November 23, 2002: This website states that “For a fee of $10 per word (5 word minimum), a customer can have a telegram delivered to someone who has passed away. This is done with the help of terminally Ill volunteers who memorize the telegrams before passing away, and then deliver the telegrams after they have passed away. We call this an ‘afterlife telegram.’ ” HPI is pretty certain this cute website is an elaborate joke, but it does contain some creative theological musings on how one might deliver such a message in the afterlife.
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