[Rhodes22-list] Life Imitates Art (Was this the Griswold family?)

[Steven Alm]

My dad used to fly a Piper Comanche that was painted black.  He flew into
Ft. Wayne to refuel and after landing, the guy in the tower asked, "Is that
plane black?"
Dad said, 'Yes, I'm an undertaker."  (he's not really)
Tower man says, "Can you fit a coffin in there?"  Dad says, "No, I have to
sit 'em up."
Silence from the tower.

Slim

On Jan 16, 2008 11:47 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Herb,
>
> There's an old airline joke that's been around for years.  The Captain
> dies
> enroute and the First Officer calls the flight attendants to the cockpit.
>
> "Help me get this asshole out of my seat!"
>
> Brad
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 11:38 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
> > Brad will appreciate this one.
> >
> > There was a story linked by Drudge a few weeks ago about a passenger
> > that died while en-route (natural causes). It was a full flight. One of
> > the passengers complained that they "left him there" for the duration of
> > the flight.
> >
> > I thought that was hilarious. In our society, it seems that so many
> > people are so "me-oriented" that they don't even give a thought to what
> > they are saying with their complaints and demands.
> >
> > I'm sure that some flight attendant was tempted to say "I'm sorry ma'am
> > that the passenger next to you died. We'll immediately move him to our
> > special on-board morgue to get him out of your way. Be sure to take
> > special accomodations like this into account when you next wonder why
> > your ticket prices are so high".
> >
> >
> > Mary Lou Troy wrote:
> > > Guess they have to investigate everything these days but it doesn't
> > > sound bizarre to me. In 1940 my grandmother and grandfather were
> > > travelling by the train back to Schenectady after a business meeting
> > > (maybe in NYC but somewhere south). At one point my grandfather
> > > looked at his watch said "Edna we'll be home by midnight"  and then
> > > sat down and died. She was a nurse and knew he was dead. There was an
> > > hour or two maybe a bit more left on the train ride. Not wanting to
> > > complicate things or have them stop the train, she didn't summon a
> > > conductor for assistance until they were approaching Schenectady
> > > station. This is a family story but knowing my grandmother I expect
> > > it's absolutely true.
> > >
> > > Mary Lou
> > > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > > Rock Hall, MD
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:48 AM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
> > >
> > >> *
> > >>
> >
> http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon/stories/NW_011408ORN_grandmother_roadtrip_LJ.215623a7.html#
> > >> **Family continues Oregon-bound roadtrip with dead grandma in RV *
> > *02:32 PM
> > >> PST on Monday, January 14, 2008* *By JENNIFER IVESON / KGW*
> > >>
> > >> HILLSBORO, Ore. - A bizarre investigation is underway in Hillsboro,
> > after
> > >> police said they were contacted by a family whose grandmother died
> > during a
> > >> recent road trip, yet they decided to keep driving with the body in
> > thier RV
> > >> until they reached Oregon.
> > >>
> > >>  Family drives over 1,000 miles to Oregon with dead grandma in RV.
> > >>
> > >> Their trip began in California and they first headed to Arkansas. It
> > was
> > >> meant to be a special trip for the 79-year-old woman to see loved
> ones
> > >> before she died. She was suffering from renal failure but was
> expected
> > to
> > >> live long enough to complete the trip.
> > >>
> > >>  After Arkansas, the family began driving the RV toward Oregon but
> > their
> > >> grandmother died in Wyoming.
> > >>
> > >>  However when she died, the family decided to keep driving and
> > transported
> > >> the body more than 1,000 more miles, until they reached Hillsboro.
> > >>
> > >>  "They said a Dr. had told them, based on her condition that if she
> did
> > die,
> > >> they should continue to drive to their destination," said Lt. Michael
> > >> Rouches with the Hillsboro Police Department. "She had a personal
> > physician
> > >> here in Hillsboro and the idea was that the physician would have her
> > medical
> > >> records and information about her condition."
> > >>
> > >>  Police were investigating but said it did not appear that anyone
> > committed
> > >> a crime. One of the family members told KGW that the grandma had told
> > the
> > >> family it was her wish to be in Oregon for her final days.
> > >>
> > >>  Even so, the Office of the Medical Examiner is helping with the
> > >> investigation. Lt. Rouches said, "Their intentions in starting this
> > thing
> > >> were good."
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