It's Tuesday in August. You're at work, the weather's disappointing and life in general feels kind of futile.
All that might be true, but at least you're not this guy...
"A man from Cambridgeshire was killed in February 2004 when his wardrobe fell to the floor and pinned the door shut while he was cleaning inside. He was found dead inside after trying to gouge his way out for a week."
This tale of woe, one of a collection of unfortunate passings published by the Daily Mail here, serves a helpful purpose.
It reminds us that whatever miseries might be heaped upon us, whatever fresh ordeal we are forced to endure, we are not - most of us - dying a slow death, alone, inside a dirty wardrobe in Cambridgeshire.
Tuesday 12 August 2008
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Alternatively, it might remind us that we can't foresee our own death (unless we are a budding saint of course) and it may well be just as sad and strange as these. On the brighter side, many of these stories are vaguely sourced at best (a Cambridgeshire man, a man from Wales, a peasant woman from Romania etc) so perhaps some, at least, are just urban myths
People should never live alone. Or at least they should have some friends that call more than once a week.
Perhaps the lesson is, always have your mobile to hand when cleaning your wardrobe...
you still there, a? not trapped in a wardrobe, I hope...
16 months on, and still the tumbleweed blows across this deserted site, where activity is as minimal as at A's workstation
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