Communityfunerals.org.uk
We apologise for pulling the post on CommunityFunerals.org.uk without explanation. The website came under sustained and relentless attack from YouKnowWho. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. At this moment, 23 men in oily overalls and bearing large spanners are working round the clock, without breaks, to restore the site. All […]
First-ever GFG industry awards!
The Six Feet Under Convention 2012 will pilot the first Good Funeral Guide Awards Ceremony to recognise outstanding service to the bereaved. The awards will be made in the following categories on the basis of nominations received by the general public: The Nate Fisher Award for the Most Promising New Funeral Director The Frederico Diaz Embalmer of the Year […]
Funerals from around the world – Swaziland
Whoops! Should have posted this yesterday. NGUDZENI – The funeral of King Maja II, leader of the Mamba clan was unique in more ways than one. He was buried in the morning yesterday inside a cattle byre. Secondly, his body was carried in a specially designed casket worth E25 000, bought from Dups Funeral Home Services. King Maja II, whose […]
Get up and gone
DEAR ABBY: My father passed away four years ago. Right after his funeral I found a bottle of Viagra hidden in the trunk of his car. My sister and I agreed that we should keep it to ourselves and not tell my mother, but Mom and I are extremely close and I feel guilty keeping this secret. My […]
Good vibrations?
Promession has been a talking point ever since it was first described. It has not yet come to market, causing people to wonder if it ever will. When we raised doubts over whether the process is in fact able to reduce a body to organic powder by means of gentle vibration we received a lawyer’s […]
Moon shot
Bill Curbishley, manager of totemic Who drummer Keith Moon, has received an invitation from the London Olympics committee. They want Moon to play at the closing ceremony. Curbishley said: “I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who’s anthemic line ‘I hope I die before I get old’. If […]
Grammatical quote of the day
I am about to — or I am going to — die: either expression is correct. ~~ Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, d. 1702
The ride of death
Posted by Vale As the government launches its health and safety ‘myth squad’ we look back to the days when public health documents didn’t mince their words. Prepare for the Ride of Death: This manual for bike riders identified the risk these innocent youngsters faced as they rode their bicycles with ghoulish relish: You can […]
Kiwis can
No pic. We can’t post a photo of the same old bloody bonfire every time we run a story about open-air cremation. Southland, New Zealand. When Chris Ramage’s brother John died in hospital of natural causes just before Christmas 2011, his nephew (John’s son) wanted to witness his father’s cremation. In Chris’s words, “He wanted to […]
The Scientist — Coldplay
This was played last week at the funeral of Andy Bowes of Barrow-in-Furness. He died aged 37 after an accident at work, leaving a wife and three children. Andy’s sister said this about him: You wanted to go everywhere with me, which became a pain when I got older. I remember looking in the mirror once and […]
