"Alofa Time" is one of the greatest names ever.

Yep. Theresa Time is not bad either.

Too bad nobody acted to save Theresa N. Time.

I really want to know how to pronounce "Alofa," so I can know whether it is more appropriate to say, "You can fool some of the people, Alofa Time," or whether it is better to wax poetic about "Alofa Time, a jug of wine, and thy wife's severed head."

What's that in the road a head?

Officer: What's this? It came out of your car . . .

Alofa: That's not mine!

She should have been named Rosemary N. Time.

Good one, GB!

Theresa Time to sow.
Theresa Time to reap.
Theresa Time to live.
Theresa Time to have your fucking head cut off by your husband.

Listen, is there a chance this story is a hoax? I mean come on, "alofa time" and "theresa time"? I think somebody from Boise is making prank calls to the AP.

Jeremy, why must you be such a Doubting Thomas?

Alofa's son, Justin, had left the house moments prior to his father's rampage.

"Anyway, we're approachin' the wreck, and there's a spherical object a-restin' on the highway ... and it don't look like a piece a the car ..."

I can't believe the human race has deteriorated to the point of husbands severing wives heads and onlookers or others making fun of the deceased and the whole situation!!! Sad!!!!

When was this golden age of which you speak when humans refrained from visiting unspeakable crimes upon each other and laughing at the misfortunes of others?

Also, to be clear, none of us here are happy or think it's funny that someone cut off his wife's head, but it is odd, and perversely humorous, that it was found at the scene of a car crash.

To be fair, "only human" does not mention a Golden Age when things were otherwise. His/her usage "deteriorated" implies that s/he believes in such a Golden Age; but I think there is a reading of his/her comment which does not require its existence. Viz., s/he could be speaking of a metaphysical, universal deterioration -- a falling away from a Platonic ideal which is however not posited as actually ever existing -- and saying s/he cannot believe how strongly the actual human race fails to live up to this ideal. "O tempora, o mores!" I think can be cried without any necessary allusion to the good old days.

"O tempora, o mores!" I think can be cried

Unless your head has been cut off.

Yeah that would make it more difficult.

If TMK's head were cut off, I just might cry "Go tempora! Go mores!"

If his head were cut off in a Japanese restaurant, resulting in blood spurting all over the food, I might cry "O tempura, o morays!"

Very nice, M/tch.

Why thank you.

Unless you were being sarcastic, in which case: fuck you, you tool!!!

First of all... Time isn't pronounced like the clock measurement... It's pronounced Tee-may!!

Second of all... I personally knew this woman and she was my best friend's aunt!!

Finally to all you idiots who make fun of this poor woman's fate to her ex-husband's domestic abuse.. I have only this to say... May GOD forgive you for your lack of judgement!!! I find none of this funny... You better pray that your wife, daughter, sister, or even your mother doesn't suffer this terrible fate. If she does... will you find any of this funny?? I highly doubt it!!

Thank you bgwill.

I was reading through it all and couldn't believe what I was reading!

I personally know Theresa's sister as she is a very close friend of my family.

Reading the cruel comments just broke my heart and although I've always known it... it made me realise even more how much of a cruel world we live in.

However, Theresa is now at peace.

She was not a good person and she knew what kind of games to play with people and alofa, i'm a person that had personal experiences with her and i won't miss her threatening phone calls and her psychotic thoughts.

There will always be two sides to a story, but one thing for sure is that Theresa did not deserve to die the way she did. It is so sad to see that some people after reading their comments are so incosiderate, it makes us wonder whether they are human beings. Our hearts go out to Theresa's three sons. May God be with you always.

bgwill is right. The name "Time" is not pronounced like the word.

I've found an audio file of the correct pronunciation here.

I know this woman also she is going to be my aunt in law this fall but she will be in my heart.. she is very lovely person so ya all enough with this sick joke u guys dont have any heart! your guys are so gross! you are making her family very pissed off..you dont know her family so good luck to ya all who talking sick shit joke about her..

You're evil, GB, evil.

Funny as hell too of course.

to katsinanottotheresa ... you know something, she may have been what you say she is... but no person deserves what happened to her. your personal "experiences" with her don't justify death... a violent and horrific death at that. and as for playing "games" with alofa... please! he has a history of abuse w/ his previous wife as well as other girlfriends... was it their fault too? did they allll play games with him? did alofa do no wrong? i don't wish death on anyone, but have it be one of your "psychotic" loved ones and see if you feel any different.

Apostropher: Where the bereaved meet to grieve.

I live to serve.

i cant belive what i am reading....all of you making fun of her murder are sick bastards. She was my friernds mother. did you ever think that maybe he children would read this shit. fuck all of you who run you mouth and think its fucking funny. i would never wish this on anyone but hell try to think how this feels for her children. dont just run your mouth like middle schoolers and make fun of things that arent funny in the least have some respect

all of you making fun of her murder are sick bastards.

Well, of course we're sick bastards. However (and this is an important point), we are sick bastards who use proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

apo, how do people find these old threads?

Are they just googling "alofa time" or "parsis rule persians drool" or something?

"Old thread" is a peculiar description of this one, which is going on 2 weeks. It is not on 'Postropher's phront page; but I do not suspect Kawena ("Carena" with a Porky Pig voice?), wow, Haylee, moronz, katsinanottotheresa, bgwill, or aje of being regular readers of this blog.

Kawena Kawena,
Whew you been so wong?
Kawena Kawena,
Whew you been so wong?
Been wooween 'bout you baby
Dawlin' please come home.

Are they just googling

That's my guess. Hey, look! Alofa has his own Wikipedia entry now.

...sick bastards who use proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

I think this is a better tagline than "Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit".

Clownæsthesiologist, that made me laugh so hard that I sneezed!

It's the Japanese Alofa Time! (kind of)

seriously all you people who make fun of the death of this poor woman are sad little people. this lady was the mother of a personal friend of mine. and i wish God will have pitty on all your souls for this. probaly all of you are pasty fat bastaeds who the closest you have ever been to a woman is either waiting in line at blockbuster or the hooker you hire to take your virginty away at 35. oh and i could give 2 shits and a fuck about proper spelling and grammar. i hope all of you suffer a worse fate than this sweet woman did. goodnight and fuck off assholes

i could give 2 shits and a fuck about proper spelling and grammar

Yes, that's apparent.

goodnight and fuck off assholes

Now that's just mean.

Actually, M/tch, in light of the steady stream of subliteracy that has appeared, I'd like to change my guess from google to somebody linking here from a myspace page.

So I've been wondering, is apostropharianism objectively pro-decapitation?

And GB, that article you linked is weird. It refers to the woman's body, and to the man being charged with assault and with abandoning her body, but it never comes right out and says whether she's dead, and if so if they're charging the man with murder.

Japan: so inscrutable.

is apostropharianism objectively pro-decapitation?

Yeah, I guess so.

...and then there's this guy, who tried to cut his wife's head off after the car crash. Those wacky Brits!

That Wikipedia article is AOTW insane.

Alofa Time's unusual name has raised speculation about whether he is an illegal immigrant, and his act of beheading has raised speculation about whether he is, or was influenced by, an Islamic extremist. News reports contain no information about either of these points.

Doesn't that translate into, "People, on the basis of absolutely no evidence, used this tragedy to rant about Islamic extremism and illegal immigration, because they're EVERYWHERE"?

I think these people need to pick up the pieces and get on with their lives.

I can't believe I'm getting away with that one.

I know I am a little late commenting on this old story but, I must address Drift_This and others like him or her.
I am a woman, I am almost 40 years old and have several long term relationships but never married, you know why? No one is good enough for me, HOWEVER all of my boyfriends were WONDERFUL people and not ONE would ever even THINK of hitting a woman. You make choices in life; deal with the consequences. I think this whole "battered wife syndrome" is just as pathetic as anorexia. GET A LIFE all you LOSER WOMEN!

I'm sorry, for the grieving families. They are the victims of abuse..please, neither sides of the families need to add to the abuse. I know first hand , about this man. Unfortunately, Theresa was the victim. No matter, what kind of person you were, abuse in anyway is abuse.We all may have that right to our opinions, but, keep in mind the children. We need to find in our hearts to help the children..they too, are the victims. Please, stop hating, and be a part of the solution. May God, be w/ my nephew...We love all of you..
lol, Ann