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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...Nothing Matters Now!The message about the PowerPoint presentations reminded me of this...
About a year and a half ago now, one of my flatmates at uni tragically died in a car crash (taking with him a mate from Manchester University). Needless to say the memorial service at the chaplaincy was a very sombre affair, a good hundred people from the university, friends, family, people crying.
The climax of the service was "the lighting of candles, whilst a montage of photos of Michael (the guy who died) and music will be played... to remind everyone of him".
At this point people begin to file up to the front whilst a slide show of photos taken by his friends were put on loop. Quite ironically however, every shot was of him holding, drinking or necking booze of every variety. This was doubly amusing as he was a known alcoholic (he got through a trade-size bottle of Absinthe in my Freshers Week) and it was known for a fact he was totally wasted when he decided to drive to Liverpool on that fateful night.
The challenge to stifle back an illict smile came to a head when 'Amarillo', Dolly Parton's classic '9 to 5' (he never turned up for lectures) and Franz Ferdinand's gay anthem, "Michael", was put on loop for the rest of the service.
Ah well... I guess that's what he would have wanted...
(, Sat 13 May 2006, 14:10, Reply)
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