tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post1433694972703033901..comments2023-04-26T05:12:29.804-04:00Comments on an army of ermas: Why Did People Stop Dying?weeghostieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05784292070517987961noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-79203242689760338832012-02-13T20:46:35.391-05:002012-02-13T20:46:35.391-05:00*curtsies to Amy and Bill**curtsies to Amy and Bill*Haggis Chihuahuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726140053770024770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-92085561535133758292012-02-08T23:26:52.941-05:002012-02-08T23:26:52.941-05:00Good stuff, Haggis!
Carolee, if Aunt Fanny woke at...Good stuff, Haggis!<br />Carolee, if Aunt Fanny woke at her wake after sleeping in the slumber room, I might want some Jack Daniels on the rocks instead of Valium. I'd want to be awake and ask her a bunch of questions.Bill Gibbonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732635775688569088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-79600526750851903612012-02-06T14:37:56.204-05:002012-02-06T14:37:56.204-05:00I am from the South. We believe that death is a na...I am from the South. We believe that death is a natural remedy for a potato salad shortage.<br /><br />Also: "Sell by date" *snork* That's funny, I don't care who y'are.Amy Mullishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650408133826832302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-25273879960504733642012-02-04T11:55:47.418-05:002012-02-04T11:55:47.418-05:00The guy's obituary must have been a hoot. I ca...The guy's obituary must have been a hoot. I can see it now: <br /><br />Saturday night, the angels, riding a convoy of golden Hondas, spirited the soul of Bubba Grunge off to that Big Beer Hall in the Sky. He is survived by a dozen fetuses.Haggis Chihuahuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726140053770024770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-81885308687903614302012-02-04T00:42:01.552-05:002012-02-04T00:42:01.552-05:00Several years ago our local rebel-without-clue cas...Several years ago our local rebel-without-clue cashed in his chips on a motorcycle on the main highway. His pallbearers wore new white hoodies and the cops served warrants on the attendees. It was a beautiful thing. And for the next year, every twinkie in town claimed he was the father of her love child. I guess there are worse ways to cast off your earthly shackles and sojourn to the promised land.Terri Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461583056862465783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-91580964332424509792012-02-03T21:36:02.825-05:002012-02-03T21:36:02.825-05:00Indeed. And the hermetically sealed caskets actual...Indeed. And the hermetically sealed caskets actually make it easier for the anaerobic bacteria to do their work. There's the rub.<br /><br />Wait. This isn't funny anymore. <br /><br />Okay. A priest, a funeral director and a Chihuahua walk into a bar....Haggis Chihuahuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726140053770024770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-65576233425498153572012-02-03T20:39:42.997-05:002012-02-03T20:39:42.997-05:00We seem to go out of the way to avoid the enviable...We seem to go out of the way to avoid the enviable.It is natural to die-that's part of the life cycle.We're born, we live, we die when the time comes. There's nothing heroic about it. The funeral industry has warped the concept of death, introducing artificial (and temporary)preservation of the body,playing to grieving loved ones who don't want to face the fact that the dead body eventually decays and returns to it's base elements by offering 'sealed' caskets and vaults to protect the remains....from what? Death can be a beautiful rite of Life.AmethJerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575410695782447489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-37679864064190493202012-02-03T16:38:57.486-05:002012-02-03T16:38:57.486-05:00Spanks, Rusty. True story. The other day I read ab...Spanks, Rusty. True story. The other day I read about a woman who died "surrounded by her family at her side." Must have been a family of contortionists. How do they come up with this stuff?Haggis Chihuahuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726140053770024770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-4941283178796402312012-02-03T16:24:37.754-05:002012-02-03T16:24:37.754-05:00I thought you were being surrounded by old people ...I thought you were being surrounded by old people you wanted to die when I read the title. LOL... Nice post, Pup.June Kraminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879476087820257776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-2324665150099375072012-02-03T15:48:51.222-05:002012-02-03T15:48:51.222-05:00Amen, Sistah!
Another member of the wake 'n b...Amen, Sistah!<br /><br />Another member of the wake 'n bake society.Haggis Chihuahuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726140053770024770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-60979206333989948502012-02-03T15:37:40.745-05:002012-02-03T15:37:40.745-05:00LOL! Perfect! My sister and I recently had that ...LOL! Perfect! My sister and I recently had that death conversation. We agree that neither of us wants to be presented like a buffet of the macabre for people to gawk and and say, "Oh, doesn't she look good?" <br />No, she doesn't look good; she looks dead. <br />And coffins. Is there such a thing as a pretty coffin? No. It's a coffin, no matter how you dress it up with satin and lace and stuff. <br />Down south, we call it a wake when people stop by to gawk. So the dead person is actually reposing in a slumber room… at a wake? The last thing I want to happen is for dear reposing Aunt Fanny to wake. I think we'd all need Valium form then on. <br />Nope. Nosiree, Bob. Shove my empty shell in an oven and do what thou wilt with the ashes. I hear they make good fertilizer. ;-)Caroleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082908703263467479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-54788562077442230392012-02-03T14:42:51.119-05:002012-02-03T14:42:51.119-05:00*curtsies*
Why, thank you, ma'am.*curtsies*<br /><br />Why, thank you, ma'am.Haggis Chihuahuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726140053770024770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-29572801793438670362012-02-03T14:09:24.264-05:002012-02-03T14:09:24.264-05:00They have 'natural' burials in my neck of ...They have 'natural' burials in my neck of the woods. A cardboard box and a hole in the ground. Much better for the environment. :) Congrats on your first Erma post!JLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405559509794744714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475732294480121490.post-19106571214623256422012-02-03T13:24:11.579-05:002012-02-03T13:24:11.579-05:00LOL! Agreed on all points -- especially the "...LOL! Agreed on all points -- especially the "So-and-so looks so natural." Huh?? O.o<br /><br />A good beginning to your Ermas run. ;)Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123379306124169092noreply@blogger.com