The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87878   Message #1751960
Posted By: HuwG
02-Jun-06 - 07:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: First Joke thread for 2006
Subject: RE: BS: First Joke thread for 2006
After Gene Pitney died while on tour in Cardiff, his family telephoned the undertakers, to ask when the body could be returned to the US for burial at home.

They replied, "It depends what you want us to use for the coffin (casket). If you want us to do it in oak, it'll take seven days. But it's only, 24 hours from balsa ...".