Comments on: Burglar played dead at funeral home http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SarahMissile http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157722 SarahMissile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157722 Haha yeah I read about this yesterday when I wrote about it. Hilarity. http://www.dhadm.com/content/breathing-dead-man-turns-out-to-be-a-burglar-in-disguise/ Haha yeah I read about this yesterday when I wrote about it. Hilarity.

http://www.dhadm.com/content/breathing-dead-man-turns-out-to-be-a-burglar-in-disguise/

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-158270 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158270 In other news, curtains don't wear shoes. In other news, curtains don’t wear shoes.

]]> By: LSK http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157761 LSK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157761 What constitutes a Mickey Mouse voice exactly? What constitutes a Mickey Mouse voice exactly?

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157780 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157780 Corpses sit up / move / appear to be breathing all the time. It's gases changing / muscles fidgeting sort of thing. Like cockroaches. That said, if he'd just been a handsome robber! Corpses sit up / move / appear to be breathing all the time. It’s gases changing / muscles fidgeting sort of thing. Like cockroaches.

That said, if he’d just been a handsome robber!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157783 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157783 I tell you about the standard crematorium joke? I tell you about the standard crematorium joke?

]]> By: scottfree http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157574 scottfree Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157574 Well, when Spanish prisons are infested with zombies because the cops brought in the wrong man, on their heads be it! Incidentally, if I saw a corpse breathing I would probably shit myself. Well, when Spanish prisons are infested with zombies because the cops brought in the wrong man, on their heads be it!

Incidentally, if I saw a corpse breathing I would probably shit myself.

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-159370 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159370 Takuan, And I thought our new hire procedures were malevolent! I'm going for 'donation' for my body, but now I'm considering the second. Can't be too selfish. Takuan,
And I thought our new hire procedures were malevolent!

I’m going for ‘donation’ for my body, but now I’m considering the second. Can’t be too selfish.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-159374 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159374 Celestial burial for me. Well, for what's left of me after the cats have finished. Celestial burial for me. Well, for what’s left of me after the cats have finished.

]]> By: Andor http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-158100 Andor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158100 Ahem, the news agency is in Madrid, but the place where the parlor is located is at Burjassot, almost 400 km away, and placed near the mediterranean sea ;) Ahem, the news agency is in Madrid, but the place where the parlor is located is at Burjassot, almost 400 km away, and placed near the mediterranean sea ;)

]]> By: LOLvis http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157594 LOLvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157594 I hope he at least yelled "CERRRRRRRREBROS!" when they opened the coffin. I hope he at least yelled “CERRRRRRRREBROS!” when they opened the coffin.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157615 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157615 would have been better if they had pretended to be fooled, closed the lid and said loudly; " OK the crematorium is ready" would have been better if they had pretended to be fooled, closed the lid and said loudly; ” OK the crematorium is ready”

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-157669 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157669 Ya know, it's kind of sad when real life imitates a "Happy Days" episode. http://www.tv.com/happy-days/fonzies-funeral--1/episode/20615/recap.html Ya know, it’s kind of sad when real life imitates a “Happy Days” episode. http://www.tv.com/happy-days/fonzies-funeral–1/episode/20615/recap.html

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-158703 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158703 Takuan, As often as cremation has cropped up in our conversation, I don't believe you've told me the standard crematorium joke. Takuan,
As often as cremation has cropped up in our conversation, I don’t believe you’ve told me the standard crematorium joke.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/burglar-played-dead.html#comment-158715 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158715 oh hello there! It's a chestnut but a good one; whenever the crematory has new staff (or suitable victim visitors), they are invited over the furnace and shown the mica peephole (or modern equivalent viewport). The set up is that they are told that the flame level has to be monitored. What they are not told is that the heat will draw the ligaments tight and make the corpse appear to try to sit up. Much hilarity ensues at the critical moment of course. This is one of the reasons why I wish to be either buried at sea or consumed at a banquet of friends. oh hello there! It’s a chestnut but a good one; whenever the crematory has new staff (or suitable victim visitors), they are invited over the furnace and shown the mica peephole (or modern equivalent viewport). The set up is that they are told that the flame level has to be monitored. What they are not told is that the heat will draw the ligaments tight and make the corpse appear to try to sit up. Much hilarity ensues at the critical moment of course.

This is one of the reasons why I wish to be either buried at sea or consumed at a banquet of friends.

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