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To: MadIvan
I am reminded of the story of a man who was at his wife's funeral. As the pall bearers were carrying the casket out of the church, they bumped it against a support beam. Suddenly, there was a knocking sound emanating from the coffin. They opened it up and found the woman very much alive. She lived for another 12 years, but finally expired. Once again, the funeral was held, at the very same same church. As the pall bearers carried out the casket, the husband warned them,
"Watch out for that beam."
6 posted on 01/25/2003 4:50:17 PM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Your response to Madivan, a Brit, is appropriate. England and her cemeteries go back many, many centuries. This, in time, leads to a problem ... there is only so much room available in church cemeteries. So the solution ... after several generations go by (perhaps a century or two) ... you use the same plot. However, upon digging a new grave over an existing one, occasionally the old casket was uncovered intact. What was of particular distress to grave diggers, upon opening the old casket, there were scratch marks on the bottom lid of the coffin ... which could lead only to one conclusion ... the supposed deceased, upon gaining consciousness after burial, were desperately trying to escape being entombed.
26 posted on 01/25/2003 6:26:55 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
rofl!
58 posted on 01/25/2003 11:16:20 PM PST by fnord (aint it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?)
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