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In reply to the discussion: Ever been to a funeral where the preacher screams at the bereaved? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I was renting their house, where the mother lived before she became infirm, which was just up the road from the church and the cemetery. They all lived in the city, far away, so they just came in for the funeral. I threw a post-funeral feed of sandwiches and bar food for the assembled mourners after the event, simply to be polite and because most of the "mourners" were friends and acquaintances from the village.
They drank all my booze, but I got to know even more of my neighbors, so it was all good. The minister didn't hang around much--people were ragging on him before they started in on their second drink!!! That made the post-plant 'em party worth it...there were more than a few imitations of that crabby bastard, within his earshot, too!