TOP TEN THINGS NOT TO SAY AT A FUNERAL
    (From AOL's Hecklers Online Top 10 List archives)


But first, the honorable mentions...

"Man, it smells like somebody DIED in here!"
"Burn in hell deadman!!!"
"You gonna eat that?"
"So like, how much did he owe on the Skylark?"
"Here's a twenty. See if you can get me a seat right down front."
"Hey, I won the pool!"
"I almost didn't recognize him without his finger in his nose."
"Wow! Look everyone! Worms! Worms & maggots!"
"No you're not--I'M the widow."
"Hey, they covered the track marks well."
"Hey, your wearing the same dress as the corpse."
"Where's the keg?"
"So Mrs. Lincoln, other than THAT how was the play?"
"Well, at least I know where he's sleeping tonight!"
"Say, is that your bronco parked out front?"

And now, finally....
Top Ten Things NOT To Say At A Funeral

10. "Geez, that must have been some shark!"
9. "Hey, what's leaking out of the coffin?"
8. "Does this mean I get my own room now?"
7. "C'mon people--GEEZ! We need to put the "FUN" back in "FUNeral!"
6. "He got where he is today the old-fashioned way--he urned it."
5. "Bummer. I hear they just found the cure for that."
4. "Hello. We're from the Prize Patrol at Publisher's Clearinghouse. We'd like to deliver ten million dollars to our lucky wi .... Ah. Never Mind."
3. "You think THAT was good--I can also do it while drinking water."
2. "Boy, what I wouldn't have given to be HER mortician."

And the number one thing not to say at a funeral...
1. "So is that rigor mortus, or is he just happy to see us?"


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