Lost in translation
From yesterday’s Guardian newspaper: Everyone in Israel is talking about the British-American BBC comedy Episodes. Not that it is airing there, but the show has recently become famous for its disastrous use of freebie online translation. In episode three, Merc Lapidus, one of the lead characters, attends the funeral of his father. The episode was shown in the […]
Introducing the Last Lullaby coffin
We get a steady trickle of phone calls here at the GFG from people who think they’ve got a brilliant product or service to offer the bereaved. Some have, some haven’t. All have already approached funeral directors in the expectation of whoops, backslapping and high fives. All, even the truly brilliant, have been received by […]
It happens…
Extracted from the Otago Daily Times. New Zealand: A man who disrupted a Balclutha funeral, yelling vulgarities and causing distress and upset, has been remanded in custody. Stephen John Hurring (59), of Balclutha, pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence at the Balclutha Memorial Hall. Prosecutor Acting Sergeant Mike Gasson said about 700 […]
Quote of the day
“It is the role of the mortuary staff to pack orifices, not the nurse.” NHS guide to last offices here.
Thoughts of a funeral-goer
Posted by Lyra Mollington After even just a few funerals, remaining focused as a mystery mourner is proving quite a challenge. No wonder some of the vicars sound lacklustre. They must be thinking, ‘Here we go again: everyone looking glum; pretending to listen; miming to the words of the hymn; wishing they were already at […]
Don’t forget that you are you
“One of the best pieces of advice I had came from a friend whose husband died suddenly… “Don’t forget that you are you,” she said cryptically. How right she was. She meant that I should not allow myself to be changed by my experience of grief.” Anne Penketh here
God can heal
From this morning’s Times: A Christian group is to be allowed to claim “God can heal” after an Advertising Standards Authority ruling. Healing on the Streets, based in Wiltshire, can use the phrase only on its website, which the authority has said is outside its jurisdiction and not in printed material. Outside its jurisdiction?? Bafflement […]
Haycombe gets cross
The argy-bargy at Haycombe crematorium, Bath, has raged over an important issue, namely, whether or not a building created and maintained by all taxpayers should, or should not, be faith-neutralThe matter of the row was the cross etched into the window (above) which the council proposed to do away with in its recent renovation of […]
Music
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ASA adjudication on Greenfield Creations
Advertising Standards Authority Adjudication on Greenfield Creations Ltd Greenfield Creations Ltd Chapel Road Ridgewell Essex CO9 4RU Date: 13 June 2012 Media: Internet (on own site) Sector: Business Number of complaints: 1 Complaint Ref: A12-191396 Background Summary of Council decision: Two issues were investigated of which both were Upheld. Ad Claims on www.GreenfieldCreationsCoffins.co.uk, stated “The […]
