A joke about the funeral parlor business was posted on the website Pun of the Day in January 2009:
“Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking.”
Pun of the Day
Great One Liners of the Month - January 2009
(...)
4. Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking.
JA - Houston
Twitter
Quinn Myers
@nniuq25
Replying to @Pogue
@Pogue Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking.
7:06 PM - 9 Mar 2009
Twitter
David Pogue
@Pogue
TONIGHT’S MEDITATION (via @nniuq25): Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking.
10:34 PM - 31 Mar 2009
Google Books
World According to Twitter
By David Pogue
New York, NY: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.
2009
Pg. 106:
Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking.
Twitter
PUNS
@omgthatspunny
Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking. #punny
9:15 PM - 4 May 2012
Reddit—Oneliners
Opening a new funeral parlor can be quite an undertaking.
submitted November 6, 2018 by madazzahatter
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SQLDave
It might even be a grave mistake.
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