Marvin
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 196
- Location
- Cambridge, UK
- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
A Yorkshireman's very devout wife died, and when he was at the undertaker's arranging the funeral he ordered a headstone to be placed on the grave. When asked what wording he wanted, he said; "Oh, just her name and the dates of her birth and death, and then a short epigram at the end: "She was Thine"".
Well, the funeral went ahead, and after a couple of weeks the undertaker contacted the widower to tell him the gravestone had been erected and the grave was now tidy and ready for inspection. But when the husband visited the grave he was horrified to discover that the stonemason had made a mistake in the wording. The spigram read "She was Thin"!
Naturally the husband complained to the undertaker: "It's terrible! You can't put that on a gravestone, even if it's true! He's left the "e" off the end of the last line."
Well, the undertaker apologised profusely and promised to have it put right. And so in another couple of weeks the message came that the work was complete and ready for inspection. The husband visited the grave, and there was the inscription: "EE, she was Thin"
Well, the funeral went ahead, and after a couple of weeks the undertaker contacted the widower to tell him the gravestone had been erected and the grave was now tidy and ready for inspection. But when the husband visited the grave he was horrified to discover that the stonemason had made a mistake in the wording. The spigram read "She was Thin"!
Naturally the husband complained to the undertaker: "It's terrible! You can't put that on a gravestone, even if it's true! He's left the "e" off the end of the last line."
Well, the undertaker apologised profusely and promised to have it put right. And so in another couple of weeks the message came that the work was complete and ready for inspection. The husband visited the grave, and there was the inscription: "EE, she was Thin"
