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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:11 PM Original message |
Viewing the body before a funeral |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. No and some of your southern compatriots have a tradition of taking pics |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. yeah |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. er, *ahem* |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. My husband's family was guilty of this until I straightened MrG out |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Not just photos, anymore....camcorders !!! |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. That's also a European thing |
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Kathleen04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Parts of my family do that too |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. I can top that--guy I knew took an album of funeral pics to SUMMER CAMP |
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Justice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Viewing |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I agree with you about viewing a baby. |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. There are as many different death rituals |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. My condolances for your loss, lazarus. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it is up to the family. Funerals are for the living, not the dead. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Maybe sometimes it's ok |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. i agree it's a ghoulish ritual eom |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would agree with you about the baby... |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. er - sorry - missed point |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. 2 Points lazarus, 1 political and 1 Personal. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Dude, they're not even viewing his body! |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. you are correct |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Attitudes on death and dying between cultures never fails to fascinate me. |
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MallRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. I agree. |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I've heard both |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. A blanket thank you |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. NOT viewing the body, just the closed casket. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know. My mother's was closed-casket |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. My Mom threatened to haunt us if we opened it and she didn't look good. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. To each his own... |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. My grandma use to tell us stories....... |
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ArmchairActivist (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. I used to think I agreed with you... |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Have I got a book for you. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. I wouldn't say it's goulish |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. I Agree... It's Ghoulish. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Family and close friends yes; others no |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. What I hate is when they say.... |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I had an very deaf, old great aunt |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. At a friend's father's funeral, the make-up job was HORRIBLE, |
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belladonna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's a big thing here in the South |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. Some people need that kind of closure.... |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've got an uncle |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Group Family Photos Around The Open Casket (WTF?????!!!!!????!!!) |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. a viewed my dad in the coffin. creeped me out. |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. Want to hear a really gross one? |
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