Bizzarre Little Thing

Zillah

Light hearted puzzle that a friend of mine of mine has run into, and for the life of me I can't come up with an explanation that sounds plausible.

Ok, basically, he works at a multistory carpark. He sits at the gate on the way out and raises the barrier when cars are leaving. He also cleans up around the place, including the stairwells.

Now, here's where it gets odd. He's noticed that over the last few weeks, at the top floor of the little used stairwell at the back, that there is repeatidly one, sometimes two, opened, but uneaten bars of cadbury's turkish delight sitting on the ground. Sometimes its broken into squares, sometimes its in one piece. Always turkish delight, always uneaten. This has happened dozens of times over the last couple of months. He always finds it when he arrives in the morning, so whoever is putting it there must either be doing it late at night (near 12) or really early in the morning, before he comes in.

I just can't imagine who would do that or why, aside from some total lunatic.

patrickolee

They're (mad and) looking for the 'golden ticket' ? Any cctv?

Alter-Ego

Its time for a stakeout(sp?) methinks.

They should do it with something that actually tastes nice.

Guy:Incognito

The who is Junkies.

The why is because they use the foil to burn their heroin on.


The chocolate doesnt really interest them. Probably because it cant be injected.

Zillah

Stekelly wrote:

The who is Junkies.

The why is because they use the foil to burn their heroin on.


The chocolate doesnt really interest them. Probably because it cant be injected.

GENIUS!!!

Why always turkish delight?

He should leave a note saying:

"Thanks for all the Turkish Delights, but can you leave some kinder eggs next time?"

patrickolee

Ahhhhh, you're probably right... excellent

Guy:Incognito

Zillah wrote:

GENIUS!!!

Why always turkish delight?

I'm guessing it offers the biggest single sheet of foil of all the bars. Used to get it all thje time in the back car park of a job I used to work in. You'd always know when the junkies had some extra money because there would be pretty much a full roll of tinfoil left lying around.

patrickolee

Wonder why they don't eat the chocolate though?

KdjaCL

Blame Kitkat tbh for going non foil.


Kinda odd 2 people who live in Dublin didnt know that, err actually it was a paranormal turkish delight fairy.



kdjac

Zillah

patrickolee wrote:

Wonder why they don't eat the chocolate though?

Because Turkish Delight is gross?

Guy:Incognito

It is truely vile stuff tbh (turkish delight) I'm guessing you dont get a ghankering for turkish delight when you out of your head on heroin.Plus they probably dont like turkish delight in the first place.

Faith

Stekelly wrote:

The who is Junkies.

The why is because they use the foil to burn their heroin on.


The chocolate doesnt really interest them. Probably because it cant be injected.

Clever!

Deleted User wrote:

He should leave a note saying:

"Thanks for all the Turkish Delights, but can you leave some kinder eggs next time?"

LMAO! That would be priceless.

patrickolee

KdjaCL wrote:

Kinda odd 2 people who live in Dublin didnt know that
kdjac

Sheltered existance I'm afraid, sorry... I rather like turkish delight

TerrorFirmer

But wouldn't it be be economical to just buy a big roll of tinfoil instead of paying the same for a few bars just to use the wrapper?

KdjaCL

HavoK wrote:

But wouldn't it be be economical to just buy a big roll of tinfoil instead of paying the same for a few bars just to use the wrapper?

Buy drugs...need foil ...get wasted...

There isnt any room left for picking up the foil and bringing it home for next time, mainly due to to the wasted part.


kdjac

Kiith

Economical?? Their Herion addicts!! :rolleyes:

scojones

Turkish delight is the nicest chocolate bar ever. You'll get some junkie coming up to you asking you where their heroin is next.

Lazare

HavoK wrote:

But wouldn't it be be economical to just buy a big roll of tinfoil instead of paying the same for a few bars just to use the wrapper?

A junkie with common sense. Oxymoron.


The whole explanation is a bit of a let down really, it would be great fun if it was just some crazy random bastard trying to fcuk your friends head up.

ferdi

i dont see how turkish delight offers the most/best tinfoil for drug purposes tbh, wouldnt in be the same wrapping as any of the cadburys bars?

when i read the OPs opening post i thought someone was playing an excellent mind fvck on your mate but given that its happening at night in an empty staiwell, it certainly has a junkie quality to it.

oh yeah, i quite like turkinsh delight actually.

TerrorFirmer

No, Turkish delight has a sort of foily inside that most bars don't have. I hate the stuff incidentally. Horrible.

InFront

I thought it was a very clever explanation actually, I'd never have guessed that. And to help my complete ignorance:D what exactly do heroin junkies do with the tinfoil?

Faith

Maybe the junkie realises that no normal people like Turkish Delights, and thus it's no great waste to leave one lying on the floor!

Nevyn

Turkish delight is cheap and the foil wrapping is very durible which makes it easier to melt the mix.

Either that or it is an offering to the parking gods.
The tin foil get used instead of a spoon to melt and mix the fix before it is sucked up into the syringe for injecting.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Heroincan.jpg/300px-Heroincan.jpg

Lazare

InFront wrote:

And to help my complete ignorance:D what exactly do heroin junkies do with the tinfoil?

I recall reading somewhere that they first get stoned, then tear the tinfoil into tiny strips and dress each others hair with it, whilst dancing to the BeeGees around broken bits of chocolate.

It's quite a sight.

badgerbadger

the turkish delight is just an impulse buy they go up to the counter to buy some heroin and see the turkish delight at the counter

monkeyfudge

I too have seen whole bars of chocolate about the place over the past few months.

I'm glad to finally have a conclusive answer.. of course the ones my mind conjured up were far more exciting.

slipss

Thaedydal wrote:

Turkish delight is cheap and the foil wrapping is very durible which makes it easier to melt the mix.

Either that or it is an offering to the parking gods.
The tin foil get used instead of a spoon to melt and mix the fix before it is sucked up into the syringe for injecting.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Heroincan.jpg/300px-Heroincan.jpg

Surely its more feasible that they are smoking the heroin with the foil as opposed to using it to cook up. Tin cans as shown in your link there are plentiful and much better for cooking up with than foil, or so I've heard.

dcarroll

the draconian measures in the proposed Criminal Justice Bill 2007 could see someone arrested for having items such as tinfoil or a bowl shown in the picture, i think?
maybe the junkies are just trying to stay a step ahead of mcdowell...geniuses

Nevyn

there are ways to bend and fold it to make it possible.

Blush_01

Turkish Delight, like the Caramello bar, have paper the entire way around the bar, and the foil is hidden inside it. The foil always seemed a little more intact on those bars. The advantage of Turkish over Caramello is that Turkish doesn't leak caramel onto the foil, I'd guess.

InFront

Kinda scary how much people know/ think about that! Although I presume heroin is one of those drugs that nobody really gets involved in, except homeless people and the like, would that be fair to say? I had a friend from South Africa who said it was quite a "middle class" drug where he came from, but that doesn't seem to be the case here at all.

Zillah

Thaedydal wrote:

Either that or it is an offering to the parking gods.

I honestly considered that

My other crazy idea was that maybe some guy's girlfriend had died there or something, and she loved Turkish Delight

Rhyme

Zillah wrote:

My other crazy idea was that maybe some guy's girlfriend had died there or something, and she loved Turkish Delight

Flowers or Turkish delight? Hmmmm.

My first thought was that it was a test and to pass it you were supposed to leave a related object in it's place... the final challenge would be a one-on-one cage wrestling match with Willy Wonka... or something.

1. I cannot for the life of me understand how you didn't know what was going on.

2.

But wouldn't it be be economical to just buy a big roll of tinfoil instead of paying the same for a few bars just to use the wrapper?

You don't actually think they buy the chocolate do you?

3. As posted above, the turkish delight wrapper is different to say a dairymilk, its a stronger less creased tin foil.

4. The foil is used for smoking heroin, not prep. for injection.

Noone has ever told me any of this information, nor has anyone ever confirmed it for me. I know this through sheer common sense. I can't believe how naieve this country is in 2007.

Zillah

Deleted User wrote:

1. I cannot for the life of me understand how you didn't know what was going on.

We don't all live on the street dear

Believe it or not, but I've had no contact with heroin users, nor do I wish to, nor have I spent any time pondering the technicalities of their habit.

Believe it or not, but I've had no contact with heroin users, nor do I wish to

Nor have I, but in the end common sense prevails.

monkeyfudge

Deleted User wrote:

Nor have I, but in the end common sense prevails.

Common sense really doesn't tell you that you need tinfoil in order to smoke heroin, you have to have acquired that information somehow, yes?

Boston

bunnykelly your common sense isn't that great. I was in a house a few months back after some junkies had occupied it for a while. The place had been full of little used tinfoil squares, it's definitely used for cooking up, what ever about smoking.

InFront it's very common in working class communities, and i think thats the reason it's not a middle class thing.

looksee

They got an entire box of Turkish Delight that fell off the back of a lorry and since it couldn't be sold because it is disgusting they bought it for a couple of euros.

sunzz

Fantastic thread

Ps: I LOVEEEEE turkish delight, I often even buy the big square bar, thats just full of turkish

monkeyfudge

Well Fry's Turkish Delight is nice.... Cadubury's isn't so good.

LillyVanilli

Fry's Turkish Delight is actually made by cadbury

sunzz

lol monkey

humanji

lynners wrote:

Fry's Turkish Delight is actually made by cadbury

It's a different recipe though (I saw it on the discovery channel, lol)

ChRoMe

InFront wrote:

Kinda scary how much people know/ think about that! Although I presume heroin is one of those drugs that nobody really gets involved in, except homeless people and the like, would that be fair to say? I had a friend from South Africa who said it was quite a "middle class" drug where he came from, but that doesn't seem to be the case here at all.

Its not as common but there are people who are heroin addicts that make a good wage and have a family. I know a guy who's been addicted to heroin for 20 years. He's one of the most inteligent people I know and runs his own business which employs 12 people. He gets up early in the morning and has a hit. Goes about his day (seeming perfectly cohearant and sober to the people he's in contact with). Comes home has dinner with his family and when his kids have gone to bed does another hit.

Im not saying that there is lots of people like this but one lesson I've learned in life is that you never know what goes on behind closed doors.

The desire to take mind altering substances is not dictated by social standing.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I'm going to have to agree... Turkish Delight rocks!

cornbb

Another ++ for Turkish Delight. Mmm. I'll have a few squares of that for dessert after I shoot up at lunchtime.

Zillah

Deleted User wrote:

Nor have I, but in the end common sense prevails.

Uh huh. And you have some sort of magic common sense that can conjure information out of no where? Unless you know something about how to take heroin it is impossible to use any amount of "common sense" to learn how its taken.

InFront

ChRoMe wrote:

The desire to take mind altering substances is not dictated by social standing.

No, of course not, didn't mean to give that impression. I'm sure that using heroin is the reason many of them are homeless, not the other way around.