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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The right size would have helpedI play the bagpipes so being Scottish I get to play at my fair share of funerals but one spings instantly to mind.
It was a mates, sisters, boyfriends uncle or something and they wanted Amazing Grace as they got planted. Everyone gathered round the coffin in a way so I couldn't actually see. The person was going in with someone also.
So I started playing when I heard the undertaker telling them to lift the coffin and I wait to see the people stand back in order to stop. So I'm playing...playing...still playing, I lean while playing to one side and notice the coffin's still there. Thinking some little hitch I kept playing then finally gave up. Everyone was thanked for coming etc and we all drove away...with the coffin still sitting there. The grave diggers had failed to check the coffin dimensions and had actually not made the hole big enough.
Driving away to see this coffin sitting there and these emarressed grave diggers around it still raises a cheeky smile from me.
(, Fri 12 May 2006, 13:49, Reply)
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