Dead Men Tell No Jokes

We have a clipboard in our section that shows a list of the latest death notices for workers or workers’ relatives who recently passed away. I noticed one woman had a tendency to check the list every day when she walked by our section. She was doing it again today, so I said:

“Checking to see if the hitman did his job?”

She looked at me without emotion and then walked out of the room.

I turned to my coworker. “Why does nobody appreciate my sense of humor?”


7 Responses to Dead Men Tell No Jokes
  1. Jules
    June 5, 2008 | 5:56 pm

    Please tell me why you have a “Latest Death” list at your job? I’d like to say I’ve been around the block several million times, but I have never heard of such a thing!

    Do you work for the government? Do my tax dollars pay someone to update the “Latest Death” list?

    BTW…I like your sense of humor.

  2. Lincoln Adams
    June 5, 2008 | 6:02 pm

    Yep I work for the gubmint, but to be honest, I have no idea why they keep a tally here of people who’s bought the farm.

    What’s really disconcerting though is how many people continue to drop like flies.

  3. Jules
    June 5, 2008 | 6:10 pm

    Is this list on public record?

  4. Lincoln Adams
    June 5, 2008 | 6:35 pm

    No, it’s the basically the same as an inter-department memo, so not available for public consumption. :-D

  5. Jules
    June 5, 2008 | 6:36 pm

    DAMN :(

  6. Isaiah
    June 6, 2008 | 4:13 am

    Dude, I gotta say I won’t find it funny either… you can do better than that! :)

  7. Rebecca
    June 6, 2008 | 5:40 pm

    Humorlessness must be a Downstate thing. Here in Upstate, we’d find it hilarious.

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