• SpicyAnt@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    “In November I had received two letters from Teachers’ Pensions asking me euphemistically if I was dead,”

    I am curious about how one euphemistically asks someone if they are dead. Any guess?

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      10 months ago

      Dear Mrs McGrath,

      Are you napping or are you taking “the big sleep”?

      Sincerely, The teachers pension

    • cafeinux@infosec.pub
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      10 months ago

      Did you recently (or less recently) stop breathing for more than 10 minutes, and if so, are you or not a professional freediver?