I am not a prude, and some of the posts made me laugh, however, have to agree with Jambutty here. I know all jokes are usually based on subjects as previously stated, but this was extremely personal and stemmed from someone's tragic accident. Ok, she probably has heard them before, but doubt whether it is less hurtful to her.
I wonder when Linda McCartney was dying of breast cancer, we would have poked fun at her masectomy, loss of hair etc. I have friends with missing limbs, eyes, etc., through various diseases, and although, they themselves, can be good humoured about it, would never, ever, poke fun at them, unless I could be certain they understood was not being cruel.
I think we have to think of the pay-out to come as as sort of percentage rather than a set figure, and 20% 'for instance' is quite a huge sum from 800 million, whereas us mere mortals would probably only amount to a few thousand.
