I read long ago (probably more than once) a short story that goes like this.<\/p>\n
A man of a certain age (let’s call him Bob) mysteriously receives, unwanted, a subscription to Hereafter<\/i> magazine – all about death: funerals, estate planning, that sort of thing. He angrily contacts the publisher, who explains that a crack team of actuaries has predicted that Bob will die within the next two years and is thus a prime prospect for Hereafter<\/i>‘s advertisers.<\/p>\n
Bob gets the wind up, resolving to prove the actuaries wrong, and triumphantly outlives the Hereafter<\/i> subscription. But what’s this? It’s a subscription to Senility<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I was reminded of that story by a couple of spams for diabetes products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I read long ago (probably more than once) a short story that goes like this. A man of a certain age (let’s call him Bob) mysteriously receives, unwanted, a subscription to Hereafter magazine – all about death: funerals, estate planning, … Continue reading