Mr Whipple Recommends Charges In Strange Toilet Seat Caper

And yes, the sheriff's name in this case is actually Mr Whipple, who many of the youngin's out there may not be aware was the name of the "Please Don't Squeeze The Charmin" toilet paper spokesman and an original commercial icon for many years during the 70's and 80's . As they say sometimes the truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

I along with millions of others blogged about this strange case yesterday, and it now appears that it is turning into a criminal investigation after an obviously troubled and/or terribly abused woman spent the past 2 years in her "loving" boyfriend's bathroom parked on the toilet seat before the caring man finally decided there just might be something a little bit wrong, and finally called up the local authorities who had to bring the poor woman to the nearest hospital in order to have the toilet seat surgically removed from her backside that literally had grown into one after such a long unimaginable trip to the can.

I'm certainly glad the very bright local authorities realized after a day or so of brain storming that there might be something a little bit fishy here after the boyfriend incredulously maintained that his girlfriend was entirely happy sitting there on the toilet for two years, and he basically found nothing wrong with her commode fixation until recently when the other commode apparently became unusable after he disabled it by having been so completely full of sh** while using it.

Gee, I myself have to wonder what else may have alerted this Einstein to the problem that his significant other was obviously sadly embroiled in?

Then again one would think after the woman's friends and family were calling on her for the past two years or so and being met with that same old tired excuse from Einstein "that she was still tied up in the bathroom" would have been met with a little bit of skepticism somewhere along the line by someone.

Can you say Jerry Springer 2 hour Easter episode? I knew you could.

Sheriff recommends charging boyfriend in toilet case:

www.kansascity.com | 03/13/2008 | NESS CITY, Kan. | The sheriff is recommending charges in the case of a western Kansas woman who sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for so long that her body became stuck to the seat.

Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said Thursday he asked the county attorney to file charges against Kory McFarren for mistreatment of a dependent adult. The county attorney will decide whether any charges are brought.

News about the case made Internet headlines around the world and left many of the town’s roughly 1,500 people incredulous.

“The unfortunate thing is this truly is a case of two people, in my opinion, with diminished mental capacity,” Whipple said.

McFarren did not answer his door Thursday, but later called The Associated Press and said he was done giving media interviews. He said he had done nothing wrong.

“The only thing I am guilty of is I didn’t get her help sooner,” he said.

On Wednesday, McFarren said his girlfriend, Pam Babcock, 35, had a phobia about leaving the bathroom.

Whipple was the second law enforcement officer to respond to the mobile home where McFarren and Babcock were living. Whipple, who described Babcock as a “thin, petite woman,” used a pry bar to take the seat off the toilet so the woman could be transported to the hospital where the seat was removed.

“The house was cluttered but not in shambles,” he said. “The smell was overpowering — a terrible smell about the house, obviously coming from where she was at.”

McFarren, 36, told the sheriff at that time that Babcock had not left the bathroom in two years, although McFarren now contends he’s unsure how long she was in there. Whipple said Thursday that judging by the woman’s condition — she had open sores on which the toilet seat would stick — it appeared she likely sat on the toilet continually for at least a month.

“She would have to be sleeping on the toilet,” the sheriff said.

McFarren said she moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into clothes he brought her. He brought food and water to her. They had conversations and an otherwise normal relationship — except it all happened in the bathroom.

But the sheriff disputed that account: “She hadn’t bathed for quite some time, I am safe in saying. She obviously was not keeping herself up.”

McFarren said he finally called police Feb. 27 after he became worried because Babcock was acting groggy, as if she didn’t know what was going on around her.

What emergency responders found when they entered the bathroom has left many in the town of about 1,500 people buzzing and authorities incredulous.

Doctors at the Wichita hospital where Babcock is hospitalized told the boyfriend an infection in her legs has damaged her nerves and may leave her in a wheelchair, he said.

McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together. He insisted that he tried to coax her out of the bathroom every day.

“And her reply would be, ‘Maybe tomorrow,’ ” Whipple said.

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