When I die...

I'm enjoying rereading Robert Fulghum's "Words I Wish I Wrote", a collection of writing that inspired this American philosopher-writer. My favorite piece from this book is the following:

"When I die, I want to go peacefully and quietly in my sleep like my grandfather did - not screaming and shouting like the passengers in his car at the time." - unknown author

When I showed this to some of my Chinese colleagues at work most thought it was funny - after I explained it to them. But one middle-aged man, missing the meaning, said he thought it was in poor taste to make fun of old people who couldn't stay awake.