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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If I had a hammer.........There is a notoriously unreliable one-man-band undertaker in our town. He apparently stays in business through drastically undercutting his rivals.
Rumour has it that he was nearly lynched by a Gypsy family a while back when a flimsy coffin fell apart in the bearers' hands.
The undertaker is believed to have blamed a lack of nails for the failure, and, producing a handful of new nails from his pocket, asked if any of the guests had a hammer.
This may be related: my mate saw last week in town a breakdown truck carrying a hearse, complete with coffin. If that had been me, with my ever-present camera, there'd have been photos, and maybe a short video.
(, Mon 15 May 2006, 8:12, Reply)
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