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more about #askdorothyparker more comments → RedLantern: I knew a girl in college who had, as a child or teenager, been flying with her grandmother when she died. The plane unloaded her grandmother's body w... more » LeeroySpitzer: seriously, fuck planes. more » Dream Pantomime: Hannibal Lecter: Splendid. Finally some decent food on this airline. more » seat_5a: My dad had someone die next to him during a flight. The attendants asked if it was okay if they left the body there since there was no other room on t... more » hydrogen_jukebox: I know he says the same thing every time, but the Kerouac never fails to make me laugh. more » Belli: Tyler Durden: You are not your airplane seat. Also, I'm not actually sure Marie Antoinette would say that at all. She was very kind and generous to t... more » CherriSpryte: Arwen: Ruined by a corpse!? Starting in a few decades from now, I'll be spending all of eternity married to a corpse! more » hughman: did she take his bag of salted almonds? that's $25 right there. more » EndangeredRed: Every time, I think the Kerouac thing will get old, but it never does. more » squid pro quo: It never ceases to amaze me how bratty people become about air travel. Oh so you just got MARRIED and had a fabulous trip to South Africa and this ot... more » Dizzy8: I don't know why, but something about that woman's letter made me think she's a total pill. I'm not excusing the airline. I just think she's being ob... more » brenner at large: Mark Twain: pity the living in first class, envy the dead man's upgrade. more » sayah: Stephanie Tanner: How rude! more » sybann: The airlines just do not care anymore. Their profit margin is so thin she's really lucky they didn't charge her for making her flight more memorable. more » everydaystranger: My stepmum is a purser for an airline, and one night over wine that I poured all too freely to get good stories of airline life, she told me of the sh... more » -
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"My Honeymoon Was Ruined By A Corpse"
A woman wrote into Obit's "Ask Judy" with a real problem: an airline ruined her first-class flight with a dead body, and refuses to give her a refund! Given the subject, we thought we'd better ask some dead people!
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"How Do I Explain That My Coworker's A Raving Lunatic?"
Oh dear. There's a very troubling letter in today's Financial Times by a distraught citizen with a dodgy coworker. Really, there was nothing to do but get the opinions of a bunch of dead people, without delay.
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"Which Is More Important: Travel, Or My Girlfriend?"
This week, a dude wrote into the WaPo's Carolyn Hax with a relationship question. Her advice was great and all, but we were curious to see what famous dead people had to say!
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How Do I Tell Everyone That This Guy Died Of Prostate Cancer Because He Was An Adulterer?
This week, a concerned citizen wrote in to Obit's resident sage, Judy, with a question of doctrinal import. Judy took care of rational advice, so we thought we'd ask a bunch of dead people!
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"My Marriage Is Falling Apart Because I'm A Mac, And He's A PC."
A troubled wife consults Slate's peerless "Dear Prudence." Prudie takes care of sensible advice, so we went ahead and asked a bunch of dead people! More » -
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"How Do I Explain To My Friend That Her Bad Mothering Drove Her Daughter To Suicide?"
This psychopath asks Obit's resident sage Judy. We whip out our pink Ouija board and ask a bunch of dead people!
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"How Do I Keep My Sullen Daughter From Alienating My Wealthy Boyfriend?"
The writer may have asked The Spectator's "Mary." We asked a bunch of dead people! More »
