Send a telegram to the dead

[DRBUZZ0]

So if you buy into the idea that there is an afterlife and that your loved one is in the great beyond, but you also don't think you can talk to them and have them hear and see you. (Which would kinda be the best of both worlds, because I have done some things I don't think Poppy should be watching)... then how about a telegram to the dead?

yes, for just five dollars a word, you can have a terminally ill person memorize your message as well as the name and info of the dead person you wish to contact. And assuming they can find them amongst the other thirty billion dead souls, they'll do their best to deliver it.

No seriously... this service exists.


http://www.afterlifetelegrams.com/AFTERLIFE/

[danielk]

This is sick.

ETA: But the site looks more like a parody to me.

[.13.]

This is sick.

ETA: But the site looks more like a parody to me.

Assuming it is not a parody, I wouldn't go as far as sick.

[DRBUZZ0]

This is sick.

ETA: But the site looks more like a parody to me.

It's not a parody. The site has been up for some time (a couple years at least). It has been written about in the news. The dude who started it has been interviewed. They said that they do have some trouble finding enough terminally ill volenteers, but apparently they got some press coverage a while back and that helped


http://www.prweb.com/releases/2002/11/prweb49469.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/13/wdead13.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/13/ixworld.htmlAfter


If it had been a hoax I think the punchline would have been out a while ago. In any case, by all accounts it's real... or atleast an attempt at it

[rjh01]

There is not a lot of call for their services.
At this time we only have one messenger.

[Southwind17]

There is not a lot of call for their services.

At this time we only have one messenger

Yes, but he/she could well be an Autistic savant! Question is, how long has he/she got?!

[thatguywhojuggles]

Can I send a fax?

[HarryKeogh]

telegram to the dead...

Breathe. Stop.

[ColumbusRyan]

I read this and thought: "Whats next? An email from the dead?"

So, I decided to google it.

Of course. People would be getting emails from the dead: http://www.gettingit.com/article/449

[danielk]

Of course. People would be getting emails from the dead: http://www.gettingit.com/article/449
Oh. My. FSM. Are you trying to make me lose my faith in humanity? People who take stuff like that seriously should get their heads dunked into a bucket of icy water and be treated to a thorough washing, until they beg for mercy, chanting "I repent! I repent! I swear to never be willfully stupid again!"

By the way, I have personally received emails dated thirty years in the future. Also some from January 1st, 1970. Do I win a prize?

[ColumbusRyan]

Oh. My. FSM. Are you trying to make me lose my faith in humanity? People who take stuff like that seriously should get their heads dunked into a bucket of icy water and get thoroughly washed, until they beg for mercy, chanting "I repent! I repent! I swear to never be willfully stupid again!"

By the way, I have personally received Emails dated thirty years in the future. Also some from January 1st, 1970. Do I win a price?


Next time you get those future emails ask them for the lotto numbers. That can be your prize.

[Juustin]

I heard this guy on a radio interview a while back, and forgot the name of the company before I could look it up. It's not a parody, but it didn't seem too well thought out (and he didn't seem to think it was either). At the time, he was saying "so far, our only volunteer was a family friend, but he recovered, so we have none at the moment". I believe they were refunding money to people who had paid at that point.

Also, he mentioned that any money he made was being donated to the American Diabetes Association or some other similar charity. He had that on the site at one point, but said they contacted him and asked that he remove it.

[Ashles]

"Hi. Yes your son gave me a message to give to you, just before I died. I can't believe here I am, a dead person, talking to another dead person, actually able to pass on the message. It was, okay, let's see, something about... a... hang on... no sorry it's a bit fuzzy... Did it start with an B? I'm getting something about a car, some form of travel... did you know a Bob... a Bill? Rob? Simon? Patricia? You did? You used to watch Trisha? That might be it..."

[Iamme]

From rjh01, that 1 + 1 can = 3. Yes, but 1 + 1, can only = 2. Note the coma.

But 1 + 1 "can" (think tin can) full of 2 things can = 3. Mystery solved.

[Ashles]

Note the coma.
Everything about Iamme suddenly seems clear.

[Stellafane]

I'd rather send an anagram to the Edda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edda).

[rjh01]

From rjh01, that 1 + 1 can = 3. Yes, but 1 + 1, can only = 2. Note the coma.

But 1 + 1 "can" (think tin can) full of 2 things can = 3. Mystery solved.

So sorry. But no. I have a spreadsheet that has 1 in cells A1 and A2. A3 is the sum of A1 and A2. This comes to 3. :eek:

[Joe Random]

Dear [deceased’s name]

I am thanking you for your gloriousness in hearing this message by way of AFTERLIFETELEGRAMS which it is am sure most surprising to yourself. As you can see I am the first son and heir of the most rightfull director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). As it is most often with these unfortunalities my father was killed in an auto accident which is having the cause of the law enforcement agencies to look most suspiciously. As you can gather it is when powerful and well financed individuals most shockingly meet their ends that those who have made their oppositions known in the past begin to show outwardly what they might have gained themselves from these supposed ‘accidents’.

Which is why I am at the present writing in desperation to you. For you see my father had accumulated a large personal wealth which he was to setting aside in his later years for health and the benefit of his children. However at the present while the legal are involved these riches can not be given properly to those my father had made his intention. And moreso if it can be comprehended, those most possibly behind the sudden cutting off of my fathers life are at the present disputing the will and rightful apportionment my father had made of his fortune.

An associate of mine, the Honorable Mr. Weng Chiang with the Li Hsang Chen Bank Ltd in Hong Kong as informed to me of his idea on how these funds rightfully to myself can be freed up, and for this endeavour we excitedly request your participation. Being said as you are one of the departed it is considered most excellent your position to assist us in righting this injustice, and also making yourself no small compensation for your efforts.

Please have your nearest living next of kin transmit to my associate the living ones full names and address so that the banker can commence his job. An identification of bank account is also required to approve that only those authorized by your departedness have applied to us. As you can imagine we are at the most fearfull of unauthorized undertakers to our plan and want in the only to assure it’s security. At the furthering contact the transfer can commence.

Please hurry as to the future of my safety while those who brought to harm my father is not in the assurance!

[Yeah_Right]

My Telegram to the dead.

Dear Dad
So what are things like in the afterlife? Stop, If you're considering haunting me, Stop!