MELBOURNE – Three years after his peaceful passing, Robert “Bobby” Thomson, who was renowned in his community for his lively barbecues and memorable puns, received a surprising jolt in the afterlife: a membership card from the Victorian Labor Party.
Floating above his gravestone in disbelief, Bobby mused, “I’ve heard of getting letters from beyond the grave, but this takes the cake. I enjoyed a good jest in my time, but being posthumously inducted into politics wasn’t on my bingo card.”
This ethereal recruitment move by the Victorian Labor Party has garnered both chuckles and concerns. Critics are dubbing it “a grave mistake,” with some wittily adding, “Shouldn’t we let the dead look after the dead?”
In an unexpected twist, it appears the opposition isn’t taking the news lying down. Sources suggest the Victorian Liberal Party has secretly contracted a team of exorcists, hoping to “cleanse” the Labor party of its new found ghostly members. “We believe in a fair and transparent political process,” one anonymous Liberal party member hinted. “If this means we have to perform an exorcism to keep the opposition’s ranks in check, then so be it.”
Bobby’s family, upon discovering the membership card during a visit to his grave, couldn’t help but laugh. His daughter chuckled, “Well, Dad did have a knack for getting involved in the most unexpected situations. I reckon he’s having a good laugh wherever he is.”
Pressed for comments, officials from the Victorian Labor Party just shrugged and joked, “We thought the afterlife demographic was an untapped resource. Turns out it’s a bit more… spirited than we expected.”