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. :-)

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Wayne Boatwright տլ
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