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.

Thanks, Wayne. Someone finally understood what I meant.

I guess if you read Usenet long enough, you'll eventually hear
everything. :-)

Yup, a lot of BS from "big-headed" ignoramuses

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Cheers
Cathy(xyz)