Funerial Humor

You know the song “I’ve been everywhere man”? Well, that’s me. My business takes me all over Australia, listing and selling businesses, and I’ve got some very funny stories to tell. One comes to mind I was up the North Coast when I had a call from a funeral parlour to list their business. The owner was looking to retire, so I made the appointment and in I went to look over the business. I must say it was very professionally run and a lovely calming parlour. I was taken into the waiting room... Read Full Story

This was a family member of the owner so everything had to go perfect. So, as a young funeral director my boss sent me ahead of everyone else to check the grave site to be sure everything was OK before the procession got there. I drove up in a van and discreetly parked it out of the way yet followed orders and made sure the funeral home Logo was in plain sight. I walked over to the grave site Read Full Story

102 days to go Stella made her way up the stairs, and tears were dripping down her pretty face. No longer was I calm, and peaceful. Instantaneously, I debated, philosophized, defined, determined the meaning of “some”, and the dangers of not having any restraint when it comes to eating dessert. When the awakened bear entered the bedroom, a verbal lashing from her verbal claws tore me apart. The topic of her dessert was just a brief two-page prologue leading into the Russian sized novel... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Funerial Humor". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story

I was going through my list of usual blogs that I frequent when I came across a "recipe" if you will for Formaldehyde from 1936. I have to thank my blogger-bud MSW, author of Another Day in Paradise blog for supplying me with this information. I don't think that I'll be mixing this formula myself sometime soon however it is good to know that I don't have to rely on the corporations who Read Full Story

HEEEEEE HAAAAWWWWW! This was when I was working in a small town where everybody was friendly with each other. We couldn't have all been friends but we were friendly. The funeral precession pulled into the local cemetery, Lead Vehicle, Pall Bearers, Hearse, Family cars and what looked like the rest of the town. It was a damp overcast day. Everyone had begun to get out of their cars and Read Full Story

...notsomuch! by Azucar1978 in non-fiction > style & culture on Jun. 05, 2007 at 01:56pm 21 comments 2406 views 26 votes 0 current goodness 62530 alltime goodness vote flag rss i like this writer!   Sitting around the kitchen in my apartment somehow or another, I don’t recall the start of the conversation, but my sister in law and I got to talking about funerals and final arrangements. A rather morbid conversation for a sunny... Read Full Story

The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr. Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Perce? --- Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder II (Episode 4 - Money) Read Full Story