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When the Grim Reaper Calls

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Submitted Friday, October 30, 2009
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Stepping Stones Recovery


Have you ever received one of those strange phone messages that just left you scratching your head? Well, I received one just the other day and I'm still pondering it.

It was early in the morning and I was checking my phone messages at the office when I heard…

"Hi! This is George Jones with Memorial Cemetery calling to let you know that we have a special going on. NOW you can get two crypts for the price of one. That's right... two for the price of one. That's half off our regular price. Hurry while supplies last!"

Hurry? While supplies last? Two for one? Did this guy know something about me that I wasn't aware of?

I have to admit, my jaw dropped and I took a double look at my phone. I really needed to process this for a while. I must have listened to the message three times just to make sure I heard the man correctly.

Now, I can understand the wisdom of planning things in advance… but I wasn't in that much of a hurry to take advantage of this offer. Let alone trying to get someone else to join with me on this great deal.

That was about the time the phone rang and it was my wife.

I need to explain before I go on that my wife is chronically ill. So, when I heard her voice I said, "Hi, honey, how are you?"

"I'm dying over here" she replied. Her asthma has been particularly bad as of late.

"Oh?" I replied, "GREAT… because, crypts are on sale two for the price of one!"

I couldn't help myself. I just had to say it.

Well, my wife grew strangely quiet for a moment. Then she said, "Oh! So you want me dead now?"

"No. No." I replied, with a slight chuckle. "You're not going to believe this, but I just listened to a message on my office phone. Memorial Cemetery has a special going on. Two crypts for the price of one."

Well, you can pretty much imagine where the conversation went from there. I just kept digging myself in deeper and deeper.

I suppose the moral of the story is that when the Grim Reaper calls and offers you a Great Deal, don't expect people to get all excited. Even if its a killer deal!
 
True story.
 
 



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» left by Connor Davidson (5,530)
Connor Davidson
(20 days ago.)

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Great article. Well done.
 
Loved reading this one. Great humour.

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Mark Parsec
(19 days 22 hours ago.)

Thanks Connor,
 
I appreciate your comments.
 
Mark

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» left by Jim Johnson (174)
Jim Johnson
(19 days 20 hours ago.)

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Very funny. But you are so mean. LOL

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» left by Jim Johnson (174)
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Very funny. But you are so mean. LOL

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» left by Mark Parsec (16,584)
Mark Parsec
(6 days 22 hours ago.)

Hi Jim,
 
Thanks for your comments. I know, I'm terribly cruel, aren't I? She was able to laugh about it later. Good thing too, else I may have been dealing with the Grim Reaper personally.
 
Mark

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» left by Joyce Dunn (287)
Joyce Dunn
(18 days ago.)

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Mark, I can't believe you didn't jump at the 2 for 1 crypt offer! :)
 
Thanks for joining my fan club.

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Mark Parsec
(18 days ago.)

Thanks Joyce,
 
I'm still thinking about getting those crypts (yeah right!). Thanks for your comments.
 
Mark

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» left by The Old Gray Mare (1,620)
The Old Gray Mare
(16 days 22 hours ago.)

Nope. Can honestly say I've never had a call like that. It would make my jaw drop. Knowing me, I'd ask the caller how they got my number and then I'd do all I could to interview them. Before they knew what happened, I'd know all there was to know about them - and they'd probably have given more info than they wanted me to have. Love your story, empathize with your wife, and after the fact, have some great guffaws together. Thanks for sharing.

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Mark Parsec
(16 days 4 hours ago.)

Thank you, OGM..
 
I appreciate your comments. My wife took it in stride. She has a great sense of humor.
 
Mark

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» left by Hilda Cang (218)
Hilda Cang
(16 days 10 hours ago.)

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Hi Mark,

Happy we are club members today and I found your articles very interesting and also amusing. This encounter about the phone call really exists everywhere in the world especially at hospital . The caretakers couldn't wait to have a business they will pester the patient's family to accept special offer that actually is rather annoying. Sounds beyond description these days when all kinds of businesses  is so competitive!

Hilda



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Thank you, Hilda
 
I appreciate your comments. And, yes... businesses are SO competitive these days.
 
Thanks again,
 
Mark

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» left by Krystalina Soash from Oakdale, Minnesota (7 days 2 hours ago.)
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Hi Mark,
 
Loved this article! You had me sitting on the edge of my couch! I also loved the one about the ants, and the one about.....
 
Wow!... I'm joining your Fan Club, you've got an awesome writing style and some meaty content. I'd love to read all of your 135 articles. I've only read 4 this morning and I've already laughed, cried, agreed, and pondered.
 
Thanks for sharing your talent with all of us, now I understand why your Fan Club is so extensive.
 
Wow! (again). And thank you all (Fans) for sharing your input/feedback for Mark, I read those too and enjoyed each one of them.
 
Thanks again Mark and keep sharing those articles. They're great!
 
~Krystalina~

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Mark Parsec
(6 days 23 hours ago.)

Hi Krystalina,
 
Thank you for your wonderful comments. They are perhaps the kindest words I have had... ever.
 
I'm glad you enjoyed the articles that you read. Not everyone agrees, and some of my articles are controversial, but they are intended to get people thinking.
 
Welcome to my fan club... and happy reading!
 
Blessings,
 
Mark

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» left by Paul Schroeder (2,251) (6 days 23 hours ago.)
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You've got a sense of humor like I do; dry as a desert.
 
I hope that your wife recovers quickly and gets even with you! Affection; Paul

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Hi Paul,
 
Thanks for the comments. And, yes, I do have a dry sense of humor... but I enjoy it.
 
Mark

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