For Gemma Sharp, a Junior Sister at St Luke’s Hospice, says that the traditional response – to get to the other side – has a hidden meaning. “I hadn’t realised that the joke about the chicken crossing the road is actually about death,” she says. “My friends thought it was just a silly joke, as I did too, but crossing the road is just another of the euphemisms we use for death. “And it’s a good example of why you shouldn’t use terms and niceties when talking about death and dying because there is... Read this story
