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I have just managed to survive my 75th birthday and have been trying to behave myself and stop my blood pressure creeping up. A few years ago I went to a little village near Lannion in Brittanny, where there is a very ornate crucifixion sculpture which draws people in by the bus load.

When I first saw it I thought it interesting but not too remarkable. It is very ornate in a gothic sort of way, with something like a black bird sitting on the left hand side of the cross beam. When I looked closer it seemed like an tiny elf or a gnome. I drew closer and realised it had a couple of horns on its head, a forked tail, a sly smile on its face, and a pitch fork in its hand. The devil himself and looking at me.

Anyway back to the after affects of my birthday celebration. I was lying on the settee when the door bell rang. My wife answered. It was the local undertaker who explained that he was in the area . Another one of my neighbours had a heart attack and died and he thought he would call in and explain his prepaid options. He looked at me and said to my wife "This leaflet may be of use to you".

I felt very depressed. My heart got even more lumpy than usual. I slumped down. My wife went into the kitchen, got out the food mixer and made a remarkable range of chocolate cakes, blueberry muffins and fairy cakes. She put them on the table near me. I was truly impressed and I reached out to pick up a blueberry muffin..

Whack.. A wooden spoon hit me hard on the knuckles.

"Get off" she said, "They are for the funeral".

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Shoshov

🤣🤣never heard that one before. love it

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Healthyheart1

Nice one lanc2 x

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NorthantsSteve

😂😂😂. Excellent.

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Lezzers

😂. That reminds me of one of our neighbours who is a funeral director. Everytime he sees my husband he says "& how are you feeling today" Kevin always feels like he's being sized up! 😂

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Ianc2 in reply toLezzers

I seem to remember a film in which Clint Eastwood was striding manfully down the street for a meeting with his destiny, closely followed by the local mortrician/carpenter with a tape measure in his hand...

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Lezzers in reply toIanc2

😂

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SpiritoftheFloyd

Good one 😊😊

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VelvetSky

The old ones are still the best!

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seasider18

In Scotland Will Fyffe had a sketch where the doctor visited the dyeing husband and said he has not long to go to give him whatever he wants to eat. He said that he would like some of the boiled ham she had bought and was told ' Ye canny hae that it's fir your funeral'

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