It’s For You

So, your just about to carry out the funeral. All of the mourners have gathered, the proper clergy contacted, the guest of honor, so to speak, has been suitably prepared. Then a telephone call interrupts the whole thing.

Getting a call from the guest of honor can kind of ruin the whole flow.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - An Indian man's family almost cremated a dead body that resembled their relative but stopped when they got a telephone call from him, a report said Wednesday.

Deepak Bhattacharya, who had left his house on Tuesday to pay a phone bill, was shocked to hear from his family that they were preparing to cremate a dead body they thought was his, the Press Trust of India reported.

The mix-up in the central Indian city of Raipur occurred after police called the family about an hour after Bhattacharya had left his home and asked them to identify a corpse.

"Bhattacharya's brother-in-law identified the body and took it home for the last rites," Superintendent of Police Sashi Mohan Singh told the news agency.

Hey, the guy should be happy the family didn't insist on carrying on with the real guest of honor!