British man places ad to say he’s not dead


	British man places ad to say he’s not dead

philos

4-3-2007 1:50 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6c028a2e-059e-47c0-a48f-7386d7d45494/9C8900F1-E2EF-4574-8F5C-85DBD2599C1D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thesun.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">Ad enough of death rumours</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">GRANDAD John Sutton has put an advert in his local paper — to tell pals that he is not <B>DYING</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">Friends were convinced he had contracted terminal cancer after years of working with asbestos.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">John, 63, of Tredworth, Gloucs, was diagnosed with a lung problem — and pals began to plan his funeral.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">So the dad of three placed an ad headed “Allelujah” under a picture of two trumpeting angels. It reads: “John Sutton would like to assure his friends and acquaintances that recent reports of his impending demise have been grossly exaggerated.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">“Hospital tests have revealed that a small amount of asbestos present in one lung has been contained by a calcification coating produced by the lung itself.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">“We’re tough from Tredworth! Thank you for your concern.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html">John, a building contractor, used to work at the Fibrecrete asbestos factory in Stroud.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html"><P>Several ex-workers have died from cancer.</p> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007140967,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thesun.co.uk/img/46D7EBA0-4CCE-410D-B810-5262F6D94DDF" alt="Notice ... 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