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ringo · 10:04 PM

Inspired by the tabloid story below. So, how would your loved ones react upon cleaning out your place and files if you dropped dead tomorrow?

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/030...tsuzenshi.html

Kakeru Meiwaku was attending one of those long, boring, meaningless meetings that Japanese companies adore when he suddenly collapsed and died, aged just 29.

After his funeral, Meiwaku's mother went to his apartment to clean it up and gather all his worldly possessions.

"Hmm," she sighs, as she enters the apartment cluttered with all manner of mess. "He never was very good at keeping his place clean."

Tears begin rolling down the middle-aged woman's face as she packs her son's belongings away. Then, stuffed between the pages of a magazine, she finds a business card belonging to a brothel worker. More work reveals a discount coupon for a bordello. Under the bed she finds a pile of dirty magazines and filthy manga featuring graphic depictions of sexual acts she never imagined were possible.

"I can't believe my boy could ever look at things like this," Meiwaku's mother says as she collapses to the floor in a flood of tears brought on by a wicked combination of grief and shock.

Meiwaku is only a fictional character, but sudden death has -- thanks to deadly stress-inducing factors such as unpaid overtime, lay-offs and pay cuts, as well as such fatalities as the Cameroonian soccer player who collapsed and died during a Confederations Cup game in France last month -- become a great fear among Japan's 20- and 30-somethings, according to Spa! (8/5)

Just as frightening for those suddenly aware of their mortality is creating problems for loved one after they've gone.

"I helped clean up the apartment of a friend who died suddenly and was amazed by the extent of pornography he'd collected," a 29-year-old ad man tells Spa! "His parents' face went a deathly pale when they saw what their son had been into."
snip, see link for full story

malvolio · Jul 30, 2003, 10:09 PM

My loved ones already know that I'm a sick, twisted mofo.

The Godfather · Jul 30, 2003, 10:12 PM

You won't know it until I die.

DUH

Ken Masters · Jul 30, 2003, 10:13 PM

I would purposely try to spook my loved ones,

Just for kicks.

icruise · Jul 30, 2003, 10:13 PM

I've been reading that site for a while, and their stories are more creative writing than journalism. But good topic. Kind of like the whole "make sure you have on clean underwear" thing. I'll have to admit that the subject had crossed my mind. Not so much because I have things that I would be ashamed of, but the thought of what would happen to all my stuff is a sobering one.

Sealobo · Jul 30, 2003, 11:03 PM

i have written a bunch of love-letters for my loved ones but they're never sent. i guess those are potential heartbreakers. Gotta burn those shxt someday when i feel like it.

mixin visuals · Jul 31, 2003, 12:14 AM

as long as creditors don't find me anymore is all i care really

ringo · Jul 31, 2003, 08:53 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
I've been reading that site for a while, and their stories are more creative writing than journalism.

Yeah, the stories there are always sensationalist or trashy...but a fun site anyway, kind of like an sleazy overseas "Weekly World News". This story got me thinking...time to do some cleaning up around the apartment.

waxcrash · Jul 31, 2003, 10:07 AM

I would not care what my relatives would find because I would be dead.

It's creepy when you go through a dead person's belongings. When my mother died I went through 1/3 of her stuff and was so depressed I just threw it all away.

wdlove · Jul 31, 2003, 11:07 AM

They will definitely be suprised by all the things that I've accumulated. Like others at that point I will be dead, so I won't know what thye are thinking. You've got me to think about this situation. I don't have any children or no realtives that live in the area. Wonder who it will be that actually goes through what is left?

dampeoples · Jul 31, 2003, 11:47 AM

I air my dirty laundry, I doubt anyone would be suprised at what they find. They may, however, look differently at my wife from then on

daimoni · 04:57 PM

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maxelson · Jul 31, 2003, 12:18 PM

Originally posted by wdlove:
They will definitely be suprised by all the things that I've accumulated. Like others at that point I will be dead, so I won't know what thye are thinking. You've got me to think about this situation. I don't have any children or no realtives that live in the area. Wonder who it will be that actually goes through what is left?

Write me in, WD. I'll be happy to sift through your life after you're gone. We'll call it a service.

Cipher13 · Aug 1, 2003, 07:16 AM

As Dai said... everything that matters to me is in my mind.

Additionally... I'm very good at hiding things

But, honestly, I have little to hide, if anything.

Dogma · Aug 1, 2003, 07:23 AM

What? You reckon your mum would be embarrassed to find a little Porno? Or the odd bit of PVC clothing?

Hey, I got nothing man. It's all clean and safe. I even wear clean underwear every day - just in case...

(What the hell was that about? Your mum would always say "put on clean underwear, cos if you get run over then the ambulance people will think I've not taught you well." - what does she think your first reaction would be as a two tonne bus ploughs through your body will be - oh, no! You'll never be sh**ing yourself...)

voodoo · Aug 1, 2003, 07:04 PM

I'm not hiding anything. Honest.