After the man dies, his widow attends the memorial service with her best friend. Just before the undertaker closes the coffin, she places a small metal box inside.
The undertaker asked, 'Why would you spend ?5,000 to ship your mother-in-law home, when it would be wonderful to have her buried here and spend only ?150?
The man thought about it and told the undertaker he would just have her shipped home.
The undertaker told the husband, "You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here, in the Holy Land, for $150."
An undertaker had already taken the body to be embalmed.
After the mourners have paid their last respects, the undertaker screws gown the lid of the coffin.
The undertaker told the husband, "You can have her shipped home for $5,000"
The cruel and contemptuous irony with which all this was said, the controlled anger of the Don, reduced the poor undertaker to a quivering jelly but he spoke up bravely again.
Let us end beaver so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. --Mark Twain
If the applicant authorizes the staff of the licensed undertaker to book the cremation session and/or collect cremated ashes, then applicant should complete Section D and sign it in front of the staff of this Department.
Let us endeavour so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry .
Ayn Rand speculated that this undertaker might just be a social climber.
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