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» Putting the Fun in Funeral
...Nothing Matters Now!
The message about the PowerPoint presentations reminded me of this...
About a year and a half ago now, one of my flatmates at uni tragically died in a car crash (taking with him a mate from Manchester University). Needless to say the memorial service at the chaplaincy was a very sombre affair, a good hundred people from the university, friends, family, people crying.
The climax of the service was "the lighting of candles, whilst a montage of photos of Michael (the guy who died) and music will be played... to remind everyone of him".
At this point people begin to file up to the front whilst a slide show of photos taken by his friends were put on loop. Quite ironically however, every shot was of him holding, drinking or necking booze of every variety. This was doubly amusing as he was a known alcoholic (he got through a trade-size bottle of Absinthe in my Freshers Week) and it was known for a fact he was totally wasted when he decided to drive to Liverpool on that fateful night.
The challenge to stifle back an illict smile came to a head when 'Amarillo', Dolly Parton's classic '9 to 5' (he never turned up for lectures) and Franz Ferdinand's gay anthem, "Michael", was put on loop for the rest of the service.
Ah well... I guess that's what he would have wanted...
(Sat 13th May 2006, 14:10, More)
...Nothing Matters Now!
The message about the PowerPoint presentations reminded me of this...
About a year and a half ago now, one of my flatmates at uni tragically died in a car crash (taking with him a mate from Manchester University). Needless to say the memorial service at the chaplaincy was a very sombre affair, a good hundred people from the university, friends, family, people crying.
The climax of the service was "the lighting of candles, whilst a montage of photos of Michael (the guy who died) and music will be played... to remind everyone of him".
At this point people begin to file up to the front whilst a slide show of photos taken by his friends were put on loop. Quite ironically however, every shot was of him holding, drinking or necking booze of every variety. This was doubly amusing as he was a known alcoholic (he got through a trade-size bottle of Absinthe in my Freshers Week) and it was known for a fact he was totally wasted when he decided to drive to Liverpool on that fateful night.
The challenge to stifle back an illict smile came to a head when 'Amarillo', Dolly Parton's classic '9 to 5' (he never turned up for lectures) and Franz Ferdinand's gay anthem, "Michael", was put on loop for the rest of the service.
Ah well... I guess that's what he would have wanted...
(Sat 13th May 2006, 14:10, More)
» Crap meals out
McWacko's
...Overheard in McDonalds on Hollywood Boulevard shortly after we arrived (must have been half past midnight, prime time for the crazies).
[Said by a Woody Allen soundalike to his 3 slightly ragged looking co-diners...]
"I don't know about Sea-food, but what about Dee-food and E-Food?"
This combined with seeing a tramp comically tiptoe in (think Elmer Fudd, 'hunting wabbits'!), nick a cup off a nearby table and get a 'free-refil' before being chased out by the manageress led to a large amount of carbonated beverage being expelled through my nose.
(Sat 29th Apr 2006, 15:36, More)
McWacko's
...Overheard in McDonalds on Hollywood Boulevard shortly after we arrived (must have been half past midnight, prime time for the crazies).
[Said by a Woody Allen soundalike to his 3 slightly ragged looking co-diners...]
"I don't know about Sea-food, but what about Dee-food and E-Food?"
This combined with seeing a tramp comically tiptoe in (think Elmer Fudd, 'hunting wabbits'!), nick a cup off a nearby table and get a 'free-refil' before being chased out by the manageress led to a large amount of carbonated beverage being expelled through my nose.
(Sat 29th Apr 2006, 15:36, More)
» Terrible food
Mmmm...
I went to primary school with a girl who would chew pens and drink the ink and actually eat playdough...
*shudders* Salty...
(Mon 21st May 2007, 1:14, More)
Mmmm...
I went to primary school with a girl who would chew pens and drink the ink and actually eat playdough...
*shudders* Salty...
(Mon 21st May 2007, 1:14, More)