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Funeral directors in Ireland report that more and more families are throwing a mobile phone into the coffin with the deceased. They’re more than just mementos, too. “There is a fear that some people have that they will be buried alive,” says Dublin mortician Peter Flanagan. “They have contact with the outside world if they have a mobile phone with them.” But, he says, he suggests to families they either turn the phone off, or at least turn it to vibrate. “Obviously,” he says, “you don’t want a phone ringing inside a coffin during a funeral.” (AFP) ...Ringing from a coffin wouldn’t be so bad — not compared to hearing “Hello?”
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