Woman Lives In Man’s Closet, Without Him Knowing
THE BBC reports that a woman has been arrested in Japan for sneaking into a man’s house and living in his “closet” without him knowing.
Tatsuko Horikawa, 58, was discovered living in a small storage space in the house in the southern city of Fukuoka.
The house owner to a 57-year-old man, who had become suspicious after food disappeared from his fridge. He installed a surveillance system, which filmed the woman as she walked about the place.
Yes, we know, it’s an outrage. The world “closet” on the BBC, when cupboard, a perfectly good British word is freely available. There will be letters, and before long we’ll be using other Americanisms like commuter, seafood, living room, war on terror and says “skedule”.
“She told police that she had nowhere to live,” the French news agency AFP quotes a local police spokesman as saying. “She seems to have lived there for about a year, but not all the time.”
In a cupboard…
Posted: 30th, May 2008 | In: Strange But True Comments (7) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Makes a change from hearing about them living in a man’s body!
May 31st, 2008 at 6:36 am
‘become suspicious after food disappeared from his fridge’
What finally convinced him there was a woman illicitly living in his apartment, however, was the position of the toilet seat !!!
May 30th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
..nice one Yampster - that fair made me chuckle!!!
May 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Fukuoka eh? You’ve made that up.
If Karaoka means ‘empty orchestra’ Is Fukuoka an empty threat?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
all the dribbling and gasping? and the explosion when C&C found one of us in GC’s bed…..
May 30th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
ah, but could you contain yourself (sorry!) in his presence…?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
wonder if George Clooney (back on the market again) would notice me in his closet?
