If Mrs Bloggs and the children were to go away for a few days or weeks (dream perchance to win the lottery!) there is a possiblity that I could die at my desk and no one would find me until they got back. In all the office jobs I've had - admittedly not that many - I think it would have been impossible for me to die and no one notice for even, say, 24 hours. Where is all this leading? To the Helsinki Tax Office, that's where. The only tax office in the world where you can't escape taxes, but you can escape detection if you die on the job.
Posted by Joe at January 20, 2004 02:07 PMSaw the article this morning and was reminded of the proofreader 2 or 3 years ago in the US who was left unnoticed in death for much longer than his Finnish counterpart.
As for you Mr. Bloggs, the world would just think that your email had gone on the blink again.
I did enjoy my premature 'death' when my email went on the blink. I really should let it go more often.
Posted by: Joe at January 20, 2004 04:45 PMOr that you were once again travelling in some third-world country (say, Britain) where internet service is only provided from 2 to 4 in the afternoon on alternate Thursdays.
Posted by: DJ at January 20, 2004 08:41 PMAhh! You remember those blank Thursdays (and Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun) well!
Posted by: Joe at January 20, 2004 10:13 PMFunny I catch these "local" news items from a website on the other side of the world. I hadn't heard about this incident before.
Posted by: Marko at January 22, 2004 01:32 AMI did wonder if you'd heard about it Marko.
Posted by: Joe at January 22, 2004 09:24 AMWell I have now!