kalanamak wrote:
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>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:29:46 +0200, cathyxyz wrote:
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>>> Regardless of religion, or the quality of the food, I think all this
>>> talk about "Dead Spreads" is a bit ghoulish, considering the "Guest
>>> of Honor" is no longer around to enjoy it.
>
>
> Yes, it is a bit ghoulish, and one of the ways we humans cope with our
> mortality is to make traditions and some macabre humor. I've been
> singing songs of my childhood to my preschooler. Last night we were
> sawing away on "have you seen the ghost of Tom? Long white bones with
> the flesh all gone". It is a classic human attempt to take the stink out
> of the skunk.
> blacksalt
> who has a Greek quote up in her bathroom: Death is nothing to us, for
> when we are, it has not come; when it has come, we are not.

Yes, and for those who have religious beliefs it is a celebration that
their family member/friend has passed on to a better place.