Ruth:
I think that's where the person is so ugly they put them in the casket face down.
Actually I think he was trying to avoid saying it was a "weird-ass wake" in respect for the situation. Thank you (and ][<) for the image though...
][<'s grandma was anal about protecting her furniture and carpet with plastic covers and runners so maybe the funeral home covered everything with plastic making for the weird scene. :-)
And thanks to Jim I got to see the message that had ][<'s original note. For some reason I didn't get it--maybe our anti-virus firewall didn't like the rump wake image either. Or maybe I deleted it without reading it.
I remember after my grandfather died (his wife having pre-deceased him) and after spreading his ashes at his favorite spot in the country (the fishing pond on an old farm he kept as a hobby) my immediate family sat in a local BBQ joint in the middle of the afternoon and reviewed some of the family stories that went untold for many years. A public memorial service was held a month or so later (different stories were told there).
Bruce
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At 3:45 PM -0500 7/15/05, Jim Follett wrote:
>Grandma is dead?
Apparently she is Jim. BTW: What on earth is a "rump wake?" The picture
I conjure ain't pretty. Ruth
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