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Subject: [TOMBSTONES] R.I.P. The Sexton and Stone
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 10:32:42 EDT

9. HUMOR: R.I.P. The Sexton and Stone
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Thanks to Dahlia Wyllarde

A sexton in England undertook a project to map all the graves in the
churchyard and to create a complete record of the individuals buried
there. After years of work and research he had identified all of the
stones but one. The stone, flat on the ground and directly behind the
old church, bore only the initials H.W.P. The sexton dug through every
church record and could find no record of anyone with those initials.

One day the plumber was working on the old water pipes in the church
and chatting with the sexton who proceeded to tell him with pride about
his project and added that he was greatly troubled by the fact that one
stone remained unidentified. The plumber asked which stone that might be
and the sexton pointed out the flat stone.

The plumber smiled and replied that he could solve that mystery since he
had placed the stone there himself -- H.W.P. marks the location of the
Hot Water Pipe.

Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: Vol. 5, No. 21, 22 May 2002 and written by Dahlia Wyllarde




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