I have.... It was at my great great uncle's funeral. I was sitting next to my mom, and the preacher dude was just going on & on & on about some retarded pond the guy had, and how he would let little kids come and fish in his pond (that went on for a frickin' hour), so I told her that it was brain numbing boring..... so she said "watch the bug on the back of the guy's shirt in front of us ". Well I started laughing and then she started laughing. So we laughed through the whole funeral. Now can't go to a funeral with out the urge to laugh.
Sorry it was so long.
2006-12-18 06:03:05 · 31 answers · asked by Death Virus 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The minister said "what is life?" and all I could think of is "life is a vacuum cleaner...it sucks". It started out as a small giggle and turned into me leaving the church.
2006-12-18 06:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by T_I_GG_E_R 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Funerals, now this is a touchy subject! My son died when he was 14 years old, at his funeral the entire school attended, they shared stories, pranks, things I did not know, and it was amusing to hear the kids talk, then laugh, then cry. We all did. It was a very touching service. When I attend a funeral now, my husband and always wonder, why does everyone whisper, what are they saying that they dont want someone to hear????I think you should celebrate the person, the mourning is for the living to do. I sure want laughter and good times at my funeral, there has been enough sorrow and tears here on earth in my lifetime!
2006-12-18 06:10:40 · answer #2 · answered by Joyce D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Laughter is great medicine! We laugh at our family stories when someone crosses over. Some people think it is very disrespectful, but none is meant. That is how our family would want things to be.
Laughing at the bug on the back of a guy's shirt during a service IS funny.
2006-12-18 06:07:39 · answer #3 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never laughed during the funeral service, but I have during the viewings at the funeral home. It's good to laugh when your with your family and friends at times like that. It must mean you have good memories of the person you are there to bid farewell too.
2006-12-18 06:10:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't had an experience like that, but I'm the kind of person who has the inappropriate reaction to bad/sad news. One of my mom's good friends died when I was like 11 or 12, and when she told my brother & I didn't laugh, but I did smile. I feel awful saying that! But I wasn't happy, it's my reaction. Anytime someone tells me bad news I almost always smile, or really try hard to fight smiling. It's really weird and makes me feel worse. I don't know why I do that either, I've met a few other people who are the same way and no one can figure it out.
2006-12-18 06:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did, at my friend Steve's funeral. He died in Iraq so his funeral was pretty somber, but he was not the type of person who would have wanted that. After they did the 21 gun salute his mom played a song for him it was the re-make of somewhere over the rainbow and everyone was bawling (including me of course) after the song was over I told my boyfriend that this isn't what Steve would want is for all of us to be crying over him, then all of a sudden the sprinkler system at the cemetery came on and got a whole bunch of people soaked. It was hilarious, I laughed so hard my sides hurt. I think it was him getting revenge on all of us for crying over him.
2006-12-18 06:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by Me, again 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.... no I haven't. Only funerals I have been to were my great grandmothers when I was 3... and my great grandfathers when I was 12.
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Sorcha, I am the same way. When my mom told me my ex boyfriend died (who was 19 at the time of his death - car accident) I shrugged and said, "okay... well... I'm off to the mall now... see ya!" Sounds horrible, but when I hear someone died I kind of go into a denial mode.
2006-12-18 06:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ashley P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At my dad's funeral, I kept imagining him standing behind people who were crying, telling them to 'Suck it up, Princess.' I spent the majority of the service with a big grin on my face, trying not to laugh loud enough for my siblings to hear me. I think a lot of people must have thought I was crazy, or really insensitive, but I'd prefer to enjoy remembering my dad how he was than to cry. Funny you ask this, as he passed away exactly a year ago today. Thanks for the memory and another laugh. :-)
2006-12-18 06:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by Bug's Mama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At most, actually. A good funeral includes times for people to bring their memories of the deceased forward to share. They almost always have something funny to recount - and people laugh.
It's good to make a funeral a celebration of their life as much as a mourning of their death.
2006-12-18 06:09:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It was at my father's funeral. My grandson was 4 and had never been in a church so we told him it was God's house and he had to behave. When we got there at first he was really good and then all hell broke out. {so to speak}... At first he saw the statue of Mary and he says very loudly...IS THAT GOD.? We said no that is Jesus' Mother. Then the priest came out and just as everything was very quite he says IS THAT GOD? When we said no he says ...WELL, WHERE THE HECK IS HE? ... We all cracked up.
2006-12-18 06:13:33 · answer #10 · answered by Diane G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ~ usually when the preacher dude or family / friends are talking about the fun parts of the dearly departed's life. Bugs seldom enter into the picture.
2006-12-18 06:06:12 · answer #11 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋