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Re: Interesting.

That makes another brilliant story, doesn't it? I tell you, inspiration lurks even in the graveyard!

posted by vogue on October 29, 2009 at 1:09 AM | link to this | reply

Interesting.

I wonder if the special guard would have been running his ass off on a windy night. "Ding, ding!" "Oh, shit another damn bell!" Old Gus mumbled. He swung around trying to pin-point which grave was "ringing". "Damn, if would have to be the one on top of the hill, shit!" So, old Gus, picks up his trusty shovel and heads up the hill, navigating various tombstones as he hobbles up. Finally he arrives at the top. The ringing has ceased. Gus sits on the gravestone of Mary Harrision. He reads the inscription, "Here lies the body of Mary Harrision. loving wife and mother of fifteen; 1701 - 1730. "15 kids!" Gus says incredulously, "No wonder she died." Another bell rings and Gus once again pricks his ears.

posted by Hackthorne19 on October 28, 2009 at 9:23 PM | link to this | reply

Vogue

LOL Well I'm not going to apply for that luv.

posted by WileyJohn on October 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM | link to this | reply

no I didn't know....interesting...

posted by Samantha39 on October 28, 2009 at 8:35 PM | link to this | reply

I'm not sure I would have wanted that job either. I guess I would have just run into town and tell somebody to get their relative out.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on October 28, 2009 at 6:57 PM | link to this | reply

Very interesting my friend... I guess they had no way of verifying brain death  back then... That is probably the origin of the wakes as well... and why there is usually a wait of 24 hours before a burrial in some cultures.  Thanks for sharing that my trivia queen :-)  xoxoxo

posted by Sinome on October 28, 2009 at 6:50 PM | link to this | reply

I've been reading your last 4-5 entries and I'm so glad it's going so well for you, meine Liebe! COntinue the good work! As for the graveyard shift work, it would give you plenty of time to write...No?!

posted by auslander on October 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM | link to this | reply

He'd feel a bit like the livind dead.I had read this somewhere.

posted by Kabu on October 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM | link to this | reply

I didnt know that, but I remembe when I was a kid I thought it meant working at a graveyard and my mom told me it was for those that work late at night, but that really didnt explain why

posted by lustorlove on October 28, 2009 at 10:45 AM | link to this | reply

Very interesting; I love "origins" --have done some articles on them on AC. Hope you're doing well. Nita.

posted by snowview on October 28, 2009 at 8:43 AM | link to this | reply

I had never heard that expression before. Your explanation was very interesting. 'Graveyard shift' would be a fine title for a really grotesque horror story .....

posted by elinjo on October 28, 2009 at 6:04 AM | link to this | reply

LOL, thanks for the info...enlightening...did you know that "knocking on

wood" to avoid bad things comes from people who used to worship wood idols? 

posted by Ariala on October 28, 2009 at 4:22 AM | link to this | reply