Dead man propped up with eyes open at own funeral

[mike_field]

GRAPHIC CONTENT: A Puerto Rican man has attended his own funeral, propped up in a chair with his eyes open and a cigarette in hand.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/77825538/graphic-content-dead-man-propped-up-with-eyes-open-at-own-funeral?

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[kefkat]

Think I will give it a miss! I remember the words of Nick Ross ''Don't have nightmares. Sleep well'' and thinking of it giving me the heebie jeebies

 

[SKEGGY]

Yep it quite normal in Latin America for the dead to be placed in some position or other

 

[SKEGGY]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/puerto-rican-man-plays-poker-wake-article-1.2510811

 

[Pride of Lions]

So many things can happen while you're waiting for the Villa to win another match.......................

 

[Stephen Jay Hawkings]

Hmmm, I think I prefer the old British and Irish tradition of putting the dead person in a box, burying or cremating them and then getting pissed in their honour

 

[Andy The Ray]

Stephen Jay Hawkings - 12/3/2016 19:53

Hmmm, I think I prefer the old British and Irish tradition of putting the dead person in a box, burying or cremating them and then getting pissed in their honour

Believe it or not SJH the old British tradition in Victorian times was to have your photos taken with your recently departed family/friends. They used to do it a lot with kids. There's loads of photos online. But I agree with your sentiments.

 

[The Fear]

I'd like to be standing up flipping the middle finger I think!

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[JuanPabloAngel]

I would like to positioned sitting on a toilet holding some, ahem, Gentleman's 'literature' :19:

 

[col8]

Even though he is dead he should be warned about the risks of smoking at a young age.

 

[BBJ]

"The Loved One" by Evelyn Waugh is a hilarious take on the "death" business in California. I recall a passage where people queue to go into an air-conditioned room where they can pass by the "loved one" who is propped up in a chair waving "farewell" to them.