Whenever I am around my mom and her friends they discuss the obituaries with such authority. Not only do they know many of the people (at least by some third degree familiarity), but it often leads to a discussion of the dwindling number of people they went to high school with. They are not that old. I assume this desire to discuss simply just kicks in at some point.
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KLOWNUS: Whatcha reading?
HOBO: Obituaries.
MITTENS: Trying to plan his class reunion.
HOBO: Obituaries.
MITTENS: Trying to plan his class reunion.