After a fatal car crash, the family of Brazilian bricklayer Ademir Goncalves identified him as the corpse. The next day a funeral was held in Goncalves's honor, but an unexpected guest showed up: Goncalves himself. Understandably, his relatives were shocked.
From the AP, via Yahoo! News:
What family members didn't know was that Goncalves had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks of a sugarcane liquor known as cachaca, his niece Rosa Sampaio told the O Globo newspaper. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.A police spokesman in the town of Santo Antonio da Platina said Goncalves rushed to the funeral to let family members know he was not dead.
"The corpse was badly disfigured, but dressed in similar clothing," said the police spokesman, who talked on condition of anonymity as he wasn't authorized to discuss the case. "People are afraid to look for very long when they identify bodies, and I think that is what happened in this case."
Can you imagine showing up to your own funeral? If I were one of his relatives, I don't know what my first reaction would be, happiness or shocked horror.
UPDATE:
The best comment that I saw regarding this piece:
"I wouldn't be caught dead at my funeral." Great comment!
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I wouldn't be caught dead a... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Burt | November 4, 2009 8:12 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I wouldn't be caught dead at my funeral.
1. Posted by Burt | November 4, 2009 8:12 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 20:12
2. Posted by epador | November 4, 2009 8:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe there's a metaphor here somewhere for us.
2. Posted by epador | November 4, 2009 8:39 PM |
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Posted on November 4, 2009 20:39
3. Posted by davidt | November 4, 2009 9:07 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Tom Sawyer.
3. Posted by davidt | November 4, 2009 9:07 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 21:07
4. Posted by GarandFan | November 4, 2009 10:42 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
The only one pissed is probably the beneficiary of his life insurance policy.
4. Posted by GarandFan | November 4, 2009 10:42 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 22:42
5. Posted by 914 | November 4, 2009 10:44 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"Can you imagine showing up to your own funeral?"
I think it would be even more amazing if You didnt show?
5. Posted by 914 | November 4, 2009 10:44 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 4, 2009 22:44
6. Posted by Marc | November 5, 2009 12:57 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
The obvious question is, what did the ACORN vote registration guy/gal have to say when the man turned up alive?
The obvious answer, he attempted to sign up both.
6. Posted by Marc | November 5, 2009 12:57 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 5, 2009 00:57
7. Posted by poptoy | November 5, 2009 6:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OOPS!
7. Posted by poptoy | November 5, 2009 6:58 AM |
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Posted on November 5, 2009 06:58
8. Posted by Matt | November 5, 2009 9:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Does this mean he was late to his own funeral? I hope he got to keep the parting gifts.
8. Posted by Matt | November 5, 2009 9:07 AM |
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Posted on November 5, 2009 09:07
9. Posted by Flu-Bird | November 5, 2009 2:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
HE,S NOT DEAD YET JIM
9. Posted by Flu-Bird | November 5, 2009 2:53 PM |
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Posted on November 5, 2009 14:53