krudler wrote: » My grandfather died in 2008, and in the funeral home we were standing there doing the shaking hands thing, when this absolute weirdo arrived in who nobody knew going around telling everyone he was sorry for our loss. Anyway, once they were moving the casket to the church we were walking behind and there he was right at the front with my uncles and myself a few other close relatives, saying how my grandad was a"great man", one of my uncles asked him who he was then told him promptly to fcuk off once it became clear he didnt even know my grandad, he's just some weirdo who goes to funerals as a hobby, even though he doesnt know the deceased. What a bizarre way to spend your free time
krudler wrote: » I dunno there's one person in my extended family nobody will miss, it annoys me how hypocritical people get when death is involved, someone who's an absolute prick in life deserves respect in death? don't think so.
Thrill wrote: » Neither did you.A long line of cars behind a slow moving hearse doesn't mean they are all on the way to the funeral. A lot of people wont overtake a hearse during a funeral.
April O Neill wrote: » Yeah, I have an uncle who's funeral I won't bother attending when his time comes. Awful, awful person. I don't always feel sad about people dying. I'm sure lots of people secretly feel the same. It's kinda taboo.
ProudDUB wrote: » That being said, there was a huge turnout at both my parents funerals, and my siblings and I drew great comfort from that.
ProudDUB wrote: » My aunt passed away during one of the big blizzard snow storms of 2010, and there was hardly anyone at hers.
mike65 wrote: » I got caught enough times when I was a commercial driver to know they were common enough to be a nuisance!
Clareboy wrote: » Why are the Irish so obsessed with funerals?
minotour wrote: » Victoria Coren stumbled upon a group whose sole purpose was to gatecrash funerals because of the free grub and sparce challenge. perhaps we need to do something similar here to weed out the fraudsters story here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/21/victoria-coren-jolley-gang as an aside, I think she married David Mitchell recently, imagine that pillow talk
April O Neill wrote: » Yes, you probably lost a whole five minutes.
Clareboy wrote: » I have often wondered why Irish people are so obsessed with funerals Shopping. I live near a church shop and the crowds and traffic that gather for funerals groceries is truly unbelievable. One day, the town had practically come to a standstill during a funeral national holiday and I asked this lady in a car on route to the cemetery shop" when is the famine " and believe it or not, she did not know! Funeral going Shopping seems to be some kind of national obsession and I often wondered where it comes from and what's the point of it all?
krudler wrote: » My grandfather died in 2008, and in the funeral home we were standing there doing the shaking hands thing, when this absolute weirdo arrived in who nobody knew going around telling everyone he was sorry for our loss.
Thrill wrote: » Neither did you. A long line of cars behind a slow moving hearse doesn't mean they are all on the way to the funeral. A lot of people wont overtake a hearse during a funeral.
fishy fishy wrote: » FYP to answer your original posting - it is tradition.
Clareboy wrote: » The whole Irish funeral ritual shows what a nation of hypocrites the Irish really are. Many elderly people live out a lonely and isolated existence, but when they are dead, thousands will turn up to ' pay their respects'. What a joke! " Give me flowers, when I can smell them "
Yakult wrote: » Well done on your survey. One whole person! Speaks for hundreds. Now, I can assume the reason most people go to these, is because they know the person some way or another and want to pay respects to said dead person. National obsession my hole.
Clareboy wrote: » Just to clarify, this particular road is a cul-de-sac and leads only to the cemetery. The lady in question was at the funeral, but she did not know the name of the deceased.
Clareboy wrote: » I have often wondered why Irish people are so obsessed with funerals. I live near a church and the crowds and traffic that gather for funerals is truly unbelievable. One day, the town had practically come to a standstill during a funeral and I asked this lady in a car on route to the cemetery " who is dead " and believe it or not, she did not know the person who had died! Funeral going seems to be some kind of national obsession and I often wondered where it comes from and what's the point of it all?
