Teacher: “Why were you absent yesterday?”
Student: “I was at my own funeral.”
Teacher: “Try again.”
Student: “I was at my own funeral.”
Teacher: “You’re sitting right here.”
Student: “That’s what confused everyone.”
Teacher: “I’m already regretting asking.”
Student: “Understandable.”
Teacher: “Explain.”
Student: “Someone posted online that I had died.”
Teacher: “And people believed it?”
Student: “Apparently.”
Teacher: “Without checking?”
Student: “You’d be surprised.”
Teacher: “So where does the funeral come in?”
Student: “My relatives organized a memorial.”
Teacher: “In one day?”
Student: “My family is very efficient.”
Teacher: “And nobody called you?”
Student: “My phone was dead.”
Teacher: “Of course it was.”
Student: “When I arrived, there were flowers.”
Teacher: “You’re joking.”
Student: “I wish.”
Teacher: “What did you do?”
Student: “I walked in.”
Teacher: “And?”
Student: “My aunt fainted.”
Teacher: “Reasonable.”
Student: “My cousin screamed.”
Teacher: “Also reasonable.”
Student: “My grandfather asked if ghosts could eat cake.”
Teacher: “What?”
Student: “There was memorial cake.”
Teacher: “There was cake?”
Student: “A surprisingly good one.”
Teacher: “Please stay focused.”
Student: “Sorry.”
Teacher: “How did the rumor start?”
Student: “That’s the best part.”
Teacher: “I’m afraid to ask.”
Student: “The post wasn’t even about me.”
Teacher: “Then why did everyone think it was?”
Student: “We have the same name.”
Teacher: “Someone else died?”
Student: “Yes.”
Teacher: “That’s horrible.”
Student: “It gets worse.”
Teacher: “How?”
Student: “The other guy was alive too.”
Teacher: “…”
Student: “He showed up halfway through.”
Teacher: “There were two dead people at the same funeral?”
Student: “Three, actually.”
Teacher: “Three?”
Principal: “Can someone explain why half the town attended my funeral yesterday?”
Teacher: “I’m going home.”