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JustABozoOnThisBus

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2. I usually put a cooler of beer in the trunk
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 10:53 AM
Oct 2012

just in case a spontaneous wake breaks out. It happens.

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You know, I hate funerals... [View all] Archae Oct 2012 OP
For about 6 months I worked doing funerals between real paying jobs. coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 #1
I usually put a cooler of beer in the trunk JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #2
I hate them too. blueamy66 Oct 2012 #3
My FIL was an electrician who moonlighted as a bartender. Happy Hour was a sacred thing for him. riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #5
what a freaking coincidence..... blueamy66 Oct 2012 #11
Your grandpa must be from upstate New York. My husband's family's from the Canadice area riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #13
Depew NY blueamy66 Oct 2012 #15
I don't do funerals NV Whino Oct 2012 #4
You miss the best parties. antiquie Oct 2012 #6
Didn't say I don't do parties NV Whino Oct 2012 #10
Well, you have never been to funerals in my family. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #16
Sounds like new traditions antiquie Oct 2012 #17
I wish. The old fogey Bible Belt Presbyterians Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #18
That is actually a good start. antiquie Oct 2012 #20
I agree with the money-racket thing. I told my family that I madmom Oct 2012 #7
The only one who doesn't mind being there is the corpse - it's already dead. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #8
Someday I'd love to go to a Viking funeral. Archae Oct 2012 #9
I think funeral customs are in the blood - hedgehog Oct 2012 #12
I'd love a jazz funeral. Great music, lots of dancing, lots of emotion and love of life. nolabear Oct 2012 #14
The most surreal funeral I've ever been to was my father's HeiressofBickworth Oct 2012 #19
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