Grim Reaper / myLot

Derry, Northern Ireland

November 25, 2018 7:45am CST

The Grim Reaper paid a visit to our street last week. A neighbour passed after a sudden and short illness, and many cars filled our little cul-de-sac for a few days. Along with a group of neighbours, I dropped in to pay my respects to the person who lived 2 doors up from us, but about whom we found we really knew very little. The time we have is so fleeting, yet we seem to know so little about those in our own street, never mind in our daily lives... I found this short work, probably part of a student assignment for some course or other, but it suited my mood the other day, I thought I would share.

Zing

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Als Sensenmann ist Mr. Grimm den ganzen Tag damit beschäftigt den Menschen das Leben zu nehmen. Doch eines Tages klingelt es an seiner Tür und ein kleines Mä...

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12607)

• Ireland

25 Nov 18

@pgntwo He does seem to reap in a rather grim fashion.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22412)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

25 Nov 18

It's a grim_job, (the myLot bad word checker does not like those two words so close together with just a space or a dash in between!) I guess. Oddly, we had chance this morning to wish a "good morning" to our local undertaker... I do hope it's not a portent...

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457195)

• Switzerland

25 Nov 18

This video is creepy. I am sorry for your neighbor and it is true, we know so little of our neighbors.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457195)

• Switzerland

26 Nov 18

@pgntwo I have not seen this movie. I have watched the trailer right now, it looks beautiful, even it there is the usual creepy dark side of Tim Burton.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22412)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

25 Nov 18

It is creepy, and bits of it make little sense, except for context. Have you seen the film Alice Through The Looking Glass? Sacha Baron Cohen does a very wound-up job of playing Time - trailer below, a really good film, a feast for both eyes and imagination:

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

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Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes acros...

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Carmila Putri

@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)

• Bekasi, Indonesia

13 Dec 18

@LadyDuck is good

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

2 Dec 18

I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor, pgn. It's not unusual to find out you know very little about someone who only lives a few doors away from you. Most people keep to themselves more than we realize. That video is a bit on the odd side, if you ask me. Very odd ending to it, too!

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69416)

• Germany

1 Dec 18

So it's Alanya now? I was there for a day out when my husband and I were on holiday in Side, a town to the west of Alanya on the same coast. Have you been there? How did you find this film? It's a German production. I don't know the firm.