[BenLurkin]

Another one? There was a story like this about half a year ago IIRC.

[martin_fierro]

He's Finnished, all right.

[Freedom2specul8]

Whoa.... unreal..this thread's gonna get big if the caucus thread doesn't hide it.

[william clark]

Urban legend, folks.

[fly_so_free]

Are you sure this isn't an excerpt from "Dilbert"?

Sad if it's true.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Urban folklore, it was spotlighted on Discovery Channel last month.

Note, there is NO actual evidence, no names, no dates, no specifics.

Guy probably lost his poodle in the microwave too...

[11th Earl of Mar]

The guy was a government employee.

So the only way his co-workers knew he was dead was that he wasn't taking breaks every 4 hours, as the law allows.

[kevkrom]

Taxman -- glad to hear this wasn't you (worried for a second!)

[hellinahandcart]

This headline gave me a few more gray hairs...

[sauropod]

Well you know what they say...

Silence is golden...

...ducking...

[Central Scrutiniser]

Guess what? After a few hours, all the blood in the body goes to the lowest spot. Then after about 12-15 hours rigor mortis sets in, then, after about another day, bloating and distention occurs, the body becomes freakishly large, due to all them bacteria and crap that are eating all the insides up and expelling gas and all that other nasty stuff. Of course, well before this disgusting stage, the body (figure on about 160 lbs of meat) starts to smell, bad, real bad, so bad that anyone within about 30 or so feet would say "Damn, what the hell is that terrible smell? It smells like a dead person who is distended and rotting away?"

Think, use common sense, do the math....its Urban Folklore.

[sourcery]

So one grim reaper meets another.

[Redcloak]

This thread gets kicked off at 6:07:42...

1 posted on 01/19/2004 6:07:42 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran

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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Urban legend, folks.

6 posted on 01/19/2004 6:16:58 PM PST by william clark

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...and 9 minutes, 16 seconds later, fact-checking  FReepers have it pegged as an urban legend. The pros at News.com, on the other hand, have yet to realize their mistake and have not yanked this bit of mythology. Score another one for the rank amateurs!

Urban legend, folks.