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riderinthestorm

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5. My FIL was an electrician who moonlighted as a bartender. Happy Hour was a sacred thing for him.

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:24 AM

Oct 2012

So my husband delivered the eulogy and had a cooler of Geneseo beer. During his speech he invited anyone to grab a beer and sit back and reminisce. At the end, he raised a toast to Ray and everyone both laughed and cried.

There weren't any beers left in the cooler by the end of the service so the party got started sooner than later. Just the way Ray would have wanted it.

I think funerals should involve some level of alcohol. I never used to believe that but as I get older I'm beginning to believe it more and more.

Buck up and hope its not too excruciating.

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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