They may have assumed that the owner was among the dead.
Someone, I think Charlie, made a comment about the wheelchair's owner being "one of the lucky ones" or something like that.
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Lee - Jan 21, 2005 8:54:26 am PST #5287 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
beathen - Jan 21, 2005 8:57:16 am PST #5288 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Unless she was pre-pre-boarded so nobody ever saw her standing up
They always preboard people with small children and special needs. My assumption is that Kate would get on first so she can be cuffed to the seat (afterwhich she had her hands in her lap to draw as little attention as possible to herself). Then Locke with the wheelchair and then everyone else.
ChiKat - Jan 21, 2005 8:59:25 am PST #5289 of 10000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
The real question is, why does he get to be called by his last name
Jack calls him John.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2005 9:00:02 am PST #5290 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They always preboard people with small children and special needs.
I know. My point was that an average looking guy in a wheelchair isn't an odd enough sight to turn any heads, but a woman in handcuffs probably would have been. So I wonder where they hid her.
justkim - Jan 21, 2005 9:01:04 am PST #5291 of 10000
Another social casualty...
I thought of all those things too. I still find it odd that not one person noticed him. Maybe it is all Walt. He seems like the observant type.
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flea - Jan 21, 2005 9:09:39 am PST #5292 of 10000
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I don't know a lot about philosophy, and I'm late to the thread so maybe this has been discussed, but has anything been made of the fact that his name is John Locke?
DXMachina - Jan 21, 2005 9:09:39 am PST #5293 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The real question is, why does he get to be called by his last name
They all call Sawyer by his last name, too. It could also be the way they introduced themselves to the other passengers.
Is Hurley a last name or a nickname?
JZ - Jan 21, 2005 9:10:56 am PST #5294 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hurley's a nickname. IIRC, his actual last name is Garcia.
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Also:
My real world answer to this would be that a lot of people don't tend to see a person in a wheelchair, they see the wheelchair.
Yup, this. Not extremely nice, but extremely likely.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2005 9:11:11 am PST #5295 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hurley's a nickname. His real name is Hugo Reyes.
Do we know for sure that Sawyer is his last name? Since it's fake, it could be either.
[edit:
IIRC, his actual last name is Garcia.
That's the actor's last name.]
DXMachina - Jan 21, 2005 9:11:51 am PST #5296 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
has anything been made of the fact that his name is John Locke?
There was a mention of it up thread, along with Rousseau.