Funeral Procession

[The Real Bingo]

Something that irks me is funeral processions. They run red lights, and make you wait while you have a green light. Then the real large funerals really bother me, because you're waiting there even longer. I mean they have as much authority as police and fire trucks. I say the U.S. pass a law stating that a funeral procession must obey the same rules that normal drivers abide by.

Just my complaint of the day. Thanks for your time.

[John Prophet]

"they should have cremated the stiff"

Loose movie quote



The thing I dont get at all about funerals in general...is the whole drama thing..and the "fakeness"

I mean..I just dont get it..coming around..standing an dbeing real quiet.

The kicker is that half the time it is someone you didnt even like all that much! lol.

We fuss with people and ignore them, go years without speaking and then we go to their funeral to "show respect"??

I think it is strange that more respect is given to a person after they are dead, than while they are still alive.

JP

[RADAR1797]

So you are saying honoring the dead is inconvenient?

-RADAR

[golfcart]

I used to live in the city and felt pretty much the same way until my grandmother passed away. She lived way out in the boonies where there is nothing but farms for miles. During her procession, I saw no less than 3 farmers stop their tractors, stand up, put their straw hats over their chest and watch us drive by. You just don't see that kind of respect in a well populated area. Wasn't long after that I moved to the boonies myself and life is much more relaxed and slower paced now

[The Real Bingo]

Originally posted by RADAR1797
So you are saying honoring the dead is inconvenient?

-RADAR

I am when I'm sitting at a damn green light waiting for the funeral to pass of someone that I dont even know.

[John Prophet]

I think it would be different in the case golfcart described...a close knit community etc....or when they were all just "decent folk", lol....I guess my particular 'family" has had so many "fallings out", fights, court cases etc....I see no point in THEN coming together to show some sort of fake "respect" lol.

If/when my mother dies...as far as I am concerned, her 2 sisters and brother have no place at any kind of memorial service for her. I will physically disallow them to dishonor her with their presence.

As far as I can foresee, I have went to my last funeral for any inlaws at least on my mothers side. When my greatgrandmother passed away..that was the last "tie" to a large portion of "family"....thank God.

Hardcore?? Maybe, but thats life...I am not the token dude for acting...not an actor, dont claim to be. Not gonna go act like I respect someone I despise, lol. For some of them, if I did anything it would be pass out cigars or be in such a good mood as to go make a donation to a charity or something, lol.


Always kind and sensitive,JP

[RADAR1797]

Maturity is the issue. One day you will value the ceremony. In the mean time, try to be respectful of those who lost a loved one. The fact of the matter is you are still alive, the convoy is for the one who is not.

-RADAR

[Mike]

TRB does have a point. I went to a funeral last year, it was for my step-grandfather's brother. He was the one that created pizza dough that is used with frozen pizza products right now. He had hundreds of people show up for his funeral.

It was a terribly sad thing that he died, but there was at least 150 people that didn't even know him. We held up traffic driving through Philadelphia for quite a while. It's great that they showed their support, but most of them didn't even go to the ceremony inside of the church. (Why do older people assume that they are always the maturest)?

On the other hand, it's a good thing that everyone has to stop. It'd be a nightmare if the service has to start a certain time and half of the people aren't there yet.

[Uncle Bob]

Make them charter a bus or two

[sao95]

Originally posted by RADAR1797
Maturity is the issue. One day you will value the cermony. In the mean time, try to be respectful of those who lost a loved one. The fact of the matter is you are still alive, the convoy is for the one who is not.

-RADAR

i rate that as eloquent (sp?), especially the last sentence. nice prose A rebuttal of sorts to JP, funerals are only fake if you don't like the person, and why go if you don't like them? I've been to a few funerals, (even a crazy Mexican one where they took pictures of the corpse, first time I had ever seen that) I say... You can't legally run red lights when your alive, SO BACK OFF AND LET THEM DO IT WHEN THEIR DEAD, jeez...