He's not dead, he's pinin' for the fjords..

[Aeolius]

That's... kinda sad. I hope someone notices when I'm dead. :\

All I want is a simple 3"x5" marker inscribed, in 4-point text:

"You're Standing On My Head."

 

[Algolei]

Uhhhh...there's more. (Well there pretty much had to be, right?)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4333379.stm

Kyujiro Kaneoka was believed to have been alive, aged 107, and was named as Itami's oldest man six years ago.

The mayor visited his house every year but his family refused to let the him in, saying the man was bedridden.

A report in the Mainichi Daily News said the man's son and two daughters kept his kimono-clad body in the first room of their house in Itami, 400km (250 miles) west of Tokyo.

An official with the Itami city hall told the AFP news agency that the city was considering asking Kaneoka's family to return gifts it had received since 1999 as a token of the man's longevity.

"Every year we gave the family 30,000 yen ($288; £150) and a cashmere blanket worth 20,000 yen ($192; £100)," the official said.

Some of the news reports said it was a Tokyo man who had died, but since this happened 250 miles west of Tokyo, I...have my doubts.

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=83230

Police found the body after a relative notified them the son was planning a funeral.The mummified corpse was found Monday, face down on a futon, wearing a light-cotton kimono and surrounded with charms and meals.

Here they say he was surrounded with "charms and meals." Other news sources don't mention the meals. If his children (all in their 70s) thought he was still alive, they would have left food for him to eat. (Since he couldn't have been moving much, being dead and all, maybe they thought he ate while they weren't watching?)

 

[BOZ]

aha... sounds like someone was scamming. to get the gifts and prizes, which for all the trouble, were probably not worth the effort when you think about it?

 

[Algolei]

Actually, I'm pretty sure there was some stupidity and plenty of ignorance involved as well.

 

[Mystery Man]

Just further proof that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

 

[Henry]

I'm sorry, you KNOW when somebody's been dead for an extended period of time, unless you live in a freezer. They were scamming, simply, and the authorities didn't have the heart to call them on it.

 

[Algolei]

Actually, my mother thinks I've been dead for several years. In fact she keeps burying me in the yard.

 

[jonesy]

Actually, my mother thinks I've been dead for several years. In fact she keeps burying me in the yard.

There's this thing called a shower. Learn it, use it, love it.

 

[BOZ]

Actually, my mother thinks I've been dead for several years. In fact she keeps burying me in the yard.

well, that's hardly surprising.

 

[Terath Ninir]

Actually, my mother thinks I've been dead for several years. In fact she keeps burying me in the yard.

It's for your own good, you know!