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Re: Is this funny?

From Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: Is this funny?
Date 2026-08-24 08:21 +0100
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Le 24/08/2026 à 06:24, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
> 
> I was reading an article in my daily paper about a study in Holland of 
> people who wanted to die. They followed 25 people to see if their wish 
> was stable.
> 
> About one of the subjects it said:
> 
>        A woman born in 1937 had made an agreement with her husband that
>        they would die together, but the plan failed when he suddenly
>        died.
> 
> I couldn't help lauging when I read that. Is it just me?


Perhaps he was the hurrying type.

A wry smile may be appropriate, plus or minus a line from Burns:

   "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley."

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Is this funny? Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-08-24 07:24 +0200
  Re: Is this funny? occam <occam@erewhon.nix> - 2026-08-24 08:13 +0200
  Re: Is this funny? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 08:21 +0100
  Re: Is this funny? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-08-24 21:48 +0100
    Re: Is this funny? Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-08-25 08:23 +0200

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