Funeral etiquette

[Tako_Kichi]

A woman had recently lost her husband and went to the funeral parlour to see her husband for the last time before the burial service. As the funeral director led her into the viewing room she let out a loud gasp. "Whatever is the matter?" the funeral director asked. "Oh" said the woman, "You've put him in a blue suit and he hated blue suits, he really liked grey suits and we've given all his other clothes to the charity shops". "Oh I'm sorry" said the funeral director, "Look the funeral is tomorrow but we will try our best to to get it sorted by the morning".

The lady pops back into the funeral parlour the next morning and asks the funeral director if he was able to sort out the suit problem.

The funeral director said "Bizarrely, you're not going to believe this, but another lady came in after you left and her husband was in a grey suit and she said "Oh no, my husband loved blues suits!" so all we had to do was swap the heads!"





Two men were playing golf when suddenly one stopped in mid swing as a funeral cortege went down the road alongside the 9th fairway. He removed his hat and looked down at the ground until the procession was out of sight.

The second guy was moved by this gesture and quietly asked if the first golfer knew the person being buried. "Oh yes" the first golfer replied "That was my wife and after 38 years of marriage I felt that doffing my hat and looking at the ground was the least I could do!"

[Filonian]

Graham