Passing thought

[jjoanne]

Funeral visitations are weird. You take away the body and have every one hold a drink and you have a party instead; a crowded room full of old neighbours, friends and relatives, who haven't seen each other for years, talking, mingling and laughing. Sure there are a few bloodshot eyes but then again you see that at cocktail parties too. The

Comments

[whathisname]

Q. What's the difference between an Irish funeral and an Irish party?

A. One less drunk.

[jjoanne]

lol and don't I know it. I have been to many Irish parties and a few Irish funerals. There was one sweet old Irish guy at this funeral. I must have over heard him say this joke ten times. "I don't drink anymore......I don't drink any less either."

[cynnerth]

Human beings have strange rituals for every phase of our lives.

[jjoanne]

So true, if you sit back and observe and these rituals, that becomes clear. But when you are a part of it, it seems so natural. These rituals work though (for most people).