Hi all,
I read a short story many years ago in which all advertising has been honed to precision.
I the story, they can calculate with statistics the exact day of death for individuals. One man is receiving all these letters encouraging him to buy a funeral from them as he is going to die on x date.
He is furious and determined not to be a stat and the whole story is the build up to his death day as he competes with the faceless funeral advertisers.
He survives! - and the following day an ad drops through his door saying that people who outlive their death day are prone to senile dementia - "Can we interest you in our care home?"
That's the rough gist anyway. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I can't work out how to google for it as it's too vague.
Thanks in advance with crossed fingers
MorayJ
I read a short story many years ago in which all advertising has been honed to precision.
I the story, they can calculate with statistics the exact day of death for individuals. One man is receiving all these letters encouraging him to buy a funeral from them as he is going to die on x date.
He is furious and determined not to be a stat and the whole story is the build up to his death day as he competes with the faceless funeral advertisers.
He survives! - and the following day an ad drops through his door saying that people who outlive their death day are prone to senile dementia - "Can we interest you in our care home?"
That's the rough gist anyway. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I can't work out how to google for it as it's too vague.
Thanks in advance with crossed fingers
MorayJ