The Goodbye World Gazette

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Vol. I · No. 61 Late Edition Sunday, October 4, 2026 Circulation: 67 Departed · 716 Condolences

In Memoriam

Increase Wanglesworth

The last word, as promised, was theirs.

Borna hazy day in 1922, probably
Died1960, rather abruptly
Causefell victim to an unusually judgmental horoscope
Survived byThree ex-roommates who are, frankly, relieved

In a turn of events nobody saw coming, least of all them, Increase Wanglesworth, aged 38. They once out-negotiated a used car salesman and never let anyone forget it. They are survived by several strongly held opinions on sandwich construction.

Guestbook — Letters to the Departed

  1. 1. Rusty A. writes:

    “The office will never recover from losing its best conspiracy theorist.”

  2. 2. Hazel A. writes:

    “Never met someone so committed to being wrong loudly.”

  3. 3. Phyllis U. writes:

    “They said "trust me" one too many times, and yet, here we are.”

  4. 4. Curtis Z. writes:

    “Every group chat needs a chaos gremlin. We just lost ours.”

  5. 5. Rusty P. writes:

    “They were undefeated at Scrabble and made sure everyone knew it.”

  6. 6. Kirk C. writes:

    “I'll never forget them arguing with a self-checkout machine for ten minutes.”

  7. 7. Al J. writes:

    “They owed me twenty bucks. I guess we're even now.”

  8. 8. Jolene D. writes:

    “They ruined every white elephant party and I respected that.”

  9. 9. Larry D. writes:

    “A legend. A menace. Occasionally both at once.”

  10. 10. Al P. writes:

    “Condolences aside, does anyone know what happens to their fantasy team now?”

  11. 11. Darlene V. writes:

    “They promised to teach me their secret recipe. Guess it's secret forever.”

  12. 12. Kyle J. writes:

    “RIP to the last person who remembered my birthday without a reminder.”

  13. 13. Mick U. writes:

    “They were the only one who laughed harder at their jokes than we did.”

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