I know this may seem a bit gruesome, but following on from Colin's poll about having an accident, if you were to die in your sleep tonight how long would you lie there festering before anybody realised you weren't around?
I reckon work would phone a couple of times in the first week, then just give up, Mr W wouldn't take any notice if I didn't answer the phone for a week or so, and my folks only call a couple of times a year anyway, so they'd just assume I was on holiday.
I reckon I'd be fairly well decomposed before anyone broke the door down to investigate.