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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'Grave goods'Someone I know used to work in a council canteen used by cemetery workers. She knows lots of hairy stories.
One concerns a cremation in which, on raking the ashes out, the crematorium worker found a lump of rough metal.
They often find hip joints etc but this didn't resemble anything like that so they contacted the undertaker and asked him to make discreet enquiries.
Turns out that the deceased, a manual labourer, had been thoughtfully provided with a sledghammer by his kindly relations, in case he woke up and needed to smash his way out.
(, Fri 12 May 2006, 11:08, Reply)
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