# A strange and peculiar happening related to my grandfather's death

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-and-peculiar-happening-related-to-my-grandfathers-death/649167 "2013-02-03T00:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-and-peculiar-happening-related-to-my-grandfathers-death/649167/21 "2013-02-04T21:47:42Z")

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My grandfather’s cock was too long for his pants,  
and it hung all the way to the floor;  
it was longer by half than the old man himself,  
and it weighed half a hundredweight more…

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-and-peculiar-happening-related-to-my-grandfathers-death/649167/22 "2013-02-04T22:54:26Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Why are we assuming that the man’s death caused the clock to stop… and not the other way around?

Well, in that case, waiting a year to restart it may not have been the best move. :smack:

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