French mayor bans death
#1French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/17/08 at 12:21pm
Death is horrible, but this makes me laugh.
The mayor of a village on the French Riviera whose cemetery has run out of space has issued a decree telling people not to die.
"It is forbidden for any person not in possession of a family vault to die on the village's territory," the order stated.
Mayor Gil Bernardi said he issued the death ban to highlight the lack of burial space in the village.
At the moment 19 bodies are still waiting for a permanent burial space. They are temporarily buried in friends' vaults, waiting for a permanent plot.
About 80 people die each year in Le Lavandou, and only about half of them own a family vault. Nearly a third of the village's 5,508 residents are aged over 65.
"I issued the decree yesterday hoping for official attention," Mr Bernardi said on Thursday. "No one has died since then and I hope it stays that way."
From the BBC
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#2re: French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/17/08 at 2:36pmAnd how exactly do they plan to punish those who die?
#2re: French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/17/08 at 2:47pmThey could start manufacturing Soylent Green.
#3re: French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/17/08 at 2:48pmMaybe they'll open a Mrs Lovett's Pie Shop.
#4re: French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/17/08 at 5:57pm
The ban is punishable by death
Those fun loving frenchies.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/17/08 at 8:42pmWhere's Mrs. Lovett when you need her?
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#7re: French mayor bans death
Posted: 4/18/08 at 4:04pm
This article is eight years old. I wonder if he's been able to enforce it.
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