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Bricklayer shows up at his own funeral in Brazil
AP/ MSNBC ^ | 10/5/09 | N/A

Posted on 11/05/2009 1:30:46 PM PST by BigEdLB

59-year-old shocks mourners who believed they were burying crash victim

RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mistakenidentity
SURPRISE!
1 posted on 11/05/2009 1:30:47 PM PST by BigEdLB
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To: BigEdLB

I imagine his family laid a few bricks themselves when they saw him!


2 posted on 11/05/2009 1:34:36 PM PST by Reaganesque ("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
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To: BigEdLB

Want BRAINS!

3 posted on 11/05/2009 1:36:06 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: BigEdLB

I see dead people, and they didn’t show up for work!


4 posted on 11/05/2009 1:38:23 PM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: BigEdLB

“Jesus Christ! He is alive!”

“No, I am Ademir Jorge Goncalves and I didn’t actually die. Sorry for the confusion.”


5 posted on 11/05/2009 1:39:09 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (Government For the People - an obviously concealed oxymoron)
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To: BigEdLB

Finally..... someone was late for their own funeral!
I wonder if he voted in the time he was considered dead.


6 posted on 11/05/2009 1:42:45 PM PST by Rickcbw
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To: BigEdLB

Does anybody remember the M*A*S*H episode where they hold the funeral for the Frenchman, and when they play his national anthem, he comes marching down the aisle, saluting?

That was a classic.


7 posted on 11/05/2009 1:43:32 PM PST by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: BigEdLB

“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”-Mark Twain


8 posted on 11/05/2009 1:49:40 PM PST by getarope (One Big Ass Mistake, America!)
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To: BigEdLB

Showing up live at my own funeral - I’m adding that to my bucket list.


9 posted on 11/05/2009 2:13:04 PM PST by saint
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