tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13638205.post116351075643002866..comments2023-08-24T12:03:45.626-04:00Comments on The Multiple Sclerosis Companion: Visiting The Funeral Home Todaypbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11568681879593734160noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13638205.post-1163608426516512442006-11-15T11:33:00.000-05:002006-11-15T11:33:00.000-05:00I'm not specifying the food, but local cuisine wil...I'm not specifying the food, but local cuisine will top the choices. Spiedes are right up there.<BR/><BR/>Around here, Norm, the guest of honor is just as likely to be laid out in flannel shirt or denim, as not. I've seen both.<BR/><BR/>As third generation Canuck, Frostback, whatever you'd call us, I'd never quite understood why we were the only ones who threw an "after-party." The Irish wake was the closest anyone else ever came to it. The bereaved was permitted to drink too much, and the rest of us entertained him or her with hilarious stories about the departed loved one.<BR/><BR/>There will definitely be a party. I've already invited my co-workers!pbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11568681879593734160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13638205.post-1163552855531934072006-11-14T20:07:00.000-05:002006-11-14T20:07:00.000-05:00Oh Yeah! Québecers LOVE funerals. The tradition is...Oh Yeah! Québecers LOVE funerals. The tradition is very close to the Irish wake.<BR/><BR/>Everybody gathers 'round, meets at the viewing (where sometimes pretty scandalous things go on, [it gives everybody something to remember,] ;-) and we rarely mourn morosely.<BR/><BR/>Life was meant to be lived so... Live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13638205.post-1163550736019823622006-11-14T19:32:00.000-05:002006-11-14T19:32:00.000-05:00Make sure you tell Karen, that I don't have a tie ...Make sure you tell Karen, that I don't have a tie on. I haven't worn a tie since she and I were married in 99. Oh yes, maybe at my mother's funneral last February. But at mine, NO...Please No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13638205.post-1163513920068719952006-11-14T09:18:00.000-05:002006-11-14T09:18:00.000-05:00Hey, make sure to have a buffet with speedies too!...Hey, make sure to have a buffet with speedies too! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com