Posted by Jerry in Idaho on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 16:23:58 :
In Reply to: To all Irish PW owners...... posted by Kevin in Rehoboth on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 08:34:31 :
In a tiny village on the Irish coast lived an old lady, a virgin and very
>> proud of it.
>> Sensing that her final days were rapidly approaching, and desiring to
>> make
>> sure everything was in proper order when she dies, she went to the town's
>> undertaker (who also happened to be the local postal clerk) to make
>> proper
>> "final" arrangements. As a last wish, she informed the
>> undertakerthat she wanted the following inscription engraved on her
>> tombstone:
>> "BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED AS A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN"
>> Not long after, the old maid died peacefully. A few days after the
>> funeral,
>> as the undertaker--postal clerk went to prepare the tombstone that the
>> lady
>> had requested, it became quite apparent that the tombstone that she had
>> selected was much too small for the wording that she had chosen. He
>> thought
>> long and hard about how he could fulfil the old maid's final request,
>> considering the very limited space available on the small piece of stone.
>> For days, he agonized over the dilemma. But finally his experience as a
>> postal worker allowed him to come up with what he thought was the
>> appropriate solution to the problem.
>>
>> The virgin's tombstone was finally completed and duly engraved, and it
>> read
>> as follows:
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>> "RETURNED UNOPENED"
>>
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