I think there's a correlation between underwriters and undertakers.
If you've ever sat near a claims team, or underwriters, you'll know that their life is spent understanding things that no normal person should have to worry about. One wished me well on it being my birthday today. He then went on to point out that I can now be happy in the knowledge that i've reached the age where things stop functioning the way they used to. By way of example, he added "like dribbling... you'll have to shake it a lot now". I laughed, nervously, thinking "jeezo, how does he know?".
They also can't help but stare at you when you have a coffee, or gasp when you bring out a cheese sandwich for lunch, commenting "cheese again, eh?". And inside you know they're calculating the exact date your heart is going to stop.
They are only eclipsed by actuaries, that can actually calculate that in a nanosecond. Failed fecking rocket scientists if you ask me.
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