[stylist] my attempt at a funny obituary

[Jackie Williams]

Vejas,
I salute you for trying this prompt when you did not feel comfortable with
the seriousness of the subject being treated humorously. Humor is not easy
to do even with a not so serious subject 
unless there is a natural proclivity toward it. While you may have missed
the difficult mark of making this humorous, you surely made the point that a
person so offensive in all of her actions, remarks to everyone will be the
true thing remembered about her. It was honest and left us much to think
about in terms of our own actions.
And perhaps that is another reason to think about obituaries.
Thanks so much for trying this.


Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 


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Hi All,
Here is my attempt at a funny obituary.  This isn't really my 
style, and I find it hard to make a serious subject funny, so 
here is my attempt.
We bear the news-take it as you see fit-of the death of Francesca 
Abigail Kelly, 48, of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, Uk.
Francesca was dubbed "the cashier lady from hell" at her local 
Easymart.
"When I first met her," one man said, "she complained bitterly to 
me about her father-in-law, to the point that I felt sorry for 
her.  But then the next time she complained about her aunt.  And 
then it was her brother-in-law.  I then started to feel sorry for 
the people involved."
"She would always make funny comments about the food we bought," 
another man is quoted to have said.  "If I got organic jumbo 
eggs, she would say, "You think you're so posh".  If I got 
American cheese, she would say, "What are you teaching your kids 
by feeding them this artificial crap?"
Francesca's cause of death is bizarre but not surprising 
considering her temperament.  After an argument with her brother, 
she stood up on a windowsill to throw something at him two 
stories below, but lost her balance and fell.
"I have to say that things are much quieter in the house," said 
her husband, Pete, 59.
"She wasn't the best daughter-in-law, but at least she made my 
son happy for a bit," said her father-in-law, Simon, 82.  "And at 
least I no longer have to be the subject of supermarket gossip."


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