Brian Cowen is touring the Middle East and dies of a heart attack [Viral email I got]

hatrickpatrick

While he is on a tour of Jerusalem he suffers a heart attack and passes away.
The undertaker tells the Irish diplomats accompanying him, 'You can have him shipped home for €5,000,000, or you can bury him here in the Holy Land for just €1,000.'

The Irish diplomats go into a corner and discuss this for a minute. They come back to the undertaker and tell him they want Brian shipped home.

The undertaker is puzzled and asks, 'Why would you spend €5,000,000 to ship him home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only €1,000? With the money you save, you could help pay back some of the deficit, improve your hospitals or help the elderly.'

The Irish diplomats replied, 'Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead.
We just can't take the risk.

Gunsfortoys

Meh.

Red Hand

I was looking for the remote control and found a 50 pence piece under the couch cushion.

El Weirdo

Really OP. What sort of response were you actually expecting?

Proxy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

I was looking for the remote control and found a 50 pence piece under the couch cushion.

You've raised more money in two minutes than the current government in a few years.

Riamfada

What was he doing in the Middle East?

Riamfada

I doubt it would cost that much to ship a body across Europe.

Riamfada

Brian Cowen is dead?

Nephew

Riamfada wrote: »

What was he doing in the Middle East?

He's hard of hearing and heard something about a feast.

Riamfada

Are those my feet?

starbelgrade

Riamfada wrote: »

I doubt it would cost that much to ship a body across Europe.

They charge a "per kilo" and not a "per corpse" rate.

ejmaztec

Riamfada wrote: »

What was he doing in the Middle East?

Perhaps he was looking for baby Jesus, who was kidnapped from a Listowel nativity crib over Christmas?

TimeToShine

Well I'm going to thank him to get the ball rolling.

starbelgrade

ejmaztec wrote: »

Perhaps he was looking for baby Jesus, who was kidnapped from a Listowel nativity crib over Christmas?

What was Jesus doing in Listowel?

ejmaztec

starbelgrade wrote: »

What was Jesus doing in Listowel?

First of all, he was away in a manger, then he was just away.:(

TheZohanS

R.I.P.

Latchy

That's a T shock ok ...

Biggins

Riamfada wrote: »

What was he doing in the Middle East?

Looking for the end of the rainbow? ...Crock of gold to bail us out? :pac:

Insect Overlord

That joke is only slightly younger than the Bible itself, you know!

Latchy

Nostalgia will never die but erasing the memory of the Cowen administration might be a little bit harder ...

starbelgrade

Insect Overlord wrote: »

That joke is only slightly younger than the Bible itself, you know!

Just like our Biggins!

Yakult

ejmaztec wrote: »

Perhaps he was looking for baby Jesus, who was kidnapped from a Listowel nativity crib over Christmas?

yes... Kidnapped :pac:

fontanalis

Brendan Grace, is that you?

Biggins

starbelgrade wrote: »

Just like our Biggins!

Johro

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

I was looking for the remote control and found a 50 pence piece under the couch cushion.

Rich capitalist b#stard...

SuperInfinity

The Daily Mail hasn't reported it yet.

If the Daily Mail hasn't reported it then as far as I'm concerned it didn't happen, subject to change with future updates from the Daily Mail website.

bonerm

I had my own personal feelings about Mr.Cowen's ability as Taoiseach but upon reading of his death just now I have to acknowledge that maybe he wasn't the worst.

RIP Brian.

Gulliver

This is so obviously not true........
















...... they wouldn't touch a pig carcass to bury it!

jimthemental

The thread title is typical of Thursday morning. Initial hope and good mood immediately stamped out by the truth that your hope was misguided and you still have two days work ahead of you.

Donal Og O Baelach

Just seen it on Sky now, but it's been on twitter all morning.
RIP.