Funny Story

@dfollin (25351)
United States
March 23, 2017 6:28pm CST
I do genealogical research and I had (died almost four years ago) a distant cousin that was a local historian. He was very smart (he didn't think so tho) and popular. When I would ask information even in the county genealogical library and they did not know the answer the librarian would ask me if I had asked him. He told me that one of my 4th great uncles had died (mid 1800's) and then they would put the body across bails of hay for the viewing before the burial and someone would guard the body from theives and wild animals. The first night his friend was sitting in a chair at the barn doors and all of the sudden he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned around to see his friend standing there alive! It was a joke, he pretended to be dead!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Mar 17
That would have scared the daylights out of me!
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Mar 17
Me too! You would of seen me running.
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@JudyEv (338699)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Mar 17
The shock of the hand on the shoulder would have resulted in another corpse - mine!
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
24 Mar 17
LOL! Me too! That would be a shock for sure!
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@shaggin (72021)
• United States
24 Mar 17
Oh wow I would have been furious with my friend for doing that!
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
I would probably have given him a punch in the nose.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Mar 17
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
@dfollin I don't like bad jokes.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Mar 17
Some might think that is funny. Bet the person in the chair didn't think so!
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Mar 17
@RubyHawk Yep, sometimes. I guess it depends on that person's sense of humor.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
@dfollin Maybe I don't have one.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
If you notice most jokes played on another person are not funny.
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• Banks, Oregon
24 Mar 17
Got to love funny stories like that, i love genealogy and have did alot of work on our family tree.
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• Banks, Oregon
25 Mar 17
@RubyHawk Yes always triple check sources,
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
@chrissbergstrom I suppose that's what she does. She does a lot of research on records and grave yards.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
that's interesting. My sister has gone back to the 15th century with our family history. I'm not sure it's all correct. But she says it's reliable.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 Mar 17
That would be scary, but in the old days people were actually buried alive who had gone in a coma. They had a bell inside coffins so the person could ring the bell if they woke up.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
24 Mar 17
Yes I heard that. But in this case he was joking,lol.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
25 Mar 17
@RubyHawk Yes, but apparently my relative thought it was hillarious! Matter of fact his nickname was Bull!
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Mar 17
@dfollin It would have been a scary joke.
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24 Mar 17
Haha oh wow that would have freaked me out!
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