Cemetery Euphemism
Today's (December 7, 2006) The Wizard of Id comic shows a funeral director replacing the entrance sign to the "Cemetery" with one that reads "Expired Human Resources."
Are you tired of using the depressing terms such as "dead" and "death"?
Today's (December 7, 2006) The Wizard of Id comic shows a funeral director replacing the entrance sign to the "Cemetery" with one that reads "Expired Human Resources."
Are you tired of using the depressing terms such as "dead" and "death"?
Perhaps a good euphemism is what you need such as, "cease to function as a carbon-based biological unit" or "metabolically challenged."
The Dead and Buried website has a list of over 200 euphemisms from which to choose.
http://phrontistery.50megs.com/longpig/dead.html
A millionaire informs his attorney, "I want a stipulation in my Will that my [spouse] is to inherit everything, but only if [my spouse] remarries within six months of my death."
"Why such an odd stipulation?" asked the attorney.
"Because I want someone to be sorry I died!" came the reply.
The Dead and Buried website has a list of over 200 euphemisms from which to choose.
http://phrontistery.50megs.com/longpig/dead.html
A millionaire informs his attorney, "I want a stipulation in my Will that my [spouse] is to inherit everything, but only if [my spouse] remarries within six months of my death."
"Why such an odd stipulation?" asked the attorney.
"Because I want someone to be sorry I died!" came the reply.
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