big surprise

I think a pretty big surprise would be if somebody you were looking at suddenly woke up, then died.  I think an even bigger surprise would be if that person you were looking at was laying in a coffin and you thought they were already dead.

That's kind of what happened to a guy in Russia.  His wife had a heart attack and the doctors told him she was dead.  Then, during the funeral, she woke up.  Surprise!  Then she died.  Surprise again!  She died because all of her friends and family were standing around her mourning that she was dead.  It shocked her so much that now she is.  I'm not sure if that means people would have said she was predictable or not.

I guess that really saves time on planning the funeral though.  Of course, without any kind of embalming, it kind of sounds like the lady was sort of stuck in a box at the lowest price possible, so maybe the guy wasn't really out all that much in the first place.  But at least you don't have to return all the condolence potatoes and vodka.