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Great Moments in Tact, #1: Wait til the corpse gets cold, m'kay?

Started by Doktor Howl, June 21, 2011, 07:37:27 PM

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QuoteJohn Law Hume (9 August 1890 – 15 April 1912) was an Scottish violinist on the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage. He died in the disaster

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Hume and the other members of Wallace Hartley's orchestra were all members of the Amalgamated British Musicians Union and were employed by a Liverpool music agency, C.W. and F.N. Black, which supplied musicians for Cunard and the White Star Line On 30 April 1912 John Hume's father, Andrew, received the following note from the agency:


QuoteDear Sir:

We shall be obliged if you will remit us the sum of 5s. 4d., which is owing to us as per enclosed statement.
We shall also be obliged if you will settle the enclosed uniform account.

Yours faithfully,
C.W. & F.N. Black

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Law_Hume

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Cain

To be fair, Liverpool.

It was tactful not to show up with a baseball bat, demanding the money.

Adios


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Quote from: Cain on June 21, 2011, 08:03:46 PM
To be fair, Liverpool.

It was tactful not to show up with a baseball bat, demanding the money.

Whenever I feel the need to take offence at any charge levelled at Liverpool, I think back to the last time I got really pissed in town and ended up in a three way shoving match with my friend and a stranger, during which the "sides" changed three times, like Harry Enfield's "the Scousers".

The argument was because this man needed help finding "...our kid."

It was a Wednesday.

Doktor Howl

Quote from: Charley Brown on June 21, 2011, 08:32:04 PM
Somebody please tell me this was never paid.

The man's father told them to go shit in their hats.
Molon Lube

Adios

Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 21, 2011, 09:35:55 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on June 21, 2011, 08:32:04 PM
Somebody please tell me this was never paid.

The man's father told them to go shit in their hats.

That was the only correct response.

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technically since he sank into icy waters, the corpse WAS cold!!!!  :D

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Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 21, 2011, 09:35:55 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on June 21, 2011, 08:32:04 PM
Somebody please tell me this was never paid.

The man's father told them to go shit in their hats.
I hope they had a sense of humor.

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Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 21, 2011, 07:37:27 PM
QuoteJohn Law Hume (9 August 1890 – 15 April 1912) was an Scottish violinist on the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage. He died in the disaster

<snip>

Hume and the other members of Wallace Hartley's orchestra were all members of the Amalgamated British Musicians Union and were employed by a Liverpool music agency, C.W. and F.N. Black, which supplied musicians for Cunard and the White Star Line On 30 April 1912 John Hume's father, Andrew, received the following note from the agency:


QuoteDear Sir:

We shall be obliged if you will remit us the sum of 5s. 4d., which is owing to us as per enclosed statement.
We shall also be obliged if you will settle the enclosed uniform account.

Yours faithfully,
C.W. & F.N. Black

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Law_Hume



The day after my father in law died (not long ago) we got a call at my sister in law's house from the uniform company wanting to know when they could pick up his uniforms and "letting us know" that he owed $100 for his cleaning bill. Not quite on the same scale of horror, but we responded by having him cremated in one of them anyway.