Death, 50 percent off

This little ditty in the Buzz section of the Buffalo News was brought to my attention yesterday:

Let’s say the angels have told you that you have one day left to live. You will be allowed one last huge meal of wings and beer-battered haddock and sweet potato fries, and then you will pass through the looking glass, and that will be that. Any Buffalonian’s natural question: Can I use a coupon? Well, for the last meal, you’re on your own. But for the death part, the Catholic Cemeteries have anticipated your question. The cemeteries slipped a coupon into the Western New York Catholic newspaper trumpeting: “Buy One Grave, Get One Free.” Ha, ha! Only in Buffalo. Just one question: What if the coupon expires before we do?

I have to say, I consulted the supplement, and I do believe the ad in question is one for “10% off your burial space.”

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