Sidey’s weekend challenge: 12.11.2010 – Famous Last Words
(Not so) Famous Last Words
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Sitting relaxed in the lounge
Reading the Sunday papers
My father called out,
“Shush, not so much noise,”
To his second wife,
Working in the garden.
To which she replied,
“I suppose if I stop breathing,
It will still be too much noise for you.”
Hearing a crash, he looked up
And there she was,
Lying flat on her back,
Dead from a brain haemorrhage
A passing doctor confirmed.
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©DGA 12.11.2010 09:40
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13/11/2010 at 6:05 am
…jeeez Adee….shocking…the pic I mean….how are you?
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13/11/2010 at 6:21 am
This is a true story, Dewald. “Struck down dead…”
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13/11/2010 at 6:22 am
Ouch, Adee. Words that cannot be taken back.
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13/11/2010 at 6:25 am
Right, Halfie, but it could have been worse… 🙂
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13/11/2010 at 6:57 am
OMG!
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13/11/2010 at 7:03 am
Yes, indeed! Thanks for the visit and comment, Dewi Yan.
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13/11/2010 at 7:01 am
Unbelievable – but I guess such things happen. Imagine having those last words forever coming back to haunt…
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13/11/2010 at 7:05 am
I couldn’t believe it when he told me…
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13/11/2010 at 7:46 am
Sjoe!That’s hectic.
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13/11/2010 at 8:31 am
It was unbelievable!
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13/11/2010 at 8:16 am
ouch, that is so horrid. to live with that afterwards!
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13/11/2010 at 8:32 am
At least it was quick! I hope I go as fast as that… 😀
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13/11/2010 at 4:10 pm
there is excellent punch in the poem as well as a heart-rending irony to life.
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13/11/2010 at 5:13 pm
I agree with you about the irony, Sunamu. I believe we make certain choices in life, but cannot foretell what the consequences will be. Thank you for the visit and comment. 🙂
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14/11/2010 at 6:06 am
Nooooo way. Really? Wow.
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14/11/2010 at 6:17 am
Unreal… so apt!
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16/11/2010 at 6:56 am
Oh, no! What a shocker! I assume this was a normal kind of conversation between them (affectionate nagging?!) bb
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16/11/2010 at 7:04 am
Probably, knowing my father. They lived in the Cape though and I was in Natal, so I hardly ever saw them.
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16/11/2010 at 4:41 pm
holy…wow…i think i would be scarred for life…for having shushed her…shocking…
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16/11/2010 at 5:46 pm
I think it was one strange coincidence that she dropped down dead just after replying. It would probably have happened even if he hadn’t shushed her… I hope.
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17/11/2010 at 5:41 am
sweet
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17/11/2010 at 3:52 pm
Thanks for the visit, David. 🙂
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18/11/2010 at 5:58 am
We often imagine things like that, but for it to actually happen? Sad, tragic, but somehow a little awe inspiring, too.
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18/11/2010 at 7:36 am
Yes, that’s so true!
Denise Allen The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary
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27/11/2010 at 4:45 pm
Holy Smackerel! and they say timing is every thing…proves one thing …death is so unpredictable that we should fill our moments with kindness because ,,,we just never know. I am truly sorry this happened to your family. Peace be with you and your dad.
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