# Mark Twain may be dead, but Justin Priest is not **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042 "2014-10-11T15:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042/1 "2014-10-11T15:52:25Z")
Mark Twain: “[The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated](http://oupacademic.tumblr.com/post/48310773463/misquotation-reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly)” Seems that Juneau PD & Alaska State Troopers goofed a message & notified a family _at 3am_ that their son was killed in a car accident. :smack: :o ☹ The parents drove 45 miles to tell their other son, who collapsed when he heard the news. Then the three of them went to tell the supposed deceased’s long time girlfriend. When they knocked on the door, it was answered by the supposedly deceased man. Story [here](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9ef617691ebe497bbd6e92ec593b4d7d/police-sorry-telling-wrong-family-death). ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042/2 "2014-10-11T16:05:37Z")
“Did I say DOA? I meant DUI…” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042/3 "2014-10-11T16:07:26Z")
I’ll admit I read that as “Judas Priest”. Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042/4 "2014-10-11T16:11:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ll admit I read that as “Judas Priest”. Who’s with me? Yup, me too. ♪♫ _Living after midnight, rockin’ to the dawn Lovin’ 'til the morning, but I’m **NOT** gone, I’m **NOT** gone_ ♫♪ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042/5 "2014-10-11T16:11:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ll admit I read that as “Judas Priest”. Who’s with me? Me. I looked at the title again after wondering why cops would be alerting the Judas Priest’s parents of his death. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-may-be-dead-but-justin-priest-is-not/701042/6 "2014-10-11T16:26:50Z")
_“Early in the morning of Oct. 8, 1991, Mrs. Florence A. Snegg of Uvula, Mich., was having an extremely vivid dream in which her son, Russell, was involved in a terrible automobile accident. Suddenly she was awakened by the ringing of her telephone. On the line was a Missouri state trooper, calling long distance to remind Mrs. Snegg that she had never had children.”_ - Dave Barry