Do Dead People Really Talk?

I was talking to my dear Mother the other day and sheMe: "Hi, how are you today?"
was telling me how grand the famed psychic,The Dead: "I'm dead."
communicator with the dead and most viewed MontelMe: "I can't find a life insurance policy, did you leave me
Williams guest, Sylvia Brown is.one?"
Dear Mother was having such a good time that IThe Dead: "How the hell should I know, I'm dead."
couldn't spoil it for her, but c'mon ... do the dead reallyMe: "Alrighty then, so what's it like over there on the
talk?other side?"
If the dead talk then why did they pick out such anThe Dead: "Uh, didn't you hear me? I'm dead!"
ugly woman with a big nose to talk to? How come theThis month (January '07) my Dad has been dead for
dead don't talk to supermodels or important people liketen years and I can assure anyone that if there was
the Pope or the President?ever anybody who could die and send a message, he
It's not that I would believe them anymore than Iwould.
believe Sylvia Brown but that's who I would talk to if IWell, I haven't heard a thing from him for ten years!
was dead and could talk to somebody!And I know that he likes me better than Sylvia Brown
And if the dead can talk, how come they don't talkand if he knew that Sylvia would charge me an arm
about where they are?and a leg to talk to her about him, he wouldn't talk to
I can't possibly imagine that there's not one deadher anyway.
person that wouldn't complain about something. Isn't itI think all these so called 'psychics' are full of it and they
hot in hell? Are things maybe a bit too great inrip people out of their money so they can be rich. I'll
heaven? And what's up with purgatory? What aboutadmit it, watching Sylvia is some great entertainment. I
a few other spots on the other side that we may notenjoy watching her, but she should wear a t-shirt that
know about?says 'for entertainment purposes only please' if she's
When the dead talk to Sylvia Brown they talk aboutgonna charge.
things here on earth and memories. Who cares aboutOn the other hand if Sylvia calls me up tonight
where old car keys are or smelly gym sneakers frombecause she's gotten a message from the other side
yesteryear? I want to know about the next majorto let her know I'm talking trash about her skills and she
catastrophe, the next child abduction or about acan prove it ... I'll take back all that I've said.
terrorist plan.I'll even spend the rest of my life spreading the word
Don't the dead care about national security or childthat she is the real deal and to sweeten the deal, I'll
safety?wash her pantyhose too.
I can't imagine having a conversation with the dead but(Five minutes later!) My phone hasn't rang yet so I'm
I'm going to try real hard to imagine what myconfident that I'm right. So the next time you see a
conversation with a dead person would be like andfortuneteller, save your money for something more
here it is:important like a Big Mac.