There are probably worse ways to go

Bookworm on Jul 08 2009 at 5:24 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized

Drowning is drowning, and it’s not the way I want to die. Nevertheless, there would be a certain symmetry if I were to die as this man did, drowning in a vat of melted chocolate.

As it is, my dream is to do the Bing Crosby thing: be somewhere gorgeous, doing the thing you like to do most (in his case, golfing at a resort overlooking the Atlantic ocean), and then being felled instantly be a massive heart attack.

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4 Responses to “There are probably worse ways to go”

on 08 Jul 2009 at 5:37 pm 1

SADIE

An awful way to die and condolences to his family.

Now..having said that, it gives new meaning to the expression Death by Chocolate.

on 08 Jul 2009 at 9:30 pm 2

Gringo

Here is an Irish joke about Drowning By Guinness.

Brenda O’Malley is home making dinner as usual, when Tim Finnegan arrives at her door.
“Brenda, may I come in?” he asks. “I’ve somethin’ to tell ya.”
“Of course you can come in. You’re always welcome, Tim. But where’s my husband?”
“That’s what I’m here to be tellin’ ya, Brenda. There was an accident down at the Guinness brewery.”
“Oh, God no!” cries Brenda. “Please don’t tell me…”
“I must, Brenda. Your husband Shamus is dead and gone. I’m sorry.”
Finally, she looked up at Tim. “How did it happen, Tim?”
“It was terrible, Brenda. He fell into a vat of Guinness and drowned.”
“Oh my dear Jesus! But you must tell me true, Tim. Did he at least go quickly?”
“Well, no. Fact is, he got out three times to take a pee

Which reminds me of a connection between my oil field and grad school days. When I worked in Venezuela, I lived in a staff house ( employee housing) with a bunch of drunken Scotsmen.They and their compatriots could put it away, though they were stone cold sober and good hands on the rig. Decades later in a class the Dean of the school, born and educated in Scotland, sat in on a presentation. Before class I informed the Dean that I had worked in the Venezuelan oil field with some Scotsmen. “Bunch of drunks, weren’t they,” was the Dean’s reply.
(Disclaimer: I am ~ 1/3 Celtic in orgin.)

on 08 Jul 2009 at 11:22 pm 3

Charles Martel

Gringo: I stopped what my wife was doing, read your joke to her, and watched her join me in helpless laughter.

ROFL

on 10 Jul 2009 at 3:35 pm 4

Mike Devx

I passed that joke immediately on to family and coworkers.
Awesome!

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