August 2004

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One of the attorneys at the law firm is once again representing an estate of someone who had no relatives in North Carolina. Part of what happens with these estates is that the deceased person's mail comes to the law firm. And once in a while, like today, that's the source of hilarity.

Apparently this decedent had subscribed to a health-topics magazine. Also apparently her subscription has run out. The magazine's subscription department sent her a wonderful letter today, trying to point out the benefits she would receive from continuing to subscribe to the magazine.

The letter was, of course, done as a mail merge, with her name carefully inserted into it. So we have a letter that read, "Dear Ms. (name omitted), Don't you want to feel better? You will, if you just sit down and write a check to renew your subscription."

Sorry, magazine, we don't think you can deliver on that one.