Putting the Fun in FuneralSome deaths come suddenly or too soon and can really hit hard, others seem to be a blessed relief. Similarly, some funerals can be deeply upsetting and sad, others can make you want to hug the world.
Mmm, don't want to bring you down or anything, but tell us your funeral stories...
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chthonic, Thu 11 May 2006, 9:31)
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Jehova's Witnesses funeral weirednessMy mum's uncle passed on earlier this year, and funeral arrangements were handled by his son, a Jehovah's Witness.
Now, Uncle Eddie was yer actual salt of the earth cockney geezer. He would have wanted a good old east-end knees up somewhere.
His son, and his beliefs, had other ideas.
Friends were asked not to attend, by letter. His own wife didn't go, and the only only people in attendance were he, his two sons, Eddie's sister (travelled form Hastings to London for the day), my Mum and my brother (travelled from Somerset for the day) and me.
We sat there for about 5 or 6 minutes while some twinkly music played; no one spoke. Then Eddie's son rose to his feet, said 'thank you for coming' and that was that. he was off.
My family were, to put it mildly, thoroughly cheesed off. So we went to the pub and got slaughtered, toasting Eddie and spending the whole time how such a nice bloke could have spawned such a selfish git of a son.
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 12 May 2006, 9:01,
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