Son tells stunned parents he's not the person they just buried

[ringmastery]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-12-25-son-not-dead_x.htm

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Charles Wyckoff and his wife had returned home after a funeral for their son when the phone rang.
"Hey, Dad," Kevin Wyckoff said.

"Huh. Well, damn boy. We just had your funeral today," his father said Monday, according to a transcript of the call provided Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corrections Department.

"Yeah, I know. I heard," Kevin Wyckoff said.

"Well, what the hell is going on?" his father asked.

[Cheswick2.0]

1. no wonder this kid is in jail

this is all his parents had to say? His mother says "someone is in big trouble", but nothing about "thank god you are alive, I didn't know how I was going to live without you"?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Yes, the parents' reaction is bizarre

Reminds me of the time when one of the street kids I worked with died in a freak accident. He was a throwaway, born with a disability and thrown out of the house at age eleven.

When the cops tracked down his mother to inform her, all she said was, "So? What am I supposed to do about it?"

[Bertha Venation]

2. IBYFP?

"The family will not receive any immediate reimbursement for the funeral expense and may have to file a claim, <[corrections dept. spokesman>] Massie said. 'We can't just write them a check.'"

Why the bloody hell not, you fool? You MUST just reimburse them. Now. Right now.

What a bunch of morans.

[BiggJawn]

4. Does CCA run the prisons in OK?

Sounds like a Community Corrections of America fuck-up.

"CCA, where SOME day, we'll have ALL your asses under our care..."

[Elidor]

5. lol, the ultimate momism

"We buried you today, boy," she said.

"I understand that. It's not my fault, though," he responded.

I can see my mom coming at me with something like this. "You died, and you didn't even call!"

[Dr. Wu]

6. "You died, and you didn't even call!" .... lol

"Damn, son. We already spent your life insurance payment."