Thursday, March 06, 2008

Next On 'Cops:'Arresting The Grim Reaper

The mayor of a small French village has banned anyone from dying without already having purchased a cemetery plot. He instituted the measure to protest a ruling that prevents him from enlarging the existing cemetery's size. Mayor Gerard Lalanne warns of "severe punishment" for offenders.

Huh? What's he gonna do? This is one crime for which capital punishment is unlikely to be a significant deterrent.

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