April 30, 2008
Missing Santa Cruz Teen Found "Gorked"
Young whippersnapper, Santa Cruz resident 18-year-old Matthew Rosenberg, called his mom on Monday to tell her he had "tripped, broke his leg and was lost" in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He was half right. What he didn't tell her was that he was also bombed out of his mind on hallucinogenic mushrooms and a wee bit of acid. Oh yeah, and that he didn't break his leg.
An expensive rescue effort ensued, and Rosenberg was found safe and...very happy. According to Fire Captain Bill Finch:
"He was really gorked," Finch said of Rosenberg's condition when rescuers found him standing near a rock at the bottom of a ravine - more amused and bewildered than safe and sound. "He wasn't normal. He was like one of those guys who's been drinking a lot and starts saying, 'I love ya, man.'"
No criminal charges will be filed against the Los Gatos High School senior, but the kid's father tells ABC 7 that "he probably won't get to use the car for a while."
| Advertisement: SFist Continues Below!
Post a comment (Comment Policy)
Oh man, this kid is gonna get so much sh*t at school for this. HAHAHA
"Gorked"? What is that? The hip lingo of today's youth?
clearly, you're too gorked to know what it means.
GORKED!
"God Only Really Knows"
http://semanticcompositions.typepad.com/index/2004/06/gorked.html
from the comments:
I can attest that this term was current in the '60s when I was doing my medical training. I was told then, on no particular authority, that it arose as an acronym for "God only really knows," the typical response by house staff when asked what was causing a (typically elderly) patient's profound unresponsiveness.
I am here to help - H_Q_L
It's fun to be gorked when you get porked.
Thanks, H_Q_L.
I don't think he's a Santa Cruz resident, unless he was faking his address to attend LGHS.
Gorked!
My dog gets gorked all the time. He's so much more fun to be around then.
I'm totally slipping "gorked" into any conversation I have from now on.
"won't get to use the car for a while."
Really? The kid can trip out all he wants for all I care, but when you're stupid stoned ass calls to report yourself lost and injured and an expensive search ensues on the city's dime, there should be some sort of real punishment.
narc.
I think his punishment should be extreme. He should have to spend 24 hours watching Dancing With the Stars.
He definetly sounds like a candidate for the ole' " I was tripping out and went to the beach and saw God ! " line.