Posted on 11/04/2009 2:38:29 PM PST by Steelfish
Bricklayer Shows Up At His Own Funeral in Brazil
59-year-old shocks mourners who believed they were burying crash victim
Nov. 4, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.
Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said.
As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day, which happened to be the holiday of Finados, when Brazilians visit cemeteries to honor the dead.
What family members didn't know was that Goncalves had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks of a sugarcane liquor known as cachaca, his niece Rosa Sampaio told the O Globo newspaper. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.
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Was his family glad to see him or were they disappointed?
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to show up at my funeral. (Alive).
“A Brazilian bricklayer...”
They are an unpredictable and erratic bunch.
It’s a masonic conspiracy!
LOL! Almost any South American bricklayer?
bricklayers in general.
Hold muh cachaca PING
How long does it take to lay a brazillion bricks?
I’ve always wanted to do that!
Shades of Tom Sawyer...
I have a friend in his 50s who has worked in all phases of construction over they years. For some reason, his...saltier..stories were always about the bricklayers. I told him every time I see a brick wall now, I have to laugh.
Man I would screw with so many people in that situation. A little flour on the face, a little tap-tap-tap and my nose against the window here and there at 2 am, a couple of raspy phone calls...
“How long does it take to lay a brazillion bricks?”
longer then it takes obama to spend a gazillion dollars.
“I told him every time I see a brick wall now, I have to laugh.”
that’s usually the case.
Ah.
An hour.
Thanks.
“An hour.”
if that.
On the weekends.
At 3 am.
Best pic post of the day!
Hmm, would be interesting to learn which relatives could barely wait till I reached room temperature before claiming the spoils...
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