I hate it when stuff goes mainstream- 

Today I went to a ” weird news stories ” site and they have this column where weird stories are happening so often that they’re no longer considered strange OR unusual…

so another one  bites the dust-

DARN!

The category of stories of people keeping deceased relatives’ bodies around, based either on fear of losing the relationships or a psychotic belief that the deceased will regenerate (or sometimes, to conceal the death so that government checks keep coming), has been retired.

 A funeral parlor in London told The Times in September that it was finally time to bury Annie Lamas, who died 10 years ago but whose body has been kept in the parlor’s cold storage unit by her two adult daughters, who visit almost weekly to chat with her and touch her up. Elder daughter Josephine, 59, was said to make sure Mom’s lipstick is fresh (on a body that has wasted to the point of leathery skin stretched over bones) and place fresh padding on Mom’s stomach cavity. [The Times (London), 9-6-07]