Friday, October 21, 2005

No dying zone

The following are excerpts from a Reuters news story entitled, "Dead Man Gets Parking Ticket."

Australian authorities have apologized to the family of an elderly man who was given a parking ticket while he lay dead in his car in a suburban shopping center.
The 71-year-old man... went missing nine days ago and his body was found in his car in a shopping mall car park...
A parking ticket had been placed on the car the day before his body was found.
...Local mayor Denham told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Friday, "The circumstances surrounding the location of this poor fellow must make it all the harder for the family. It is simply a case of the parking officer not noticing."

Not noticing??? Who was the parking officer, Charles Stevenson?
(Don't get it? see the other post from today.)

Have you voted for your choice to win the STUPIE award? View the nominees on 10/17's post...

1 comment:

Kris said...

I saw this one too...yikes.

K.