Friday 1 February 2008

Dead But Alive



Red tape is preventing a Polish man from returning from the dead.

Piotr Kucy, 38 and from the city of Polkowice in southwest Poland, was wrongly identified by authorities last August as a drowned man, only to show up a few days after his own funeral.

Despite pointing out the fact that he was alive to government officials, Kucy still remains dead in official records, stopping him from working and paying social insurance.
But on the bright side, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday, he no longer needs to pay taxes.

'We are nearly through January, and my documents still say I'm dead,' Kucy told Gazeta Wyborcza, adding: 'It's a bit of a joke.'

But a registry office official was adamant about the situation. 'This citizen does not exist,' she told the paper.

So does this mean he can commit crimes and not be charged, you can't charge a someone who is dead now can you!!! I could think of a few things that I would do if it was me!

3 comments:

me said...

i came [] this close to posting this one myself! i've even saved it for next week! looks like i'll have to scrap it now!

Cynnie said...

you know as soon as he does something like not pay his taxes, he'll suddenly be pronounced alive!

FOUR DINNERS said...

I hereby declare myself dead and, as a result, rich. Sounds good to me. I'm emigrating there.