Are you sure you're not dead?

Whilst away for the weekend in Brittany, a great story was drawn to my attention. A heartwarming story, full of compassion, community awareness, and idiocy.

Mrs Ribbys grandmother, bless her soul, is about a hundred years old. Actually not that old but old nonetheless. However she is a very healthy and outgoing person, so imagine the surprise of the landlord of her house when he arrived to do some minor repairs to find that all the windows were shut and there was no answer at the door. Uh-oh.

Quick as flash, he gets on the phone to one of her three daughters to let her know. No reply. He then spoke to Mrs Ribbys mum and she in turn spoke to her other sister. At this point it's time to call the police. Well, that's what they thought anyway. I think it would have been better to try daughter number 1 again, after all thats where Grandma was quite happily having lunch. If only she knew the fuss she was causing by not answering her door.

This reminded me of a story I read in FHM not too long back. It was something along the lines of some fireman running into a burning apartment block and evacuating all the residents. One resident failed to answer his door, leading the firepersons to assume he was overcome with smoke. They broke down the door and charged into the bedroom, only to find a thirysomething male wearing headphones wanking furiously to a Britney Spears video. Apparently what made it worse was that he jumped up a let out a little girls scream. Hehehe.