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HopeHoops

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8. The only one who doesn't mind being there is the corpse - it's already dead.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:37 AM

Oct 2012

What I hate is when someone gives a glowing speech about the deceased and you know damn well the speaker hated his/her fucking guts. It makes me angry. One of my aunts did that with a cousin of mine (remarry situation, she was his step mom). Everyone knew damn well that she hated him, but she still had the nerve to get up and pretend he was her favorite person in the world. I almost puked.

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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