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Letter: A time to die

Published 2 May 1998

From Tim Bierman

The problem of putting “19” on things too early isn’t limited to tombstones
(Feedback, 4 April).
It also affects those with no plans to die yet.

A friend was in a doctor’s waiting room with the cardboard envelope
containing his medical records when he noticed that the personal details on the
outside included “Date of death”—with the “19” pre-printed. He wonders
whether the doctor knows something he is not telling him.

tim@bierman.demon.co.uk

Issue no. 2132 published 2 May 1998

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