{"id":5695,"date":"2019-10-16T06:49:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2019-10-16T06:49:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:49:06","slug":"dead-man-gets-last-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/10\/dead-man-gets-last-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Man Gets Last Laugh!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5697\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/10\/c76bb1d8-ncmfd7dwlrc57kbu3woauvg2oa.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/10\/c76bb1d8-ncmfd7dwlrc57kbu3woauvg2oa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/10\/c76bb1d8-ncmfd7dwlrc57kbu3woauvg2oa-768x656.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/10\/c76bb1d8-ncmfd7dwlrc57kbu3woauvg2oa-695x593.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Shay Bradley\u00a0 died on Oct. 8, but his sense of humor lived on. Which is just what he wanted.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>As his coffin was being lowered into the ground the practical joker left his family and friends with one last joke ! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At a cemetery in Dublin, Ireland, Shays recording cut into the mournful strains of the bagpipes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><em><strong>\u201cHello? Hello. Hello? Let me out!\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-nativo mobile-yieldmo inline-ad \">\n<div id=\"f5ickl1fu5y3Fr\" class=\"wrapper clearfix full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-ads-nativo\">\n<div><em><strong>\u201cWhere the f&#8212; am I?\u201d Bradley yelled. \u201cLet me out, it\u2019s f&#8212;ing dark in here.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>His beloveds, gathered around the hole in the ground, stood still in shock. Then their tears and sniffles began giving way to giggles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><em><strong>\u201cIs that the priest I can hear?\u201d \u201cThis is Shay, I\u2019m in the box. No, in f&#8212;ing front of you. I\u2019m dead.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>Then Bradley launched into a song. \u201cI just called to say goodbye,\u201d he crooned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>His prank did the trick. The mourners were treated to one last laugh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funeral in dublin yesterday he&#39;s alive <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j18uFJ5aA4\">pic.twitter.com\/j18uFJ5aA4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lfcgigiddy1122 (@lfcgigiddy1122) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lfcgigiddy1122\/status\/1183375983145082880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>It had been a year in the making, his daughter Andrea Bradley told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/dead-man-prank-funeral-coffin_n_5da4af28e4b0cad669a963ea\">Huffington Post<\/a>. Knowing he was terminally ill, Bradley made the recording and it was his dying wish that it be played as he was being put into the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>Video of the joke has been viewed 1.68 million times, retweeted 6,175 times and garnered more than 25,000 likes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p><strong>The\u00a0 joke was his way of taking care of those he\u2019d left behind, his daughter said, especially his wife of 43 years \u2013 his childhood sweetheart. \u201cHe wanted to make sure my mam would be laughing leaving the cemetery, not crying,\u201d Andrea Bradley told Huffington Post. \u201cAnd he done just that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHe would love to know how many people he made laugh!!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shay Bradley\u00a0 died on Oct. 8, but his sense of humor lived on. 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