Barlow Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Itsmeee said: What a crass thing to say. Jesus. I can’t even. Yes you can. Try it. Is funeral attendance absolutely obligatory? # Necessary? Is it? OK, different story maybe when it is the nearest and dearest. But how many nearest and dearest die away from the Isle of Man. Some, granted, and they are the obvious and extremely rare exception. We're in a pandemic. Your gran or whoever would understand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Barlow said: Yes you can. Try it. Is funeral attendance absolutely obligatory? # Necessary? Is it? OK, different story maybe when it is the nearest and dearest. But how many nearest and dearest die away from the Isle of Man. Some, granted, and they are the obvious and extremely rare exception. We're in a pandemic. Your gran or whoever would understand. Wow, just wow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 This may help. Stupid 19. http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1697 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) a Edited February 6, 2021 by Boris Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Nom de plume said: Wow, just wow. Staggering isn't it? Funerals aren't really for the deceased, (unless you are religious) they are an important part and landmark of the grieving process. How someone can be so ignorant is beyond belief. Edited February 6, 2021 by Gladys 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Gladys said: Staggering isn't it? Funerals aren't really for the deceased, (unless you are religious) they are an important part and landmark of the grieving process. Oh if only there wasn't a pandemic going on, our lives would be so much nicer. Around the world the grieving process has been curtailed. It's "staggering" even. It's "wow, just wow" Edited February 6, 2021 by Barlow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) Bizarrelow. Edited February 6, 2021 by quilp Z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, quilp said: Bizzarelow. Yes, it really is bizarre this pandemic isn't it. Ahh, here you go, as if on cue just on BBC Radio 4. Listen from 22:30. From Our Own Correspondent. It's not UK so maybe it doesn't count in your world, but it could be anywhere in UK. But not the cotton wool encased Isle of Man. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000s1zr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Personally I agree with Barlow, but I appreciate many don't. I don't really see the point of them, funerals are shit, I avoid them, maybe I've just never been to a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I've been to a couple that ended up far more fun than a wedding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, the stinking enigma said: I've been to a couple that ended up far more fun than a wedding i think you'll find they were necrophiliac conventions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 That's maybe how they started, but they ended up wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheTeapot said: Personally I agree with Barlow, but I appreciate many don't. I don't really see the point of them, funerals are shit, I avoid them, maybe I've just never been to a good one. For most mourners, there's a finality, a closing, as the casket is placed in the ground or slides slowly and silently into the fire. Whichever way, the death ceremony is an ancient rite going back millenia and predates all recognised religion. And for some believers it is the gateway to an afterlife, a comfort almost. Easy to understand why the funeral ritual in its many forms has evolved in all cultures and has become an essential emotional response, as a respectful last goodbye in the psych of the living. Edited February 6, 2021 by quilp 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, the stinking enigma said: I've been to a couple that ended up far more fun than a wedding Recently widowed ladies were fair game in my book too. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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