Neighbors feared him. The old man liked the fact that he was feared.
To everyone's relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 88. His wife had a closed casket at the funeral.
After the burial, a concerned neighbor asked, "Aren't you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and haunt you for the rest of your life?"
To which the wife answered, "Let him dig. I had him buried upside down...
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