'Dead' woman wakes in morgue.

[xstream (John)]

This brings on a whole new meaning to the "Walking Dead".

'Dead' woman wakes in morgue.

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

It's not unknown. My old workmate Fred told me a similar story about his brother and sister inlaw travelling in remote WA. They were about 3-4 hours from the nearest town when she felt tired and went for a lie down in the campervan bed while her hubby drove on. An hour later he went to check on her and she had no pulse, didn't seem to be breathing and was cool to touch. Having had 2 heart attacks before, he assumed the worst. Driving on for another hour he stopped to have a cup of tea, and as he was making it a voice said "I'll be in that too". Reckons he nearly had an attack himself !

Bill

[Octane (Humayun)]

I'd take this with a grain of salt.

It's one of those stories that used to appear in The Other Side on news.com.au -- now known as WTF (Weird, True, Freaky).

It is featured in the OddBall section on Bigpond, and in the Weird news section on the Daily Telegraph UK as well as on a couple of other humour-related sites.


There are a lot of gullible people out there who read these "news" articles and take them for gospel.

Regards,
Humayun

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Wow. She's lucky they hadn't cremated her.

I wonder if there's any truth to the rumour (that I'm now starting) that she's the grandmother of the kid who got hit by a meteorite and survived.

Just kidding.

[avandonk]

At least her son did not have time to impersonate her to get her pension! here

http://www.theage.com.au/world/man-c...0618-ci9p.html


Bert

[Ric]

I'll bet that caused a few heart flutters and an undy change at the morgue.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Ha! See!.. I always say it and I'll say it again: "Polish Vodka. There is NO substitute!

[kinetic (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Glenhuon

Having had 2 heart attacks before, he assumed the worst. Driving on for another hour he stopped to have a cup of tea, and as he was making it a voice said "I'll be in that too". Reckons he nearly had an attack himself !

Bill

Bill that sounds so callous and insensitive!. He stopped for a cup of tea
at a time like that?!!

Surely a beer was more appropriate

Steve

[Lee]

If true, the Dr attended the "death" scene too quickly..... If he'd given her a few hours it would have been obvious if she were on this mortal coil or not!

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Originally Posted by kinetic

Bill that sounds so callous and insensitive!. He stopped for a cup of tea
at a time like that?!!

Surely a beer was more appropriate

Steve

Depends on whether he was celebrating or mourning

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Originally Posted by kinetic

Bill that sounds so callous and insensitive!. He stopped for a cup of tea
at a time like that?!!

Surely a beer was more appropriate

Steve

I sort of shortened the tale a bit, din't want to make it too long winded. My mate did say he was pretty distraught of course and stopped to calm down and check his wife again. She seemed the same, so he made a cuppa to help get his nerves under control. During her first 2 attacks she had to be revived by the doctors.

(BTW he also mentioned his brother was a non-drinker)

Bill

[Clarry (Clayton)]

I remember reading somewhere about the original purpose of a "wake". The recently deceased was laid out in the parlor for a day or so for relatives to visit & view. Apparently there were a lot of lead poisoning deaths at the time & it caused the respiratory system to slow down so much so, that often the person was thought to be dead when they weren't. People would come back to life in the coffin. So this viewing period was not only to pay your respects, but also to see if the body would "wake up". Hence a wake.
Not sure how true it is but it's a good story.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by lacad01

Depends on whether he was celebrating or mourning