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Title: Mummified man found
Post by: maximusotter on February 18, 2007, 22:11:28 PM
...in front of TV, still on.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mummified18feb18,0,4838496.story?coll=la-default-underdog

Let the jokes begin. :D
Title: Mummified man found
Post by: Binary Shadow on February 18, 2007, 22:33:44 PM
man what a way to go.. id hate to be that much of a loner that no one realised id died.. scary stuff
Title: Re:Mummified man found
Post by: Ceathreamhnan on February 18, 2007, 22:42:15 PM
The advantages of paying your TV licence years in advance  8)
Title: Mummified man found
Post by: maximusotter on February 19, 2007, 00:57:43 AM
^^^Excellent^^^ :D
Title: Mummified man found
Post by: redneck on February 19, 2007, 11:57:26 AM
lol
Title: Re:Mummified man found
Post by: Serious on February 19, 2007, 13:05:10 PM
I wonder what side it was on for him to be riveted to the box for that long...
Title: Mummified man found
Post by: Sweenster on February 19, 2007, 14:10:08 PM
tbh, this is the power of automatic funds transfers, if he had his bills paid direct debit and either alot of money or money coming in then it can just keep on paying for itself
Title: Re:Mummified man found
Post by: skidzilla on February 20, 2007, 07:37:12 AM
Quote from: SeriousI wonder what side it was on for him to be riveted to the box for that long...
Turns out he had diabetes and had been blind since his 50s....must have been daytime TV that did it... :P
Title: Mummified man found
Post by: Serious on February 20, 2007, 17:21:06 PM
Quote from: Sweenstertbh, this is the power of automatic funds transfers, if he had his bills paid direct debit and either alot of money or money coming in then it can just keep on paying for itself

A lot of pensioners get their money paid directly into a bank account and then direct debit payments made from that.