Life Imitating Art, With Tragic Consequences

[hc4361]

I watched Off Their Rockers on Sunday and found it amusing when an old chap escaped a retirement home by climbing out the window and scaling down the wall using bedsheets as a rope.

It didn't work for this old chap:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2616625/Frenchman-85-dies-escaping-retirement-home-bed-sheets-hed-tied-climb-second-floor-window-came-apart.html

[joggerjayne]

You see, knowing a few simple knots and bends is a good life skill.

Literally, in this case!

[Mamyalynne]

Poor soul!

[Old_Geezer]

"Officials said an investigation had been launched to discover why the man wanted to flee the home based at the hospital Durécu-Lavoisier."

I should think so too. Sounds like the old are not allowed personal preference or to be asked if they agree with what others are doing to them.