Educated Guesses

admin February 20th, 2009

Davis County prosecutors have a problem with a negligent homicide case — no one’s dead.

The county attorney’s office learned Wednesday the victim had, in fact, survived the motorcycle crash that was thought to have killed him.

The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead. 
[a man puts a body on the cart] 
Large Man with Dead Body: Here’s one. 
The Dead Collector: That’ll be ninepence. 
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m not dead. 
The Dead Collector: What? 
Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There’s your ninepence. 
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m not dead. 
The Dead Collector: ‘Ere, he says he’s not dead. 
Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is. 
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m not. 
The Dead Collector: He isn’t. 
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he’s very ill. 
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m getting better. 
Large Man with Dead Body: No you’re not, you’ll be stone dead in a moment. 
The Dead Collector: Well, I can’t take him like that. It’s against regulations.

Link to Salt Lake City Tribune article by Nate Carlisle.

Link to Nate’s digg post