Manys the man got a handy dinner in Keoghs the day of a burial alright TC. Plenty hangers on at these events tooā¦
Wakes are tough going on the liverā¦ the duty to stay with the body usually involves loads of self poured shots of whiskey. :blink:
Typos now is all you have. Thought youād be the type of fucker who loves to be seen at funerals alright.
I have my health, and show some respect to the dead you little bollix. 
Fabienne: Whose motorcycle is this?
Butch: Itās a chopper, baby.
Fabienne: Whose chopper is this?
Butch: Itās Zedās.
Fabienne: Whoās Zed?
Butch: Zedās dead, baby. Zedās dead. :guns:
Who died? This is a thread about Funerals and how you approach them, i gave my opinion.
Now go fcuk yourself you crawling cunt.
I keep my respect for the living bro.
+1
I actually have got into the habit recently of saying ironically āThereās nothing I can sayā¦ā then trailing off and looking pious and compassionate. Suicide funerals are the worst, been at a few of them, shocking scenes. Remember working a shift as an altar boy at one, how the family found the strength and wherewithal to pay me afterwards I still find amazing. Nice touch, a tenner I think.
So you made money from a person killing themselves?
Not cool SS**.
You can tell a lot about a man from the way he pays respect to the dead. For shame CM, I expected better from you, not like the other cur.
Bull shit, its about how you deal with the living.
I expect respect when iām alive, not when i have nothing to offer.
I did. Weddings were better of course but funerals were our bread and butter. Itās a big industry.
Iād expect nothing more from a pup than a yelp.
There was nothing like a cold snap in the winter to keep you in penny sweets.
Either myself or Mrs Tc usually has to drive my auld fella to funerals all over Clare and well into south Galway and he would blame me if he missed one too, he is of that generation who pays respects to the dead itās usually some lad he bought a bull of 25 years ago or good cows off alternatively it can be a lad he who hit a dirty blow on him during a hurling match. You know the type.
I hate those fucking hangers on I remember lad perched at the bar a people went up to buy a drink and telling them all he didnāt like getting free drink and he was going to buy a round.
Sitting with the deceased is fine and a great tradition (even if you didnāt like the cunt) we still dig graves for our neighbours around here, do ye do it?? Those sad wakes are a bitch in fairness I usually say something like is there cows to be fed or anything after sympathising
I did a 3 in a row once
There are people dying to get into it.
Ya weād still dig graves but thereās a couple of graveyards where the council boys would be put out over it.
Thereās a great auld fella whoās over the graveyard where most of my family would be buried. He has brilliant stories and the mornings digging would fly listening to him.
Would ye ever use a template when digging a grave? It saves some amount of work.
I did shit loads of funerals when I was an altar boy, but only the one wedding, fucks sake. The problem we had was the money we got was dependent on what priest was running the show for a particular funeral / wedding. The parish priest would take a commission out of the donation to us, the bollocks, the curate would always make sure we got the full spoils, daycent man he was. Everyone knew this happened, so many would donate directly to us.
I got $45 for a funeral once (a number of direct donations from the relatives) - it was a traveller funeral as well. Probably helped that I knew the family well, sound skins they were and are. A lot of money for an 11 year old in 1983.
Great thread, Iād be of the shake everyones hand in the funeral home type. Sometimes theres a point on the far side of the coffin where its natural enough not to keep going and you can break off (unless you know one of the people sitting over there). I donāt mind the house ones as often you can grab the people you want to meet before even going into the room.
I usually wouldnāt say anything when shaking hands with strangers, if it was people I wouldnāt know too well Iād kind of say their name and nod, if it was a mate then or whatever Iād give the double clasp.
The worst is when its a chick that you know and then theres the do I shake her hand, kiss her on the cheek, hug her???
Iād always refuse a drink initially, but after its insisted upon Iād sup away alright.