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9/6/08 22:25![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madrobinsA piece of junk mail arrived for the former owner (or rather, her husband, long deceased) of our house. On the envelope the legend was printed: FREE PRE-PAID CREMATION!
Well, if that wasn't enticing! I had to open the envelope (former owner is now deceased, and we otherwise would have thrown the letter directly into the recycling). It's a fairly standard pitch for cremation; what made it wonderfully macabre was the note in the upper left corner of the letter:
The winner of last month's drawing was listed. Play your cards right and it could be your name in that upper left corner.
The rest of the copy was fairly reasonable, but interspersed with so many explanation marks that it was just a touch...disconcerting. Too upbeat. Too emphatic. Just...discrepant, somehow.
Well, if that wasn't enticing! I had to open the envelope (former owner is now deceased, and we otherwise would have thrown the letter directly into the recycling). It's a fairly standard pitch for cremation; what made it wonderfully macabre was the note in the upper left corner of the letter:
WIN A PRE-PAID CREMATION
Complete all of the reply slip
information and you will be eligible
for a drawing each month.
The winner of last month's drawing was listed. Play your cards right and it could be your name in that upper left corner.
The rest of the copy was fairly reasonable, but interspersed with so many explanation marks that it was just a touch...disconcerting. Too upbeat. Too emphatic. Just...discrepant, somehow.