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To the pushy loud-mouthed bitch who asked me who was in the viewing room at the funeral home (it was my Mum’s viewing for identification before cremation), I hope my answer of ‘Elvis’ satisfied your fucking morbid curiosity. Some fucking people. —TTFN
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2011.
9 Comments
TT my friend, I think it’s safe to say that your Mom was probably looking down and splitting her sides laughing at that. You are the best. >: )
My grampie, my mom’s dad, died almost two years ago. After the viewing prior to cremation(just my mom, her 2 brothers and 3 sisters), I noticed a Corporate paper-shredding truck, a-shredding away in the driveway to the funeral home. I said to my uncle, “Don’t tell mom, but what if that was a fuberal option?”.
He laughed his ass off, called over my mom and said “I’m going to get dad and pretend to throw him in the truck and P— can get a photo”.
My mom went down, laughing, and said “I almost peed myself!”
I hate everything about funerals, but there IS some funny shit there.
Hugs TT.
-Willie Petet
i agree, your mum would have loved it. elvis too ♥
Sorry to hear about your Mom TTFN. Love your response to Itty-biddy. Some people, eh!
For some reason SOBova’s middle sister thinks it’s absolutely hilarious that I have diabetes.(You have to know her) So at my father-in-law’s funeral reception I was standing across the banquet hall from her with one leg up on a chair behind me, looking like I had lost it at the knee. Some elderly church lady came up and asked if I was all right so I made up some lame story about bad circulation. THAT’s when SIS-in-law noticed me and had to stuff her face with egg-salad sammies to keep from laughing out loud. These are the kind of stories that wind up getting told when they get together to remember their Dad
When my sis and I were in the viewing room, my sister solemnly said, Mom certainly left a legacy – I jiggled the Double Dee pups (which sis shares) and replied, yep, she did that. That broke us both up.
Off to the visitation this afternoon and this evening – not my idea of a fun day but, then again, you never know. My family are killer hilarious – it’s like four standups in the room trying to top each other.
As for the nosey ol’ buzzard – her expression was – to quote those old Visa ads – priceless.
I’m sorry to hear about your Mum, TTFN.
Some people just don’t know how/when to mind their own business. As others have said, I’m sure your Mum, and Elvis, had a chuckle over your response!
TTFN my condolences.
Elvis is dead, since when?
So Elvis had a sex change operation! That explains it all.