I love the way the joke utilizes two different points of view, both
connected to one guy's jobs... :)
From: J. F.
In a tiny village on the Irish coast lived an old lady, a virgin, and
very proud of it.
Sensing that her final days were rapidly approaching, and desiring to
make sure everything was in proper order when she died, she went to the
town's undertaker (who also happened to be the local postal clerk) to
make the proper "final" arrangements. As a last wish, she informed the
undertaker that she wanted the following inscription engraved on her
tombstone: "BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED AS A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN"
Not long after, the old maid died peacefully. A few days after the
funeral, as the undertaker/postal clerk went to prepare the tombstone
that the lady had requested, it became quite apparent that the
tombstone that she had selected was much too small for the wording that
she had chosen.
He thought long and hard about how he could fulfill the old maid's
final request, considering the very limited space available on the
small piece of stone.
For days, he agonized over the dilemma. But finally his experience as
a postal worker allowed him to come up with what he thought was the
appropriate solution to the problem.
The virgin's tombstone was finally completed and duly engraved, and it
read as follows: "RETURNED UNOPENED"
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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