An Offer To Die For
So two nights ago I was going through my mail and found an offer from a company called the Neptune Society, for a chance to win (drum roll please)... a free pre-paid cremation. Yes, you read that correctly; I said CREMATION. Not $1 million. Not a brand-new car. No, I get an offer to win a means of disposing of my mortal remains. As you can imagine, I am thrilled to be so subtly reminded of my inevitable—and apparently imminent—demise by thoughtful direct marketers. Woo-hoo.
Oh and here's my fav quote from the letter: "Cremation just makes sense." Doesn't it though?
You know, this was really the icing on the cake of weird mailings that I've been receiving lately, such as offers for discounts on hearing aids (which I emphatically do NOT need), or offers for estate planning services that would presumably necessitate me having an estate in the first place (which I emphatically do NOT have).
So yeah, seems like 32 is the new 80, folks. Hope you're not older than I am, or you might just as well be a ghost.
OK, I'm off to bed. But before I go, allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to Ruth Sims, who was the July 2007 winner of the pre-paid cremation offer. You go, girl! Have fun with that.
Oh and here's my fav quote from the letter: "Cremation just makes sense." Doesn't it though?
You know, this was really the icing on the cake of weird mailings that I've been receiving lately, such as offers for discounts on hearing aids (which I emphatically do NOT need), or offers for estate planning services that would presumably necessitate me having an estate in the first place (which I emphatically do NOT have).
So yeah, seems like 32 is the new 80, folks. Hope you're not older than I am, or you might just as well be a ghost.
OK, I'm off to bed. But before I go, allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to Ruth Sims, who was the July 2007 winner of the pre-paid cremation offer. You go, girl! Have fun with that.
posted by grackyfrogg @ 9:56 PM
6 Comments:
At 10:35 PM ,
isim said...
you entry blog biatiful
At 3:49 AM ,
Anonymous said...
The Neptune society? What does water have to do with cremation? Shouldn't it be prometheus...or some god of fire?
You are so lucky! The only thing I ever won was a membership to a gym that was going out of business!
Aunt B
At 12:24 PM ,
Philip said...
...wow
At 7:17 PM ,
Drew said...
You think that's bad? A couple of weeks ago, Sue went out to get the mail and found a tombstone and a pile funeral maps to go along with it. Talk about mis-delivery. In the long run, it turns out that the previous owner of our house was a minister and had such things delivered here all the time. The sad thing is that if it didn't have a $3k bill attached to it, we'd be the type of people to take it and make good use out of it come Halloween time.
At 1:59 PM ,
Quesse Lómë said...
That sounds absolutely flattering... :S
At 3:18 PM ,
Carl Grant said...
And I thought that after all this time cremation was a dead issue. This really burns me up!
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