All 4 entries tagged Death

TROTT's 101 Ways to Pass the Time: #65 Scaring Old Folks

Dress up as Death - with full cowl and scythe garb - and creep around outside a retirement home, occasionally turning to look through a window to give the residents a knowing nod.

It would probably work best if the staff are in on the joke; that way they can ignore you...

: 07 Jul 2007 00:51 |  Tags: 101 Ways To Pass The Time Death Joke Prank Randomness Retirement Home Trott |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Tick tock tick tock…

I've just come across an interesting poll on one of the websites I frequent:

If you had the opportunity to know the time and place of your death, would you want to know?

I was torn between the two, until I realised that knowing when I was going to die would lend a certain futility to my life; I'd probably have even less inclination to do anything (currently it's just laziness; laziness and a sense of mortality would not be a good combination), along the lines of "What's the point, I'm going to be dead in like 50 years."
So I went for "No" (as had a majority of people at that point, but only just over 50%) because then at least I'd try to achieve things.
Then I though that it might be nice to know something like a week in advance, so I could get my affairs in order, as it were.

: 15 Nov 2005 08:22 |  Tags: Death Mortality Poll Randomness Time |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Things you don't want to hear from anthropomorphic personifications

DEATH: See you later.

: 13 Jan 2005 09:28 |  Tags: Anthropomorphic Personification Death Randomness |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Seen on the 'greenboard' in PLT

"Can death be fatal?", or words to that effect…
I’d have to go with "no" because I think death is more of a 'symptom' of whatever kills you. Whoever heard of anyone dying of death?

: 18 Nov 2004 12:23 |  Tags: Death Fatal Greenboard Plt Randomness |  Comments (6) |  Close comments |  Report a problem