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Sat 10 Oct 2008An Irishman's Diary
IT WAS disappointing to read the claim by US humour expert Dr Bill Fry (yesterday) that, as a rule, people rarely die laughing.
I know the film Mary Poppins is not a realistic depiction of the human condition. Even so, its portrayal of the death of an elderly banker suggests what I've always thought is the model way to go. As chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary, Mr Dawes Snr is carried off (literally) during a fit of the giggles - his first in 90 years — which causes him first to levitate and then expire from the shock.
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