tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post6690892086368473513..comments2024-02-16T15:14:36.719-06:00Comments on Wet Noodle Posse: That annoying dead guyMJFredrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-36760570129119034892008-05-28T10:28:00.000-05:002008-05-28T10:28:00.000-05:00LOL Christine! I'm glad you came by. Thanks for ...LOL Christine! I'm glad you came by. Thanks for having me blog today ladies! I enjoyed the heck out of it. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-4278932111684988372008-05-28T02:27:00.000-05:002008-05-28T02:27:00.000-05:00Hiya, Jeanne! What a great post, though I must say...Hiya, Jeanne! What a great post, though I must say I stopped reading the comments when I got to 'industrial meat grinder'.LOL Don't think I have the stomach to be a romantic suspense writer. And sad to say I don't know the spoon in the wall reference either, though I know what it means. Shucks! No Godivas for me. ::pout::<BR/><BR/>Hi Noodlers! Hi Diane! Thanks for having the amazing Jeanne on today. Can't wait for Dark and Dangerous, Jeanne! Not long now!Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-4538512488163843542008-05-27T22:24:00.000-05:002008-05-27T22:24:00.000-05:00Caren, you obviously didn't see me grossing out in...Caren, you obviously didn't see me grossing out in biology class. Shudder. I'm squeamish.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for hanging out with us today, Jeanne. And thanks to everyone for the comments and questions.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-61869891777766656152008-05-27T21:09:00.000-05:002008-05-27T21:09:00.000-05:00Hi Theresa! So glad to see you. I've had so much...Hi Theresa! So glad to see you. I've had so much fun over here with the Posse. Of course, knowing some WNPers helps, as does having an veritable invasion of Romance Bandits to come hang out.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad to finally know the origin of that goofy euphemism. Jeeez. Didn't realize how much that had bugged me! HEeheeJeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-86118068944088535762008-05-27T19:14:00.000-05:002008-05-27T19:14:00.000-05:00Hi Jeanne! Thanks for coming today and sharing suc...Hi Jeanne! Thanks for coming today and sharing such fascinating info about how to get rid of a dead body! This is great and your post is too funny.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to read your book. Congratulations!Theresa Raganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815320170046221853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-67942939844320479332008-05-27T18:45:00.000-05:002008-05-27T18:45:00.000-05:00Hi Christie! Thanks for the plug on the workshop....Hi Christie! Thanks for the plug on the workshop. :> *the check is in the mail*<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll give a holler when you need the shovel...er, some info.<BR/><BR/>Ooh, Diane, that sounds like a cool book. Contemporary, I presume since women weren't allowed to be social workers in the dark Regency days...<BR/><BR/>Anna S. I'm writing down the name of that book - the future widows club - the title alone is enough to make it interesting. And LOL on the shoes. Some people are very superstitious about these things. One poor lady came back to us about five years after her late husband's funeral, so worried because she hadn't checked to be SURE we'd put his vestments on correctly. (He was a minister and there's a certain way to do it when they've died.) <BR/><BR/>Hi Beth! I can't wait for yours either, Beth! Beth and I are both debut June releases. Counting the days...<BR/><BR/>As to those who got it "right" Six Feet Under got most of the tech stuff right, but aaaargh on all the ghosts and personal stuff and addictions. Yikes! Believe it or not, Quincy, ME that old show with Jack Klugman got it right. They used to rerun that and we'd watch it at night at the Funeral Home and laugh about the stories. Some of the autopsy stuff was wwaaaaaay off, but the time they featured the funeral stuff, it was right. The soaps usually get it waaaaay wrong too. The constricted time frame of TV makes it necessary to fudge the time frames, I guess.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-54188540175359910212008-05-27T18:36:00.000-05:002008-05-27T18:36:00.000-05:00Great blog, Jeanne! You are full of wonderfully ma...Great blog, Jeanne! You are full of wonderfully macabre information - I love it!<BR/><BR/>*ggg*<BR/><BR/>As far as TV shows or movies go, which ones have you seen that come the closest to getting it 'right'? <BR/><BR/>I can't wait for Dark and Dangerous to come out! I'm counting down the days :-)Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-27742276185872794062008-05-27T18:23:00.000-05:002008-05-27T18:23:00.000-05:00LOL Jeanne - if it's any consolation - my hubby ma...LOL Jeanne - if it's any consolation - my hubby mark II is a huge improvement too.<BR/><BR/>Caren - oooh that movie mention reminds me of one of my favourite books - Rhonda Nelson's The Future Widows Club. Such a fun read. I can't help thinking it's a waste of good shoes to be buried, or worse, burned with them!Anna Sugdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015356374453032571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-84798696423409635412008-05-27T18:21:00.000-05:002008-05-27T18:21:00.000-05:00The first book I ever wrote started with a mental ...The first book I ever wrote started with a mental health social worker (snort! write what you know, eh?)discovering her favorite client dead of apparent suicide. The homicide detective believed her. He was a cool hero. Someday I should see if that book could sell.Diane Gastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770373530197339170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-62646380055975707292008-05-27T18:09:00.000-05:002008-05-27T18:09:00.000-05:00Hi Jeanne! Loved the post. Don't need to get rid ...Hi Jeanne! <BR/><BR/>Loved the post. Don't need to get rid of any dead guys for the next book but maybe the one after that. And for anyone who gets the chance to hear Jeanne do her workshop, it's fantastic and really interesting.Christie Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188201459186901767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-92204591857565566942008-05-27T17:57:00.000-05:002008-05-27T17:57:00.000-05:00Hi Caren!! I bet you would have made a great surg...Hi Caren!! I bet you would have made a great surgeon. :> I think a lot of authors just avoid it, rather than try and get the details right. Most, like Lisa Gardner, Allison Brennan and Brenda Novak deal more with the crime and what's done to the person and the body than what's done after. :> A lot of author's do that. <BR/><BR/>Its the ones who get it blatently wrong - Uncle Joe keels over at Sunday dinner even tho' he's just been passed through his annual physical with flying colors, the police are called and its suspicous, and they have the funeral already to go on Monday. <BR/><BR/>Ummmmm, no. Using a funeral is great to mess up your characters, given them all sorts of reasons to question each other, but you just cannot do it in 12 hours. Not if the death's suspicious. :><BR/><BR/>Its actually the BAD ones I notice rather than the good, can you tell? :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-26898188558832131942008-05-27T17:27:00.000-05:002008-05-27T17:27:00.000-05:00Jeanne, Doglady's comment about people insisting o...Jeanne, Doglady's comment about people insisting on a certain hairstylist put me in mind of the movie "Walking Across Egypt". Ellen Burstyn's character routinely pulls out her "funeral outfit" (including shoes) and critiques it. I suppose if you're going to be prepared at any time, you must keep your outfit current. *g* <BR/><BR/>Jeanne, is there any writer you can name who consistently does excellent body disposal?<BR/><BR/>Trish, as to how someone could work on a cadaver without wigging, I don't think it would be too hard. It's like dissection in Biology class. Once you make the initial cut, the clinical detachment sets in and it's much easier. I would have been a great surgeon!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-10040056753326637652008-05-27T17:08:00.000-05:002008-05-27T17:08:00.000-05:00I'll bet those lexicon's DO make fascinating readi...I'll bet those lexicon's DO make fascinating reading. :> I have a calendar of Unusual English, much of which stems from England and it's vernacular sayings. Some of it is hysterical, but others they just don't explain significantly. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-75600314903329514502008-05-27T16:11:00.000-05:002008-05-27T16:11:00.000-05:00And thanks for the info re my strangulation victim...And thanks for the info re my strangulation victim. Filing that bit of information away for future reference!dogladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392561174583932552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-19629054837269719952008-05-27T16:10:00.000-05:002008-05-27T16:10:00.000-05:00I have a number of Regency slang lexicons, Jeanne,...I have a number of Regency slang lexicons, Jeanne, and I often read them for the simple entertainment they supply! <BR/><BR/>Another of my favorites :<BR/><BR/>"I am not quite ready to be put to bed with a spade (or shovel) just yet, my dear!"dogladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392561174583932552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-78663136486171076812008-05-27T15:57:00.000-05:002008-05-27T15:57:00.000-05:00Most unusual way of disposing of a body...hmmmm. ...Most unusual way of disposing of a body...hmmmm. Legally? Shooting it into space. I mean, why? So Uncle Mort can be space junk for all time?<BR/><BR/>Illegally? The wood chipper thing was pretty innovative. I read about someone trying to put a body in a museum, in a sarcophagus. They didn't succeed, but can you imagine trying to figure out where Aunt Maude went? Esp. if she wasn't a museum goer.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-19934121738892795772008-05-27T15:55:00.000-05:002008-05-27T15:55:00.000-05:00Hi Anna C and Anna S! Thanks for stopping in!It's...Hi Anna C and Anna S! Thanks for stopping in!<BR/><BR/>It's the smiley one's you have to worry about, didn't you know that Anna C? :> Bwah-ha-ha!<BR/><BR/>And now, I can't imagine me being married to a funeral director either, thank goodness! Snicker. I like Marriage 2.0 SOOOOOO much better. <BR/><BR/>The jokes are pretty good though. My 2.0 DH is an accountant and their jokes just aren't that...well...funny. Snork. But Funeral jokes..<BR/><BR/>Why do they put fences around cemeteries?<BR/><BR/>wait for it....<BR/><BR/>People are just dying too get in!Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-42935310555277829042008-05-27T15:49:00.000-05:002008-05-27T15:49:00.000-05:00OMG Jeanne - I'm still ROFL at your post and the f...OMG Jeanne - I'm still ROFL at your post and the follow-up comments ... and there's a thunderstorm outside as the perfect accompaniment!<BR/><BR/>I cannot imagine you married to a funeral director! Somehow though, I can see you putting that tape in the hearse.<BR/><BR/>What's the most original method you've heard of for disposing of a body?Anna Sugdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015356374453032571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-70909607940920224312008-05-27T14:58:00.000-05:002008-05-27T14:58:00.000-05:00Jeanne, you're such a smiley person to have all th...Jeanne, you're such a smiley person to have all this experience in disposing of dead bodies! Love the explanations for the spoon in the wall. Can't wait for Dark and Dangerous!!!!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-74219504581026738122008-05-27T13:12:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:12:00.000-05:00Hey Delle! Great to see you! I thought it was a ...Hey Delle! Great to see you! I thought it was a clever way to put it, but just could NOT fathom the origin. Most of 'em you can figure out - passed over to the heavenly realm becomes passed. Or Passed on to glory. I've heard that a lot. Expired. Yeah, like the milk, or your driver's lisence. Or "He's gone on." One of my favs is "He took the better road." Um...he's dead, did you know that? Most of these, however are references to walking with God or being in a "better place" than this difficult existence and so forth. You get it, pretty much.<BR/><BR/>But sticking your spoon in the wall? The visual doesn't get me anywhere near death and dying. *big grin*Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-727289029235145572008-05-27T13:06:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:06:00.000-05:00Trish, I do like Bones. I've liked that actor sin...Trish, I do like Bones. I've liked that actor since he was on Buffy. :> Problem is, I've missed so many. Got to rent them so I can follow the threads of continuing story line.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-88654717109367977642008-05-27T13:05:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:05:00.000-05:00Esri, come on and jump right in! ha! Again, the ...Esri, come on and jump right in! ha! Again, the answer is the ever popular, it depends. The skin slip - technical term for it shedding from the body - can begin w/in 48 hours if it's hot, wet and the body is exposed to the elements. If it's hot, dry and desert like, the body can naturally mummify with the skin intact. Under "normal" out door conditions in a temperate climate, it can take a week or so, maybe longer depending on the temperature fluctuations. Inside, even longer for the same reason.<BR/><BR/>The body fluids do evacuate the body pretty quickly and it depends on whether the idividual is wearing Depends (har, har, couldn't resist) or if they've just gone to the bathroom before being conked on the head with an iron pipe. Sometimes it doesn't happen until rigor mortis passes.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen anyone but Patricia Cornwell get that detailed though. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-28419970195499040272008-05-27T12:59:00.000-05:002008-05-27T12:59:00.000-05:00Hi Jeanne! Good to see you here!Just a word on the...Hi Jeanne! Good to see you here!<BR/><BR/>Just a word on the spoon- don't take the "IN" the wall part too literally because language always changes over time. Prepositions change easily, and originally the statement could have been more like "on the wall". And likely there would have been some phrase or word that hinted at permanency. But once the phrase degenerated from its clever first usage to something more common, everyone would have known "forever" was what was meant. When the original context, the strap hanging on the cottage wall, disappeared from use, the phrase froze in its form, a referral not only to death but to its long history. Then of course it disappeared from regular use because its context had passed from memory for most people. So today it just sounds totally odd. But hundreds of years ago, someone was quite clever, clever enough that other people picked up his euphemism and carried it on.Delle Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551688823035092802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-14323905513752415782008-05-27T12:50:00.000-05:002008-05-27T12:50:00.000-05:00Jeanne, the wood chipper reminded me of an episode...Jeanne, the wood chipper reminded me of an episode of Bones. Do you watch that? It's one of my favorite shows.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-23828407295754580202008-05-27T12:27:00.000-05:002008-05-27T12:27:00.000-05:00Well I'm not squeamish. Jeanne, how quickly does t...Well I'm not squeamish. Jeanne, how quickly does the skin start to shed off a dead body? And when the bowels and bladder evacuate at death, are we talking a huge mess? Like, it would definitely soak through all clothing?<BR/><BR/>I notice more suspense/mystery authors are starting to mention the latter, but most people seem to just ignore that issue.<BR/><BR/>I'd always heard, "Stick your fork in the wall." As for the strap, I assume it's nailed sideways, on either end, and the spoon is tucked into it? <BR/><BR/>Interesting stuff!Esri Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12329547309752835833noreply@blogger.com