British Corpses Piling Up

American Voices

October 15, 2008 | ISSUE 44•42

British undertakers are refusing to bury the dead until bereaved families receive delayed government support payments. What do you think?

I really would have thought the work was its own reward for those guys.

Diana Rusk
Provost
Give some Irishman a shovel and he'll probably do it just for the opportunity to punch a British corpse in the face a couple times.

Alan Ballard
Systems Analyst
I've actually been dead for two months, and this is my ghost talking. Bury me so I can move on!

Thomas Wilson
Ghost

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