What makes him think firemen like to joke about how old people die, and what has she to "lighten up" about hearing him say that her husband died from stuffing himself with stakes, and that his city's health department is lying about his death certificate and the head injury was BS?

It's not even a funny tasteless joke, but I guess he has a morbid sense of humour, or lack the balls to apologize for acting like a jerk. First he claims it was "off record", now it was intended as a joke... what's next?

Wa'il