Pam Babcock on toilet for 2 years
- Filed under: Social Life
- Date: Mar 13,2008
Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend’s bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet — so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.
Police declined to release the couple’s names, but the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, agreed to be interviewed Wednesday by the Associated Press. He identified his girlfriend as Pam Babcock.
McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out.
“And her reply would be, ‘Maybe tomorrow,’ ” Whipple said. “According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom.”
McFarren told the Associated Press that it was solely Babcock’s choice to remain in the bathroom.
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Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called “Shrove Tuesday” or “Pancake Day”. Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival, though the term is often used incorrectly to describe the days and weeks preceding Fat Tuesday. Carnival begins 12 days after Christmas, or Twelfth Night, on January 6 and ends on Mardi Gras, which always falls exactly 47 days before Easter. Perhaps the cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans, Louisiana; Venice, Italy; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well. Carnival is an important celebration in most of Europe, except in the United Kingdom where pancakes are the tradition, and also in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. 
The tradition of Lundi Gras (in French, Fat Monday) began in New Orleans in 1874, 18 years after the beginning of modern Carnival celebrations in North America. In that year, Rex, The King of Carnival (also known as The Merry Monarch) chose to have a grand arrival in New Orleans from the Mississippi River. With the School of Design (now known as the Rex Organization) as his court, the King of Carnival made his entrance on the deck of an opulently-decorated paddlewheeler. Once on dry land, Rex and his royal court were placed in carriages and driven through the streets to City Hall. Therein, the mayor and various city officials would present The Merry Monarch with the keys to the city and proclaim the rule of Rex in this mystical and temporary realm of Carnival. Typically, the proclamation decreed the beginning of Mardi Gras and Rex’s reign at sunrise the following morning. Lundi Gras was a success, and quickly became a treasured part of the Carnival celebrations which was unique to New Orleans; no other country or parishes observed the Monday before Shrovetide. Lundi Gras continued as a thriving holiday until World War I stopped Carnival in New Orleans. When the parades again returned to the streets some two years later, the observance of Lundi Gras had fallen by the wayside, a seeming casualty of ‘the war to end all wars.’ 
