Being Buried Alive

[Tilly2]

I noticed in one of the posts this week, than Gness had said her greatest fear was 'being buried alive'.

Is this less and less likely to happen in this day and age?

It is also my greatest fear, having read 'Premature Burial' by Edgar Allen Poe.

[society]

Think I read something like that too, Horseshoes.

[shoota]

Sigh.......

[horseshoes]

Got it!! DEAD SIMPLE by Peter James.

[Goodsoulette]

Make sure you are embalmed, that'll stop any of that scratching in your coffin for a week business. Or specify that you don't want your funeral for a few weeks until after you have died.

[askyourgran]

Thanks jno I'll remember that.

[gness]

Evening, Shoota....x

[joggerjayne]

Brilliant book, horseshoes!

And it's the first in a series of books featuring Roy Grace, which are all fab.

The one I'm reading at the mo, Dead Man's Time, I think is number eight.

[horseshoes]

Thanks JJ, I wouldn't mind reading them if they're all as good as Dead Simple.

[joggerjayne]

They are all good, horseshoes.

What happened to Roy Grace's wife? Just a thought.

[naomi24]

The chances of it happening now are very remote - but in days gone by all sorts of gadgets were fitted to coffins - some had bells in them so the occupant could attract attention if necessary.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

[netibiza]

Quite likely here I reckon as they bury the dead in 24hrs and cement them in a wall. Terrifies me. Hopefully we'll have cremation in a few years. That's where "the graveyard shift" comes from and saved by the bell. Someone used to sit by the graves and if the bell rang they'd rescue them from the grave.

[guilliebrougues]

yes, sparkles you really must re-write your last sentence. :) I would not like to be buried with my solicitor either .LOL

[jim360]

The wikipedia article linked to above contains a debunking of that myth -- "Dead Ringers" for example were good horses swapped for bad ones if they looked the same; "Saved by the bell" is a boxing expression, and "graveyard shift" originated in the US Navy.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/graveyard-shift.html

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/saved-by-the-bell.html

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dead%20ringer.html

[aelmpvw]

once people have received my useful organs the chances of me waking up are pretty remote