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Crying fucking shame. It really is.

He was great in Brokeback Mountain and it looks like he might end up being the definitive Joker, who knows what he could have done given time.

It sounds like this wasn’t suicide, which in a strange way makes it even sadder that he’s dead.

Lesley North spent the night trapped in her car after trying to drive across a flooded road.

Now, I’d suggest you read the article I linked to, as in that she seems to be a relatively normal if slightly unlucky individual. Well I can conclusively confirm that she’s not. She’s just been on the local news and she’s putting her miraculous rescue down to God and boy does she have some convincing arguments that it was down to him.

It’s such a strange and dare I say it strange interview that I’ve had to transcribe it. Here’s the first bit.

I honestly thought that was it, I’m going to die and from the word go I started praying. Please rescue me, rescue the car, because I’m a student I’ve got no money. But you know I do believe God was there because he kept me calm.

What? Where does the student bit come into it? Why did she feel she had to mention that? Weird, anyway she continues.

I just did what I knew was right which was pray and ended up singing my favourite hymns, choruses, stuff that I hadn’t sung for years with words that mean a lot to me and I believe it was God that got me through and he certainly sent someone who doesn’t normally go that way to find me in the morning.

Why did he wait until the morning? Was he enjoying her hymns too much? Did he think she deserved a night in the car as punishment for being a student? Who knows, forget that though let’s get to the best bit when’s she was asked if her faith had been strengthened.

Absolutely convinced God’s there because the lady would never have gone that way and she did and out of all the other cars why didn’t any of them see me but she did? No, definitely God had a big hand in that he wants me alive , I don’t know what for but he wants me alive for something and in all this, it’s him definitely.

I’d like to get this straight, God in his infinite love and compassion decided to wash this women’s car away in a flood, then make her spend a night in the freezing cold, before finally sending another lady in a car to phone the police to get her out. What’s more he did this to prove to her that she had a purpose? What purpose? Really, I mean come on, what?

The only alternative is that Ms Lesley North is a 45 year old student that’s little bit on the odd side.