somewhat OT - this is just plain weird

[Mark Padgett]

This morning I was reading our local paper, The Oregonian, and I turned to the obit page. At my age, I read it daily. A name jumped out at me. It was the name of one of my assignors! No - it wasn't him but it gave me a bit of a scare at first. Then, later today, I turned on the TV and a CSI:NY rerun was on Spike TV. The story had a murder victim whose name was the same of another assignor of mine!

Maybe I should check on any other assignors and make sure they're all OK.

[RookieDude]

...how many dead assignors do you work for Mark?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

...how many dead assignors do you work for Mark?

They are the only ones who won't object to him working games!

[jTheUmp]

Yes, we've all heard the "my name wasn't in the obituaries, that means it's a good day" joke. But in my case, during the summery of my junior year of high school, I actually saw my name in the obituary section.

There were a couple of slight differences: he was 16, I was 17 at the time, he lived about 50 miles away, and he died in a motorcycle accident (I had never ridden a motorcycle at that point in my life).

There was also a story in the "local" section about his accident.

So, I did what anyone else would do in my situation... I cut out the article and the obituary, and put them in my "random stuff to keep" drawer. I'm sure they're still laying around my parents house somewhere.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

This morning I turned to the obit page. At my age, I read it daily.

I'm also in the habit of reading the obituaries every morning. If my name isn't listed, I figure it's going to be a good day.

[Adam]

I still get an odd feeling when I visit my grandfather's grave since I was essentially named after him (middle names are different but the same initial).

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I'm also in the habit of reading the obituaries every morning. If my name isn't listed, I figure it's going to be a good day.

There's the old joke about the guy who read his own obituary in the paper, so he called the editor to complain. The editor said, "Really - your obituary is in today's paper! Say.....where are you calling from?"

[representing]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I'm also in the habit of reading the obituaries every morning. If my name isn't listed, I figure it's going to be a good day.

My mom used to do something somewhat similar. When she would read the obits, she would say "ugh, my name's not in the Obits, gotta work another day"

[justacoach]

Have a Japanese friend who remarked his father faithfully read the obituary section every morning at breakfast. As a youngster he decided his father was infatuated with morbidity and had a very strained relationship with him. It wasn't until he was older that he learned his father was a golf membership broker. Since no new golf courses were being built in Japan, memberships had to be recycled, and his father was simply trying to stay ahead in a competitive business.

Way OT. I was being entertained by a Japanese supplier. The idea of a golf excursion came up and it was suggested the 8 of us fly to Hawaii and spend the night as it would be cheaper than paying greens fees etc to play in Japan. Shocking.......