blaine
07-31-2011, 09:41 AM
The Elderly Irish Virgin
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 died, 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 undertaker that she
wanted the following inscription engraved on her tombstone:
"BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED AS A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN"
Not long after, the elderly lady 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 she had selected was much too small for the wording that she had
chosen. He thought long and hard about how he could fulfill the lady'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:
"RETURNED UNOPENED"
:2tup: :)
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 died, 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 undertaker that she
wanted the following inscription engraved on her tombstone:
"BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED AS A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN"
Not long after, the elderly lady 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 she had selected was much too small for the wording that she had
chosen. He thought long and hard about how he could fulfill the lady'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:
"RETURNED UNOPENED"
:2tup: :)