Man wakes up in morgue after being deemed dead

[notfrommensa]

In South Africa: Story here.

The unidentified man - who was mistaken for dead after being knocked out by an asthma attack - woke up Sunday afternoon, about 21 hours after his family had called an undertaker,

[PunditLisa]

Are we sure he’s not a zombie?

[robardin]

Is there a lesson here? Kupelo, the health department spokesman, thinks so. He urged South Africans to call on health officials to confirm that their relatives are really dead.

That’s their lesson? “Make sure their relatives are really dead”? Sounds like the punch line to the old joke involving a call to 911, the emergency agent hearing a shotgun blast heard over the phone after advising the caller to “make sure X really is dead”, and then a request for further instructions.

Meanwhile:

But a day after the man was put in the locked refrigerated compartment, morgue workers heard someone yelling for help. They thought it was a ghost, Magolo said. The man was freed only after the police were called.

You’d think there’s an opportunity for worker training here, too. “If you hear frantic screaming from inside a body storage compartment… LET THEM OUT!”

[alphaboi867]

@robardin

…You’d think there’s an opportunity for worker training here, too. “If you hear frantic screaming from inside a body storage compartment… LET THEM OUT!”

Unless of course the person is screaming “BRAINS!!!” over and over againt.

[robardin]

@alphaboi867

Unless of course the person is screaming “BRAINS!!!” over and over againt.

You know, if I’m 80 years old and find myself in this scenario, I just might break that one out. 'Cause if they pull the drawer open and shoot me in the brain, well, I’ve lived my life, and they’ve voted me off the proverbial island anyway - I might as well go out with a corny joke.

And if nobody comes to let me out and I’m to die a horrible, isolated death anyway - I’m all for improving all my odds of returning as a vengeance-seeking undead monster.

[Sailboat]

@robardin

You’d think there’s an opportunity for worker training here, too.

Well, they couldn’t be sure it wasn’t a ghost. :dubious:

[G0sp3l]

@robardin

“If you hear frantic screaming from inside a body storage compartment… LET THEM OUT!”

They’ve gotten to you haven’t they? Frikken Z sympathizer!!! Redeker will deal with you!

[Ibanez]

Holy fright night !

[Full_Metal_Lotus]

Did he have *mourning wood *- if so, was it a stiffy?

yeah… I won’t quit my day job…