What's been the funniest thing that has happened at a funeral you attended?

Answer 1

I don't know if I would call it funny since it happened to me... I went to a funeral that was quite nice. I don't really care for the whole scene; funerals and all and I wasn't going to know anyone there since I only knew the dead guy a little while. Anyway, I had a few totties before I went because I was weak and needed courage. After I arrived, we all had to do down stairs that opened up in the parlor or whatever. It was very nice. Anyway, about 1/2 way down, my heel got caught in the hem of my crepe jumpsuit thing I was wearing and down I went. The last 15 or so stairs landing at the feet of the whole gang who I didn't know. I guess that would have been ok except my little bag clutch thing I was carrying popped open and all it's contents went rolling across the hardwood floor. The ziplock snack bag I had with 2 tampons was the most important secret thing they all now knew I had. It landed on the shoe of the Pastor who perfomed the service.

Answer 2

There was a group of us singing at a funeral. We were behind these vented doors. There were my mother and a friends mother, my friend and her brother. Now we are all in our mid to late 20 at that time. During the service my friends brother was leaning against the light switches for the room where the funeral was going on. The lights were going on and off during the whole service. The director finally realized that the switches were in the room where we were and came and told us what was happening. Almost immediately after he came in we had to start singing again. We had the hardest time , we couldn't look at each other without laughing so we stood with our back towards each other and sang the rest of the funeral. That's been 15 years ago and we still talk about that and laugh every time we get together.

Answer 3

If the stand of the coffin collapsed, causing the coffin to tip over and the body to fall out. As horrifying as that may sound, I would probably laugh hysterically. The priest continually calling the person by the wrong name or mispronouncing the name. A bit disrespectful, but still amusing. I guess it would be even funnier if the person's name was Dick (or something else that can be mistrued as sexual or funny for other reasons) and every reference someone made towards Dick would come out hysterically sexual: "We all loved Dick," "I will always have an empty hole now that my dear Dick is gone." The candles near the coffin being bumped into and causing the casket lining, stuff on the casket, etc to catch on fire. That might be funny too.

Answer 4

I attended a Catholic funeral many, many years ago when I was a teenager. A friend of mine's father had died. It was very tragic and sad for her and her family.

The priest, I am sorry to say, had a very bad case of loud gas as he was giving the sermon. There were a lot of red faces and people looking at the ground instead of at the priest.

The immediate family of the deceased were very insulted and angry. I can understand that. I am happy to say that I didn't laugh like some of the people there did (I don't think they could help it, I'm sure they tried very hard not to laugh), but I couldn't look at the priest, either.

Answer 5

My mobile phone went off at my mums funeral. I have an evil laugh to let me know when I have a text message and I just happened to get a text when we were all seated in the crematorium. I just sat there looking straight ahead but my two sisters knew it was my phone.

Answer 6

An elderly relative who was attending the funeral walked past a coat rack, and her wig got caught on it, yanking it right off her head. She was horrified. She tried to cram the wig back on, but then it was crooked, and looked totally bizarre.

Answer 7

I've never seen anything funny at a funeral, but one time, while preparing a death notice with a funeral director, my old man spelled his last name wrong (I don't use his name) and I had to correct him, lol!

Answer 8

Not much personally, but I vividly remember Mary Tyler Moore when she got tickled at the funeral of the clown. Great show.

Answer 9

I was at a funeral at uni and someone opened a tin of beer while the priest was giving his eulogy.

Answer 10

It was the first time I had ever attended a funeral mass(my dad's side is Catholic)and my nerves were really getting to so I started to laugh...I supressed the laugh.