations Batman!  That’s just too much for a Yojimbo on one thread.  I have to sit for awhile.

    Granted I’m slow but just how do you do a one-dimensional representation!?  Is that on the X-axis ONLY?  Or the Y-axis ONLY?
    Even Herbert Marcuse is spinning in his grave on that one.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 12 23 at 12:31 AM • permalink

  26. I did mention that I am slow didn’t I?

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 12 23 at 12:40 AM • permalink

  27. No, but you are missing the point of it.

    Cheers

    Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2006 12 23 at 12:58 AM • permalink

  28. Casper the Ghost is striking fear into the hearts of Sydney, much like the Joker over Gotham.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 12 23 at 01:08 AM • permalink

  29. #25, yojimbo:

    Granted I’m slow but just how do you do a one-dimensional representation!?  Is that on the X-axis ONLY?  Or the Y-axis ONLY?

    If I understand the process correctly it works like this:

    The fact that it works equally well on either axis, independent of the other axis is proof that it is a universal constant.

    You can miss low or wide left and still maintain the exact same degree of accuracy in absolute minutes of arc.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 12 23 at 02:11 AM • permalink

  30. # 29 - say what?  I think I might head off for a cup of tea and a nice lay down.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2006 12 23 at 02:18 AM • permalink

  31. Slightly off topic, but have a look at an old moonbat who is back in the media.moonbat link

    Posted by surfmaster on 2006 12 23 at 02:29 AM • permalink

  32. #31 - David irving has a friend called Friday?

    Posted by blogstrop on 2006 12 23 at 03:38 AM • permalink

  33. Back on topic: nothing the Sydney Muftiing Herald does surprises me any more.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2006 12 23 at 03:41 AM • permalink

  34. That should read, “Police partially describe him as… ”

    Posted by anthony_r on 2006 12 23 at 04:58 AM • permalink

  35. #13 RebeccaH, I thought wife-beaters were white singlets, not blue?

    Posted by anthony_r on 2006 12 23 at 05:01 AM • permalink

  36. “Three bipedal lifeforms with human coloured hair and a human variety of skin, genders definitely consistent with human beings, were seen fleeing the scene. The police have called for calm, emphasising that the descriptions of actual humans derives from eye-witness accounts but that it would not be appropriate to cast aspersions on other human beings known to frequent the vicinity.”

    Chairorganism for the Protection of Ethnic Rights, Margot Hudson, said “It is irresponsible for the media to label these perpetrators as humans when research suggests they stem from a broad strata of the animal kingdom.”

    Gaia Apsotate, Al Fisk said it was time to stop singling out the animal kingdom when landslides and earthquakes contributed to statistically more assaults on persons per year.

    Cindy Monbiot, however, has challenged this assumption. “I condemn the bigoted attacks on innocent earthquakes and landslides, which have only occurred because of the destructive actions of successful capitalist white men from Western backgrounds.”

    All concurred with Ms Monbiot’s analysis.

    Posted by Dminor on 2006 12 23 at 07:16 AM • permalink

  37. There ya go Dminor!

    slandering bipeds and sluring hair color and skin with that nasty “h” word.

    On the behalf of multifeeturalism, and colors and skin everywhere, I condiment you!

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 12 23 at 09:00 AM • permalink

  38. #35, you are correct, wife-beaters are white.  However, at one time, men’s underpants were all white too.  Now they’re every color and cut of the spectrum.  Why not wife-beaters?  It’s the Age of Style, doncha know.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 12 23 at 10:49 AM • permalink

  39. #29: You can miss low or wide left and still maintain the exact same degree of accuracy in absolute minutes of arc.

    Warning, Grimmy! There are folks here who will look on that remark as an invitation to discuss cricket.

    Posted by paco on 2006 12 23 at 11:35 AM • permalink

  40. #29,Grimmy

    “Well, there you go again!”  You went all mathy on me. I should have prefaced my question with"from a Yojimbo common sense and in the ordinary language meaning of the term.”

    At the risk of missing the point again.  The reference was to a particle.

    A particle is matter.
    Matter has form.
    Form is multi-dimensional.  It must exist on the x,y and z planes at a minimum(no string theory please!) I did say I was slow!

    Cricket…Paco…cricket
    What is this “cricket” you speak of?
    Some ancient ritual?
    Some Aussie internet site perhaps?

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 12 23 at 01:54 PM • permalink

  41. Er, I shouild have said at the risk of my missing the point again.  Sorry.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2006 12 23 at 02:38 PM • permalink

  42. A bunch of google-imaging later and I find y’all are talking about tank tops?!

    Posted by Achillea on 2006 12 23 at 06:42 PM • permalink

  43. Achillea, no, singlets.
    Only girls wear “tank tops”.

    Posted by kae on 2006 12 23 at 06:48 PM • permalink

  44. #40 Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 12 23 at 07:45 PM • permalink

  45. #44 MentalFloss. Mmmm, OK. But I’m watching you…

    Posted by Dminor on 2006 12 23 at 08:09 PM • permalink

  46. MentalFloss: My dear fellow. How’s the back? I hope you are well and truly advanced down the road to recovery?

    Posted by paco on 2006 12 23 at 09:27 PM • permalink

  47. 46. So kind of you to ask. Answer: No.

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 12 23 at 11:23 PM • permalink

  48. Can someone tell me what on earth string theory is? Please?

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 12 24 at 12:43 AM • permalink

  49. Accents described, bro.

    Posted by anthony_r on 2006 12 24 at 12:45 AM • permalink

  50. #48 Cetainly not in eight words or less.

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 12 24 at 03:55 AM • permalink

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