2007-11-28 12:45:04 · 13 answers · asked by Zardoz 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It's just the ABCs of dying.
2007-11-28 12:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's nature's way of protecting the vulnerable obits editors. If they didn't die in alphabetical order there'd be feuds among the living as to who's name should be printed first.
2007-11-28 17:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by bin there dun that 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard that joke for the first time about 1970. It was along the lines of "Another big upset in the paper today -- everyone died in alphabetical order."
2016-05-26 06:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow...beats me...every time i look at the obituaries they ARE dying in alphabetical order...go figure.
2007-11-28 12:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by hippiechick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this one is so easy
it is just the way everything else is done, you go alphabetically from the time you are born until you die
it is orderly and there are no surprises that way
2007-11-28 13:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by magnetic_azimuth 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have always wondered the same thing!?
lol
Seriously, they put the names in alphebetical order so the families can find the person easily
2007-11-28 12:51:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So what if a guy named 'Zeke' died? Would the alphabet start over again?
2007-11-28 12:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by ▐▀▀▼▀▀▌ ► Pogo ◄ ▐▄▄▲▄▄▌ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
are you talking about like obituaries?
haha..dont they put them in alphabetical order on purpose?
2007-11-28 12:49:49 · answer #8 · answered by ♥converse girliee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't work that way in my local paper - - they put them by the length of the obit. I can never just look in the S's for myself before I get myself dressed for work!
2007-11-28 12:50:33 · answer #9 · answered by Awesome★Possum♕҉☮♪♥♠♦♣♫ღ☼✔♀✫ஐ¤Δ☺◎ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DUH! The newspapers put the obituaries in alphabetical order so that it's easier to find one if you're looking for a certain person.
2007-11-28 12:56:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋