Your Wednesday chuckle. Video in link.

“This is the moment a woman wheeled a corpse into a bank and allegedly tried to get him to 'sign off' a loan in her name while holding his head up in front of suspicious staff who asked why he looked so pale.

Bank employees started filming the pair and ended up calling for an ambulance and police as she used her hand to keep the deceased pensioner's head upright and told him: 'Uncle, are you listening? You have to sign it. I can't sign for you.'

Footage showed the woman telling the dead man to grip hold of his pen hard as she placed it between his fingers and encouraged him to sign a piece of paper at the bank branch in Bangu, a neighbourhood in the western area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A bank worker witnessing the scene told the woman : 'I don't think this is legal. He doesn't look well. He's very pale.'

She replied: 'He's like that' before she told the dead OAP: 'If you're not well, I can take you to hospital. Do you want to go back to hospital again?' …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/13317919

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a neighbourhood in the western area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At least it isn't "Florida man" this time.

Just when you’re pretty sure you’ve seen just about everything…

Bernie was on vacation in Brazil,

I got…nothin’

The woman was supposedly his niece and caregiver. Curious about the cause of death, and even more curious as to whether or not the niece was in the dead uncle's well (I suspect not)?

Weekend At Bernie's - Brazen Brazilian

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Weekend At Bernie's - Brazen Brazilian

Weekend at Bernado's

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Bernie was on vacation in Brazil,

Beat me to it.. :P

That internal monologue (if she has one) on her decision process.

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Originally posted by SigSentry:
That internal monologue (if she has one) on her decision process.

It's actually impressive that she thought this through and concluded it was a good idea. To be fair, I suppose we'll never know how many times someone has done this successfully.

Day of the Dead isn't until Nov 2nd

The Brazilian public holiday of Dia de Finados, Dia dos Mortos or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Portuguese: "Day of the Dead" or "Day of the Faithful Deceased") is celebrated on November 2.

This article has a video.

“A woman who took her dead 'uncle' to a bank in Brazil for a 'loan scam' was seen transporting the body in a taxi and even getting the unwitting cabbie to help her put him into a wheelchair - potentially revealing a crucial detail that could see her jailed. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/13323413