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To: Scoutmaster

Didn’t they attach a bell to coffins in some countries in the late 1800’s? Seems like I remember that.


11 posted on 09/27/2014 3:37:51 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Yes. There are many varieties of safety coffins.
14 posted on 09/27/2014 3:40:47 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yeah. And they’d have people waiting in the cemetery to listen for bells. That’s apparently the origin of the phrase, “Graveyard shift”.


26 posted on 09/27/2014 4:03:23 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Power always thinks.. that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. -John Adams)
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