Visitations/Funerals

[Simbagal23]

Thanks for the laughs everyone....just got the call, poor gramps has gone to a better place. In truth, this is for the best....he's been suffering from diabetes and alzheimers, not in good shape at all. I'll be leaving in a couple of days for the dreaded visitation/funeral....in Iowa, with the side of the family that doesn't drink or have any fun.

God love ya, Gramps! I hope your beloved Twins win for you tonight!

[tothebeach08]

Losing my Grandpa was hard he was a really good friend, but I knew his suffering was finished and I knew he was happy to get away from my Grandma. Sorry for your loss, I feel bad for you.

[sighyoung]

Personally, I want a closed casket with a recording of myself, pounding on something and saying "Let me out! I'm not dead!" playing from the inside. And then after that, I'm going to be stuffed. TFG will keep me on display in his living room.

This is true...his hands will be my fancy beer koozies.

Just don't let anyone put their penis in my corpse's mouth.

I mean, if you're going to promise to keep someone's stuffed corpse, you should be respectful.

Then arrange for the mortician to put a small, electric engine in your jaw, so your mouth can open and bite down like a motorized Christmas Nutcracker in a department-store window.

[sighyoung]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, Simbagal. I hope your family is holding up o.k.

[TimeForGuinness]

I'll just put JL21 in my window...with different seasonal outfits on depending on the time of year. And when Andrew McCarthy comes by, he'll magically come alive...and have many wacky, sexy adventures...

for some reason this is the image that popped in my mind

this is JL21's octoberfest outfit...watch out kim cattrall...

[TimeForGuinness]

Thanks for the laughs everyone....just got the call, poor gramps has gone to a better place. In truth, this is for the best....he's been suffering from diabetes and alzheimers, not in good shape at all. I'll be leaving in a couple of days for the dreaded visitation/funeral....in Iowa, with the side of the family that doesn't drink or have any fun.

God love ya, Gramps! I hope your beloved Twins win for you tonight!

Sorry for your loss Simbagal23...I hope everything goes ok.

(raises glass)
TFG

[planet planet]

Thanks for the laughs everyone....just got the call, poor gramps has gone to a better place. In truth, this is for the best....he's been suffering from diabetes and alzheimers, not in good shape at all. I'll be leaving in a couple of days for the dreaded visitation/funeral....in Iowa, with the side of the family that doesn't drink or have any fun.

God love ya, Gramps! I hope your beloved Twins win for you tonight!

Simba, I feel for you. Losing a grandparent is definitely tough. Hopefully it will give you a chance to reconnect with your relatives.

The rest of you are sick, twisted, and hilarious.

[sighyoung]

Thanks for the laughs everyone....just got the call, poor gramps has gone to a better place. In truth, this is for the best....he's been suffering from diabetes and alzheimers, not in good shape at all. I'll be leaving in a couple of days for the dreaded visitation/funeral....in Iowa, with the side of the family that doesn't drink or have any fun.

God love ya, Gramps! I hope your beloved Twins win for you tonight!

Simba, I feel for you. Losing a grandparent is definitely tough. Hopefully it will give you a chance to reconnect with your relatives.

The rest of you are sick, twisted, and hilarious.

Egads! You're here on a weekday afternoon!

[planet planet]

I'm going to paint Tambourine Man's head and turn it into a globe for my living room.

[Socnorb11]

I guess it's there to give people closure, but it seems like it just causes more problems- leaving you with an image of the person that you didn't want.

I see it differently. The image that I didn't want to have of my mother was the one that I had of her lying in a hospital bed deteriorating for 6 months. While the image of her lying in the casket wasn't ideal, it was certainly nice to see her "prettied up" one last time. I definitely understand why some families prefer an open casket. And while funerals & visitations may not be comfortable for those who are attending, it's definitely a soothing process for the family of the deceased, in my opinion. Those attending should suck it up for an hour and deal with it for the family's sake. Saying what an annoyance it is is incredibly selfish, in my opinion.

As far as the uncontrollable sobbing that someone mentioned earlier, some people who have lost a loved one NEED to go through that process, and it's better to do it while there are people there to comfort you, as opposed to having to go through it alone.