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Robin in NC
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128 posts		 Aug-13-10, 10:18 PM (CST)
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"Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
 
   My sister wanted me to go with her to the funeral home tonight for the visitation of a neighbor's uncle. We got to the funeral home and noticed really loud Big Band music coming from the door's of the funeral home. I told her that I had never heard music from the funeral home. You could hear it out in the parking lot; I thought that they had a stereo system. When we got inside, there was a big band set up in one of the visitation rooms. The person at the front door directed us to the next room. We didn't recognize anyone and I asked my sister if she was sure we were at the right place. We stood in line until we got to the registration book. Once we got there, we flipped to the front cover and realized it was the wrong person. This was for a man who played in a Big Band for years. We were supposed to be at another funeral home a few miles down the street. We turned around to leave and as we were walking to the car, we were laughing so hard we couldn't even talk.


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home Laura Z Aug-14-10 1
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home Jewls Aug-14-10 2
     RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home motherof4 Aug-14-10 3
         RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home Robin in NC Aug-14-10 8
     RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home Rox Aug-14-10 4
         RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home Lynda V Aug-14-10 5
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home SEP Aug-14-10 6
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home dmummey Aug-14-10 7
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home tracey e Aug-15-10 9
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home PamelaM Aug-15-10 10
  RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home halibev Aug-15-10 11

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Laura Z
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4050 posts		 Aug-14-10, 00:19 AM (CST)
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1. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   Great story! Glad you didn't get any negative looks from the mourners who were probably like, "Who the heck are they?" lol

Laura the Romance Junkie
Charlotte, North Carolina


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Jewls
Member since Jul-11-05
3399 posts		 Aug-14-10, 01:10 AM (CST)
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2. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   LOL! Sounds like something Stephanie and Lula would have done in the Plum books. What a hoot! So, you gonna trust your sister with directions and addresses next time??


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motherof4
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476 posts		 Aug-14-10, 03:53 AM (CST)
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3. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   !!! The custom with funeral homes seems very exotic to me, it is not the way we have funerals here. I also think of Stephanie Plum and her grandmother, and Six feet Under, of course!

Malin (Sweden)


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Robin in NC
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128 posts		 Aug-14-10, 07:42 PM (CST)
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8. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   When we were walking out of the first funeral home, my sister told me "this feels like a Stephanie Plum story". Everyone coming out of the Big Band funeral home was coming out smiling and were very friendly.


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Rox
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2828 posts		 Aug-14-10, 06:34 AM (CST)
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4. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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Jules, you read my mind! I think that a band at a funeral is a great way to go. Funny story. thanks for sharing.


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Lynda V
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6015 posts		 Aug-14-10, 07:23 AM (CST)
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5. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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LOL...that is so funny! Don't think I have ever shown up at the wrong funeral home non seen a big band at one, but I think I can understand why!

Hope you got to the right one without laughing.

~~LighthouseLady~~
East Coast of Central Florida


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SEP
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6. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   So cool!


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dmummey
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2547 posts		 Aug-14-10, 08:18 AM (CST)
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7. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   this is hilarious! i once wen to a funeral where right towards the foot of the casket they had a full buffet and bar set ups.... UHM AWKWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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tracey e
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4955 posts		 Aug-15-10, 10:03 AM (CST)
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9. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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TOO funny!!!!

Tracey
Jupiter, FL


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PamelaM
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189 posts		 Aug-15-10, 10:36 AM (CST)
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10. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   Hilarious story...thanks for sharing!!!

Pam
Near Cleveland, OH


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halibev
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2198 posts		 Aug-15-10, 06:48 PM (CST)
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11. "RE: Crashing a visitation at a funeral home"
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   Great story. I've been to way too many funerals this year and so far the strangest moment for me has been when I went to viewing of my Boss's father--he was 94 and a lot of flower arrangements were sent ( including 2 huge one's from us at work) her mother was insisting that we should take the flowers home--she didn't want the home to throw out or for the florist to take them back! She made her grandson's put some of the arrangements in the car so that she would break them up and have them at home. i just found that so odd.

Hali

Queens(1 of the 5 Borough's of New York City)


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