A mayor of a small French town has issued a decree promising severe punishment for any citizen daring to die without a reservation.
In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that "all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish."
It added: "Offenders will be severely punished."
We ere at Blue Crab Boulevard recommend the mayor impose the death penalty. Oh, wait. Well, then, Life in prison! Hmm. This is going to be tough. We have it! Put them in the ground and cover them with dirt!
That'll teach 'em.
Ok, you made me laugh with that one.
Make ‘em work burying the…uh, never mind.