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[Finer Woman10-A-91]

I am a filmmaker. Images stay with me long after the scene has passed. For those of you who have very strong feeling about being cremated or not viewed...put it in your will. After you are gone, people will do with you as THEY WANT.

My family and closest friends know, I do not want my corpse on display to be cried over let alone photographed. If the family was cool with having their dearly departed propped up "sleeping with the remote in hand" hey, who are we to judge?

[ARTIC-U-LATE]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I knew he was Black. I knew it. That money could have been used to pay a bill.

Oh my damn....

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by ladygreek
Those were Wakes where the idea was to give the person time to "wake up." That is because there were misdiagnoses of death and people feared burying someone alive.

This reminds me of a funny story my cousin told me. She had a "side gig" of doing hair at a funeral home several years ago. She would typically go in early in the morning or late at night before/after her full time job. Because she was related to the Funeral Director (other side of her family), she had a key and would let her self into the back room. He would have the deceased propped up "waiting" on her to do her thing. Well one winter morning (read it was still dark outside) she was doing a woman's hair and moved her some type of way. Sometimes gasses get trapped in the body, and when she moved the woman the gas started to come out and made a sound! She said it sounded like the sterotypical ghost sound! Needless to say, she dropped the comb and got the heck out of there!

That ended her career as a funeral home hairdresser! Even after the FD explained what happened she refused to go back!

[smlwonderdst]

Originally posted by Eclipse
This reminds me of a funny story my cousin told me. She had a "side gig" of doing hair at a funeral home several years ago. She would typically go in early in the morning or late at night before/after her full time job. Because she was related to the Funeral Director (other side of her family), she had a key and would let her self into the back room. He would have the deceased propped up "waiting" on her to do her thing. Well one winter morning (read it was still dark outside) she was doing a woman's hair and moved her some type of way. Sometimes gasses get trapped in the body, and when she moved the woman the gas started to come out and made a sound! She said it sounded like the sterotypical ghost sound! Needless to say, she dropped the comb and got the heck out of there!

That ended her career as a funeral home hairdresser! Even after the FD explained what happened she refused to go back!

LOL! That is too funny. I don't think I would have gone back either.

[RedefinedDiva]

I have even heard of deceased people who have "burped."

I met a guy a while back that worked at a funeral home. He was telling us all sorts of stories about dead people. My uncle used to work in the coroner's office and used to explain to me about the condition some bodies are in once they arrive. I sometimes watch "Family Plots," but the show is more focused on the family than body preparations. There was another show that came on a while back that dealt with body prep after death and it's a task that a woman like me could not handle.

[btb87]

Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
I sometimes watch "Family Plots," but the show is more focused on the family than body preparations.

Call me crazy, but I absolutely LOVE this show! And yes, I did watch all 2 hours worth last night!

[Kimmie1913]

When my dad was in medical school he worked in the coronor's office. One day an employee who had parited too hard the night before decided to lay down and take a nap on one of the tables. The next shift came in and them moving around woke him up. Realizing he had over slept he sat straight up under the sheet. The other guy seeing what he thought was a dead body sit straight up ran straight through a plate glass window! That would have scared the h*ll out of me too.

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by jojapeach
Ladygreek, do you know erythang? You really taught me something new about wakes. Thank you.

Naw, but a lot of knowledge does come with age.

[fun4real]

Originally posted by Kimmie1913
When my dad was in medical school he worked in the coronor's office. One day an employee who had parited too hard the night before decided to lay down and take a nap on one of the tables. The next shift came in and them moving around woke him up. Realizing he had over slept he sat straight up under the sheet. The other guy seeing what he thought was a dead body sit straight up ran straight through a plate glass window! That would have scared the h*ll out of me too.

That is hilarious

[BlueReign]

Originally posted by ladygreek
Naw, but a lot of knowledge does come with age.

So true, girl. I don't even want to talk funerals cause I have buried too many relatives close to me. I was surprised to see this article and just trying to imagine it! But then the pictures are not as bad as I had mentally pictured it. I personally don't see anything wrong with what his family did for him.

[#1 Leading Lady]

Speaking of funerals.... How many of you are donors? If so, what influenced your decision? If not, why?

I am not. I want to be buried with all MY parts.....every last one of them. No particular reason I just want my stuff to go with me.

[SummerChild]

Wow, I never knew that there was where the term "wake" came from. Thanks,
SC

Originally posted by ladygreek
Those were Wakes where the idea was to give the person time to "wake up." That is because there were misdiagnoses of death and people feared burying someone alive.

[UrbanizdSkillz]

I am a donor. I have no need of my organs if I'm dead. I'd rather give someone else a chance at a full life. Besides, I want to be cremated so I REALLY have no use for them.

[Dvyne Evolushun]

I'm also a donor. Don't they take that stuff out anyway?

[Boom_Quack13]

Originally posted by fun4real
smh..My family better not do anything like that. I'll have to come back and make their life more miserable than it already is!

Dammit! He's Black, too!