Bryan Simmons wrote:

> On Monday, January 30, 2006 at 5:18:11 PM UTC-6, --Bryan wrote:
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > > On Sun 29 Jan 2006 12:12:35a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> > > cathyxyz?
> > >
> > > > I have attended a few funerals in my time and there has indeed
> > > > been food and drink served at the "wake". However, after the
> > > > service, I did not go to all my other friends and say "Wow,
> > > > what great food they had at that funeral!." I don't even
> > > > remember what they served at the last one I went to - it was
> > > > for a young boy of 18 who had been killed by a drunk driver.
> > > > All I remember is the incredible grief. That's what I find
> > > > ghoulish. And IMHO, no matter how one dies it is ALWAYS a
> > > > terrible thing for the ones left behind. I know that having a
> > > > wake or whatever you want to call it is traditional in most
> > > > religions; I don't have a problem with that - but I still feel
> > > > that discussing the food served afterward, with strangers - who
> > > > never even knew the deceased, is not something I can bring
> > > > myself to do.
> > >
> > > I agree with you Cathy. Never until reading it here have I heard
> > > of people going to a funeral anticipating what kind of food was
> > > going to be served, much less writing a review of it afterward,
> > > and even comparing it to a host of other funeral meals they've
> > > had. I guess if you read Usenet long enough, you'll eventually
> > > hear everything. :-)
> > Back in the early 80s this guy who I didn't know well, but had drank
> > beer with a few times on the Riverfront in downtown St. Louis died
> > after falling down an elevator shaft at a warehouse where there was
> > an illegal party going on. I had gotten a ride to a party on
> > Saturday, and unbeknownst to me, everyone else at the party had
> > planned on going to the funeral the next day. As a rule, I don't do
> > funerals because of corpses but I had no other choice unless I
> > wanted to spend a shitload on a cab.
> > The funeral was bizarre because Mike and his brother* were the only
> > African Americans in the StL Punk scene, and the pallbearers were
> > mostly White guys with big, green Mohawks and such, and the pews
> > were a mix of Black folks in their Sunday finest and punk rockers
> > dressed, well, like punk rockers.
> > In the "Order of Service" pamphlet there was a thing that said "The
> > Viewing of the Remains." Me and my two buddies were trying really
> > hard not to crack up about that because the last thing we wanted to
> > do was be disrespectful. Eventually it got to that part of the
> > service, and we just let people squeeze by us to go up there to
> > "view the remains." It became much more challenging when the
> > minister looked right at the three of us and said, reaching out and
> > up with his arms, "Everybody view the remains," then when he
> > noticed we weren't budging he added, "If you wants to." It took all
> > each of us had not to just lose it, but we all manged.
> > On the way to the wake I was starved and I was trying to get my
> > buddy to stop and at least go through the drive-through at Popeyes.
> > I was practically begging him, but he wouldn't stop. Then I
> > remembered it was an African American wake, and figured that it was
> > pretty well certain I'd be served fried chicken. I wasn't
> > disappointed.
>
> > * A couple years later the guy's brother put out my wife's hair that
> > had caught on fire. The rest of the wussyass punk rockers just
> > backed away, but Marcus without hesitation grabbed her hair and put
> > it out. This was about a year before I met her.
> > >
> Dave's funeral posts reminded me of this.
> >
> > > --
> > > Wayne Boatwright


http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com
http://cheepeffects.com

Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
The real Dr. Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net