Depths of Despair

Officials in Padina Mica, Romania, aren’t sure what to do about Cornel Pasat, 41. After his girlfriend left him, he dug a 30-foot-deep hole in his front room and has been living in it since. Authorities didn’t find out about it for a year because his relatives were supplying him food and water, and hauling out his waste in a bucket. “His family said this is the fourth hole he has dug,” says County Mehedinti police chief Marcu Marian.”I don’t know what we can do to persuade him to come out.” (PA) ...Easy: stop hauling out the buckets.