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05 Nov 2009 08:45 am

Brazilian man shows up at his own funeral.

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LOL

What family members didn't know was that Goncalves had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks of a sugarcane liquor known as cachaca, his niece Rosa Sampaio told the O Globo newspaper. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.

cooliehawk (Replying to: Nimed)

Sure he was dead--dead drunk!
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Oh come on. Someone was going to make that joke.

movertyperguy

Big whoop.

Barack Obama showed up at his own funeral in Madison, WI yesterday.

That seems to be symbolic of some of our foreign policy which is resulting in criminal convictions of some of our officials in The United States of Europe.

Will they show up?

movertyperguy

Drudge reposts? Kind of phoning it in today, eh Megan?

DB Cooper (Replying to: movertyperguy)

Unlike the hard-working movertyperguy, who's is always ready to burn calories to complain about the content of this free blog.

movertyperguy (Replying to: DB Cooper)

Unlike the hard-working movertyperguy ...

Nah, I'm a layabout living on your tax dollars.

That's so nice of you, by the way, to buy my breakfast.

Welcome to Barack Obama's America.

I have no problem in buying you breakfast. Judging from your commentaries, you're borderline mentally disabled. What kind of society would the U.S. be if we wouldn't take care of people like you?

movertyperguy (Replying to: movertyperguy)

"What kind of society would the U.S. be if we wouldn't take care of people like you?"

The kind that got me laid off along with 20 million other people, took my house at the gun barrel of the deputy sheriff, made me homeless and harasses me for trying to find warmth on a grate, and hungry when some kind stranger doesn't by my breakfast.

Thanks for the meal, but Barack Obama's America leaves a whole lot to be desired buddy.

You live in a shit country of your own design.

He also got there well after it started, so no doubt his relatives will never let him forget he was late to his own funeral.

Ah, my favorite quote: Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Although Wikipedia thinks that we have taken some poetic license with respect to what Twain originally said/wrote.

Don't most people show up to their funerals?

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