Hemi Cuda
Well-known member
In a tiny village on the Irish coast lived an old lady, a virgin and very
> proud of it. Sensing that her final days were rapidly approaching, and
> desiring to make sure everything was in proper order when she dies, she
> went to the town's undertaker (who also happened to be the local postal
> clerk) to make the proper "final" arrangements. As a last wish, she
> informed the undertaker that she wanted the following inscription
engraved
> on her tombstone:
>
>
>
> "BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED AS A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN"
>
>
>
> Not long after, the old maid died peacefully. A few days after the
> funeral, as the undertaker--postal clerk went to prepare the tombstone
that
> the lady had requested, it became quite apparent that the tombstone
that
> she had selected was much too small for the wording that she had
chosen.
> He thought long and hard about how he could fulfill the old maid's
final
> request, considering the very limited space available on the small
piece
of
> stone. For days, he agonized over the dilemma. But finally his
experience
> as a postal worker allowed him to come up with what he thought was the
> appropriate solution to the problem.
>
>
>
> The virgin's tombstone was finally completed and duly engraved, and it
read
> as follows:
>
>
>
> "RETURNED UNOPENED"
> proud of it. Sensing that her final days were rapidly approaching, and
> desiring to make sure everything was in proper order when she dies, she
> went to the town's undertaker (who also happened to be the local postal
> clerk) to make the proper "final" arrangements. As a last wish, she
> informed the undertaker that she wanted the following inscription
engraved
> on her tombstone:
>
>
>
> "BORN A VIRGIN, LIVED AS A VIRGIN, DIED A VIRGIN"
>
>
>
> Not long after, the old maid died peacefully. A few days after the
> funeral, as the undertaker--postal clerk went to prepare the tombstone
that
> the lady had requested, it became quite apparent that the tombstone
that
> she had selected was much too small for the wording that she had
chosen.
> He thought long and hard about how he could fulfill the old maid's
final
> request, considering the very limited space available on the small
piece
of
> stone. For days, he agonized over the dilemma. But finally his
experience
> as a postal worker allowed him to come up with what he thought was the
> appropriate solution to the problem.
>
>
>
> The virgin's tombstone was finally completed and duly engraved, and it
read
> as follows:
>
>
>
> "RETURNED UNOPENED"
