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Couple die of thirst in a desert

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Al-Mudaari

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ (To God we belong, and to Him is our return).

Original post by paradoxicalme

RIP, that's terrible :frown:

However, I think I can imagine why they were 6 miles apart...imagining that argument:

"Right! We're five hours into our journey. Want to have lunch?"
"Oh, damn. I forgot to pack the sandwiches. I knew I'd forgotten something."
*rolls eyes* "You're an idiot. Let me just grab some water, then."
"..."
"You didn't."
"****. I left it by that tree..."
"That was three hours ago!"
"I'm forgetful."
"You brain-dead sack of camel dung, I'm going back to get it."
*runs off*

How sad, two people died and you want to make an joke out of it? The husband clearly left her because she probably could barely move in that heat, so he decided to make a last ditch effort to find some help.

Reply 21

username1042689

Original post by Al-Mudaari

*sigh* If you look, you'll notice I said it was incredibly tragic, which it was, and I know full well why they were most likely separated. I was making a joke, not about their deaths, but about the strange occurrence of them apparently not bringing enough water when they were walking around in a desert. The deaths themselves are by no means funny, but the circumstances kind of are. The guy who invented Segways died by riding his Segway off a cliff - that's funny, but the fact that he's dead obviously isn't.

If we didn't wrangle humour from dark situations, life wouldn't be worth living.