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  What do you do? (pt. 2)

Imagine you decided to pick up the paper one day and you see an article on the front page about a major accident. You read the article and are surprised to find your name listed as one of the deceased. What do you do???

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Melf Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 19-Jul-2008 7:09pm  

I'd think it was another Melissa Farrell. Unless I got a phone call telling me I'd just been killed in a major accident.
llamamama
posted 19-Jul-2008 7:25pm  

Think it's a coincedence..My name is pretty common.
Cain
posted 19-Jul-2008 7:40pm  

Not a lot. Someone who has the same name as me has died - shame!

Where's part 1 by the way?
LindaH Survey Central Gold SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 19-Jul-2008 8:47pm  

LMAO and take full advantage of the situation. Look on line for decent pranks.
Otter Survey Qualifier
posted 19-Jul-2008 8:50pm  

Nothing, play dead.
romkey Survey Central Gold SubscriberBronze Star Survey Creator
posted 19-Jul-2008 10:39pm  

I think about how unlikely it is that someone else shares my name.
Galomorro Gold Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 20-Jul-2008 12:28am  

Show it to a friend and have a laugh over it.
JessicaWoman99 Silver Star Survey Creator
posted 20-Jul-2008 12:53am  

Oh chit I would totally freak out buy a bottle of wine and get myself drunk "hick-up" Jessica is deceased i am dead
oh goody
JessicaWoman99 Silver Star Survey Creator
posted 20-Jul-2008 12:56am  

> Nothing since I figure there is someone else out there with the same
> name as mine. Everyone is supposed to have a twin somewhere, why
> not someone with the same name too?

Just imagine for a minute same name as yours ( First , Middle and your last name were all the same listed as
deceased?
ausfox
posted 20-Jul-2008 7:05am  

Call the paper
kirst
posted 20-Jul-2008 7:19am  

I would be surprised. However, I would assume that there was another person with the same name as mine. If it seemed that the article was refering to me, I would call up the reporter who wrote the article and set the record straight. I would also call my family to let them know that reports of my death were widely exaggerated.
bill Survey Central Gold SubscriberTriple Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 20-Jul-2008 7:52am  

nothing?
jettles Survey Central SubscriberGold Qualifier
posted 20-Jul-2008 8:00am  

go and let them know that i am alive. my name is so common that it really could be another with the same name.
i know that i have a fair amount of insurance and would be worth a sum of money to my partner but i would like to not have to change my identity and look over my shoulder for the good number of yrs i have left................. and then i would probably get caught!
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 20-Jul-2008 12:56pm  

Call the newspaper and tell them I'm not dead. Or assume that I'm in an M. Night Shyamalan movie. The first option really seems easier.
penguin388
posted 20-Jul-2008 10:40pm  

Have a laugh about it and let the reporter fix their own mistake.
Pomeranian This user is on the site NOW (2 minutes and 41 seconds ago)
posted 21-Jul-2008 3:09am  

call my loved ones, tell them I am still alive. still alive.
Matty Survey Central SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 21-Jul-2008 8:07am  

nothing
Jody
posted 21-Jul-2008 3:20pm  

Call official people and loved ones to let them know I'm not dead.
moviesnob Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 21-Jul-2008 4:07pm  

Assume there's someone else in town with my exact same name. It's not likely, but always possible.
cloudhugger Survey Central SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 21-Jul-2008 11:15pm  

Get my money from everywhere I can. Out of the bank, and be sure the rest of my belongings will belong to my SO. Until I get things straightened out so the government does not take anything away form me.
Danger
posted 22-Jul-2008 3:09pm  

Feel bad for the other gal with my name in the accident.
they Survey Central SubscriberHappy Birthday to Me
posted 23-Jul-2008 8:31am  

I'd show it to my SO, call my parents and sister to tell them I'm okay... and then I guess I'd call the paper. As far as I know, only one or two people around the world have the same name as me. It doesn't even come up once in a google search.
Melf Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
(reply to Melf) posted 23-Jul-2008 12:24pm  

I saw the most beautful woman ever before. She had my name. Coincidence? I think not!
kcthedog Survey Central Gold SubscriberBronze Star Survey Creator
posted 24-Jul-2008 1:26am  

Drop dead!
gambler Double Gold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 24-Jul-2008 9:08am  

as in the person was reported as ME, not just someone with the same name as me?..........I would just call the paper if it was the former
cerealkiller Bronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 24-Jul-2008 6:38pm  

Laugh
docgbrown
posted 25-Jul-2008 4:30am  

Contact the paper and my relatives with the correction
Iseult Silver Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 25-Jul-2008 8:33pm  

I would marvel at the coincidence. There are, after all, people who share my name.
aquawolfy Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Cain) posted 30-Jul-2008 8:08pm  

That's just it! There is no part 1! bwahahaha!!!................................................JK
its somewhere in the surveys I made quite a while ago....
Cain
(reply to aquawolfy) posted 31-Jul-2008 6:31am  

Aah, when I first cme back on the site I deleted all the old 'new' surveys, must have been on there.....
aquawolfy Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Cain) posted 5-Aug-2008 8:13pm  

*laughing out loud*
justjulie
posted 17-Aug-2008 7:23am  

do a happy hippie dance and finally feel what freedom is like...then would contact the paper and inform them of the misprint
HMC35 Silver Star Survey CreatorNew User
posted 4-Sep-2008 10:37pm  

Aw, well it's not likely someone in this area has the exact same name as me. In this town there's 200 people, and in the "city" part there is less than 800. So I suppose I couldn't assume it was someone else.

I would call the paper and inquire about the situation. I'd also save the clipping and keep it on the fridge.


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