'Dead' Colombian woman moves arm at funeral home

LondonCypriot


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 00:45

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian woman declared dead of a heart attack moved one of her arms just as an undertaker was about to embalm her, doctors said Wednesday.





http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8949683

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 13:15

Isn't that a bit quick to start the embalming process - 2 hours after being declared dead?

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 13:59

This is definitely one of my biggest fears....i've always said that i want some kind of panic button/bell in my coffin....just in case......brrr, scary stuff!





DD

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 14:12

DD. what if the bell didn't work - how scary is that?

jock1



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Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 14:17

Did you here about the homosexual undertaker, he felt dead Ernest in the middle of the night.............

daisy dukes


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Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 14:20

No1...please don't give me more nightmares!!!!!





DD

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 14:32

DD. The bell would get damp and would not work. It would be better to take a mobile phone with you - hang on you might not get a signal!

karakum5c



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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 14:39

Always drive a stake through the heart before burial i say, always better to be safe than sorry.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 14:45

Karakum. Better to drive the stake through the heart before they die. )

smithy


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 16:21

DD I have that fear also, just as well I am being cremated, too late then, but it is scary the thought makes you go cold

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2010 16:58

Smithy - what if the flames wake you up? )

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:17

I still like the idea of the last stitch going through the nose - if that don't wake you up then you are dead for sure, over the side with you, in the canvas with the weights in the bottom just to be sure.

donga


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 272

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:41

if you are interested in afterlife & stuff look at this woman she is amazing...... makes you think





http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=lisa+williams&search_sort=relevance&search_category=0&page=



I have seen a few but she is with out doubt the best I have ever seen. Her name is Lisa Williams if the link dont work.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 20:10

The dangers of mobile phones in life and death situations....



Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?".



The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "OK, now what?



This joke is based on an old Spike Milligan sketch and it's as funny today as ever it was...



Bentine: I just came in and found him lying on the carpet there

Sellers: Oh, is he dead?

Bentine: I think so

Sellers: Hadn't you better make sure?

Bentine: Alright. Just a minute (Sound of two gun shots)

Bentine: He's dead.

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 15:10

This is where the phrase dead ringer came from.

A couple of hundred years ago a church with too few spare graves would move old coffins and corpses out to make room for new ones. They found that some coffins had scratch marks inside the lid where the occupants had desperately tried to get out. They started putting a string throught the lid and the earth to a bell on the surface where someone was paid to sit and listen for it ringing.



Sometimes I amaze myself with useless info!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
22/02/2010 15:25

A bad person dies and is greeted by Saint Peter. Peter tells the man he must choose between three hells.

The first hell is very hot and he sees a lot of people burning in fire. The next hell is freezing cold and he sees people shivering and clamoring. In the third hell, he sees people standing in s**t up to their waist but they look quite happy. They are drinking a cup of coffee and are chatting with each other. So the bad person says to Peter, "I choose the third hell with all the people standing in s**t up to their waist."

So Peter admits the bad person to the third hell. He gets a cup of coffee and feels quite comfortable. Suddenly he hears a beep from a loud speaker that says, "Attention. Attention. Coffee break is over. It's time to stand on your head now."

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 19:49

Get your wrists slit in the funeral home before they 'lower you down' - so, if your heart starts when you're 'six feet under', you'll bleed to death pretty soon - job sorted! Legal in the UK, I hear?

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 19:52

she was just waving good bye nothing wrong with that