Woman killed by husband's coffin

[mudesi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7722420.stm

Now that's ironic.

[DS1]

1. I said down in front!

[daggahead]

2. My Great Grandfather was killed when a coffin he had been ...

... building fell on him as he carried it down a flight of stairs. He was buried in that coffin!

[JHB]

3. That's what I call...

...morbidly efficient.

[geomon666]

17. Must've been well built to survive the fall down the stairs. n/t

[Eryemil]

4. Hahaha.

[yellowcanine]

5. They should lock those suckers down while moving.

[Vickers]

6. "The 76-year-old man had died of a heart attack on Sunday after attending a dance. "

And that's the opposite of irony.

[kestrel91316]

11. One of my great-grandmothers died on the dance floor at a party

celebrating Hoover's election in 1928. Had a massive stroke and fell down dead. She and Granddad were the dancinest couple in their tiny ranch community in rural NV. What a way to go.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Hoover?

She had it coming. :yoiks:

[kestrel91316]

16. Well, that was before he ruined everything. The family became staunch

Roosevelt Dems.

[Vickers]

14. Yup, I hope to go out doing something fun.

One of my musical heroes is a guy named Country Dick Montana (from The Beat Farmers) who died onstage during a show.

That's the way to check out!

Here is a quick clip of them in concert...he's the big dude singing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J40rLaARx00&feature=related

:P

[juno jones]

19. The lead singer of Morphine went the same way

Heart failure right out on stage. Gotta hand it to them, died with their boots on and all...:)

[AllieB]

29. That was so sad. Mark Sandman was so talented.

What a voice.

[MilesColtrane]

36. Not many people can have as groovy a death as Dick Shawn.

Shawn died on stage on April 17, 1987 in San Diego, California doing a comedy bit about himself and the audience surviving nuclear war. Due to the nature of his routine, audience members were at first unaware that he had suffered a massive heart attack and had died.

Earlier in the act, Shawn portrayed a politician reciting campaign clichés, including, "If elected, I will not lay down on the job." When he fell face down on the stage, the audience thought it was part of the act. After some time had gone by, there were catcalls. Finally, someone appeared on stage, kneeled down to examine Shawn, stood up and asked, "Is there a doctor in the house?" Another person came on stage, turned him over and began administering CPR. The audience was told to go home, but almost no one left since it appeared to be part of Shawn's act. When paramedics arrived, bewildered audience members began leaving, still unsure of what they had witnessed. A notice in the following day's San Diego Union newspaper (not on page one) clarified that Shawn had indeed experienced a heart attack on stage and died.<1>

Writing about Shawn's death, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams recounted what the comedian said about trying to find the right audiences for his brand of comedy: "I can't work places like Vegas or the Catskills where people are belching. Maybe I belong in colleges. At least if I die, I die in front of intelligent people who know what I'm talking about."

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

37. Offtopic: you have the BEST. AVATAR. EVAH! -nt

[xchrom]

7. oh. my. -- oh. dear.

:wow:

[123infinity]

8. Apparently the laws of physics work backwards down there

the hearse is hit from behind and the coffin goes -forward-???

:wtf:

[DS1]

9. It's the Magic Impala theory

:rofl:

[curse of greyface]

28. LOL

:spank:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. You'd expect it to go backwards?

I wouldn't.

[bigtree]

20. sure, initially

. . . then it would be driven forward by the impact with whatever part of the car was collapsing toward her from the impact with the other vehicle.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. And at what point do the magic pixies get involved in this process?

Perhaps you should draw a diagram.

[bigtree]

23. well, I assume a great deal of the back of the hearse collapsed on impact

. . . the bulk of which impacted with the coffin at the point at which it could recede no further and pushed it forward at such a rate as to harm the woman seated in front of it.

[123infinity]

30. I'm sure you're correct, my admittedly snarky comment was based on the assumption

that conservation of momentum would favor a large, heavy hearse over a little Alfa Romeo.
:D

[123infinity]

26. I have absolutely no doubt you wouldn't.

:eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Mmhmm

And I'd assume that the magnitudes of the forces of friction would favor the force of friction of the hearse's breaks over the force of friction of the coffin sitting in the bed of the hearse.

[123infinity]

35. breaks?

BWAHAHAHAHAHA
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Okay you're trying to give me a heart attack, right?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

39. Excuse me. Brakes.

This is not a difficult problem.

The car struck the hearse, imparting "forward" momentum on both the hearse and the coffin. The driver of the hearse applied his brakes. The driver of the coffin did not.

[mudesi]

15. You might want to crack open a physics textbook (nm)

[123infinity]

27. Actually, I have authored several physics textbooks. You apparently are unfamiliar with

the concept of inertia.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. I'm fairly familiar with the concept of inertia.

So all you have to do is explain which force is causing the coffin to move from a stationary position to going backwards.

[123infinity]

34. Inertia.

It moves backwards relative to the hearse. Please tell me you are not actually as abysmally obtuse as you appear.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

40. Don't feel bad.

I've edited several physics text books.

[JPZenger]

12. Reminds me of the motorcyclist who died at funeral home doing wheelies

About 2 years ago, in Montgomery County, PA, a motorcyclist had died in an accident. His biker buddies got together at the funeral home. In solemn, tribute, one biker decided to do wheelies in the funeral home parking lot and ... you can guess the rest.

[AtomicKitten]

18. Too weird for color TV.

[onethatcares]

21. one of my best friends died last night.

seems to be a lot of death running around out there at this present time. He's gonna be cremated and I'm gonna scatter his ashes on the Gulf of Mexico.
He was a good man, it was a shame to watch a good man drink himself to death.

Peace

[JNelson6563]

38. My condolences to you.

:hug:

[BreweryYardRat]

24. The irony makes it seem like something out of an old EC horror comic. n/t

[Initech]

25. Didn't I see this on Jackass?

[DU GrovelBot]

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