I just remembered this, so excuse the fact that I have nothing to say that leads up to the story, only that I remembered it for some reason and it made me smile.

A few years ago I was talking to my friend Erick, whose dad owns a funeral home or two, or did a few years back. Since his father was in the business, Erick couldn't help but be around dead people a bit, and I was/am intrigued by death. No, I'm not morbid. I just find death fascinating. So there.

Anyway, I asked him if dead people ever sit up or make noises due to their muscles constricting or air escaping their lungs. He said yes, and also dead people also make the same motions that they repeated often during their life. For instance, a coal miner would make a motion as if he were hammering with a pick. I was amazed until he added, "Yeah one time I walked into the funeral home and there were these dead people jumping rope."

Yeah, so I'm gullible. But I do think it would be intriguing if our muscles continued in actions that we often performed. If that happened, I think I'd probably try to type. I wonder if carpal tunnel bothers dead people... Especially while they're trying to jump rope.