Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die

[James Joyce]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080305/od_nm/election_cemetery_dc;_ylt=An13PqIUhUbV99n9e49jyPrtiBIF

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them.

In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that "all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish."

It added: "Offenders will be severely punished."

The mayor said he was forced to take drastic action after an administrative court in the nearby town of Pau ruled in January that the acquisition of adjoining private land to extend the cemetery would not be justified.

Lalanne, who celebrated his 70th birthday on Wednesday and is standing for election to a seventh term in this month's local elections, said he was sorry that there had not been a positive outcome to the dilemma.

"It may be a laughing matter for some, but not for me," he said.

 

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[Speedball]

That French man is CWAZY!!!

 

[passerby]

Yes...I have been waiting for someone to do this.

 

[SpideyVille]

ROFLMFAO at the first line

"The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die"

 

[Apollo]

"try not to die in our town please...if you think you are going to die, run over to shelbyville"

 

[Arcturus]

lol, what a world we live in.

 

[BatSpider]

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Severely punish someone who dies? What's he gonna do rape their dead bodies?

 

[Superman4ever]

 

[SpideyVille]

Wouldn't it be ironic if the mayor ended up dying suddenly and couldn't be buried

 

[Superman4ever]

Wouldn't it be ironic if the mayor ended up dying suddenly and couldn't be buried

 

[Speedball]

Just start a new cemetery...or build a Mausoleum...

 

[James Joyce]

Oh, my good GOD, where did you get that? Is that really someone actually DYING?

 

[Eggyman]

Cremation?

 

[Speedball]

Cremation?

Well...most of the southern part of France is Catholic...and they have a problem with cremation.

 

[Eggyman]

Ah, good point. They swing the bong

 

[James Joyce]

They swing the bong

What?

 

[Speedball]

What?

LOL!
Have you ever been to a Catholic mass?
They swing incense.

 

[Obi-Ron]

The cemetary is truly the most popular place in town...people are just dying to get in.


Try the veal, I'm here all week!

 

[BatSpider]

Did he just faint or die?!

 

[James Joyce]

LOL!
Have you ever been to a Catholic mass?
They swing incense.

Ah, OK, and yes, I was raised Catholic.

 

[Speedball]

The cemetary is truly the most popular place in town...people are just dying to get in.


Try the veal, I'm here all week!

LOL! Love the Avvy.t:

 

[SpideyVille]

Oh, my good GOD, where did you get that? Is that really someone actually DYING?

Yeah, of a heart attack I believe. There's even video of it on youtube.

The cemetary is truly the most popular place in town...people are just dying to get in.


Try the veal, I'm here all week!

I've never heard that one before

 

[James Joyce]

Did he just faint or die?!

The way his eyes stay open, it looks like the latter.