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It's about respect. It's about decency. It's about having a little empathy for the friends and family of the deceased. It's about having a little consideration for people in their darkest times.
But then I suppose some on here are with the bus driver who rear ended my grandmothers transport, and had a go at the undertakers saying they shouldn't have been parked there (outside the church).
Some people really are cold, unthinking and unpleasant.
But then I suppose some on here are with the bus driver who rear ended my grandmothers transport, and had a go at the undertakers saying they shouldn't have been parked there (outside the church).
Some people really are cold, unthinking and unpleasant.
V8RX7 said:
CS Garth said:
V8RX7 said:
CS Garth said:
V8RX7 said:
I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.
Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?
At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.
More comedy gold. Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?
At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.
Glad you aren't in control of the budget.
You're right it's no biggie. As is talking during a minute's silence, farting during the quiet part of the wedding just before they say I do and making w*nker hand gestures to blind people because they can't see you.
Not a funeral, but my brothers wedding, what would you do if you saw 100 or so people stood waiting for a photo ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acpNE2SyviE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acpNE2SyviE
Koofler said:
boobles said:
focusxr5 said:
boobles said:
focusxr5 said:
gizlaroc said:
boobles said:
I do sympathise but if the other person had "the right of way" then they are well with in their rights to expect the other vehicles to abide by the law.
Oh dear. 
And there, in a single post, shows what some people on pistonheads have become.
I wasn't suggesting it was right, I was merely saying how the other person may have viewed it.
Please get of your high horse because I wasn't saying it was right!
themanwithnoname said:
It's about respect. It's about decency. It's about having a little empathy for the friends and family of the deceased. It's about having a little consideration for people in their darkest times.
But then I suppose some on here are with the bus driver who rear ended my grandmothers transport, and had a go at the undertakers saying they shouldn't have been parked there (outside the church).
Some people really are cold, unthinking and unpleasant.
sounds like he was a candidate for a good shoeing But then I suppose some on here are with the bus driver who rear ended my grandmothers transport, and had a go at the undertakers saying they shouldn't have been parked there (outside the church).
Some people really are cold, unthinking and unpleasant.
Hoofy said:
You know the scene in Inbetweeners where one of the gang pull in behind the hearse... had some end of the bell do that at my dad's funeral.
very similar to my Granddad's funeralcorsa with harry the hard nut driving cut us up causing the family car to emergency stop, said harry hard nut gave all hand signals out of the window
coming home after the wake my misses was driving and we stopped at lights behind the same corsa
emotions were beer fuelled and some how his back windows exploded no idea how, maybe it had something to do with my cousin got out picked up a stone and lobed it at the corsa
harry the not so hard nut just raced away from the red lights he did not even get out or maybe he saw the loon in a suit and thought better of it
To Boobles and V8RX7, I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
And a little sad.
BTW you're right, the dead person isn't bothered. Their family though, your actions would make them feel worse on what's already a pretty sh
ty day. Why would you do that to someone? They don't even want to know you exist.
And a little sad.
BTW you're right, the dead person isn't bothered. Their family though, your actions would make them feel worse on what's already a pretty sh
ty day. Why would you do that to someone? They don't even want to know you exist.kuro said:
My brother told me about a funeral he was at a while back where some dick pushed into the main courtage of 4 funeral cars and then had to stay with them until they reached the cemetery.
That could be someone on here... I recall a story about a guy who overtook a line of cars and only upon getting near the front did he realize it was a funeral procession. To make it worse, there was oncoming traffic so he had to slot in between the hearse and the lead "chase car". Genuine mistake but once it's made, what can you do?Hackney said:
To Boobles and V8RX7, I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
And a little sad.
BTW you're right, the dead person isn't bothered. Their family though, your actions would make them feel worse on what's already a pretty shty day. Why would you do that to someone? They don't even want to know you exist.
& I agree. I would be rather annoyed if this was to happen to one of my family members funeral.And a little sad.
BTW you're right, the dead person isn't bothered. Their family though, your actions would make them feel worse on what's already a pretty sh
ty day. Why would you do that to someone? They don't even want to know you exist.There could have been a perfectly good reason why the other person wanted to get where they were going in a hurry but we will never know. Sure they probably couldn't be bothered to wait & if that is the case, they are nasty human beings.
boyse7en said:
When an elderly aunt died back about 15 years ago, I travelled in a funeral car (one of those big old Daimler limo things) from the Elephant and Castle to Leytonstone (i think it was).
It was great. Cars stopped on roundabouts to let us out. We sailed through red lights. A load of road workers repairing a flyover on route stopped and took their hard hats off as we passed.
Felt like royalty for an hour.
It was great. Cars stopped on roundabouts to let us out. We sailed through red lights. A load of road workers repairing a flyover on route stopped and took their hard hats off as we passed.
Felt like royalty for an hour.
I shall never forget in my late father's cortège fourteen years ago, a couple of policemen stood still and took their helmets off. I'd been quite dry eyed up until that point
carl_w said:
kuro said:
My brother told me about a funeral he was at a while back where some dick pushed into the main courtage of 4 funeral cars and then had to stay with them until they reached the cemetery.
That could be someone on here... I recall a story about a guy who overtook a line of cars and only upon getting near the front did he realize it was a funeral procession. To make it worse, there was oncoming traffic so he had to slot in between the hearse and the lead "chase car". Genuine mistake but once it's made, what can you do?
I was in a funeral procession recently. Had no dramas getting to the service.
On the way out of the crematorium there's a junction to pull out onto a very busy and fast moving A road. We were waiting to get out for ages, there was no way we were all going to get out together. Until a motorcyclist stopped in the road, stopping all the traffic for us. He waited until everybody, had pulled out of the crematorium before moving on. A very kind chap.
Thanks biker.
On the way out of the crematorium there's a junction to pull out onto a very busy and fast moving A road. We were waiting to get out for ages, there was no way we were all going to get out together. Until a motorcyclist stopped in the road, stopping all the traffic for us. He waited until everybody, had pulled out of the crematorium before moving on. A very kind chap.
Thanks biker. irocfan said:
sounds like he was a candidate for a good shoeing
You're not wrong. However I'll grant you, as I'm not so grumpy as I was on Thursday, that aside from the ranting bus driver, which the undertaker admirably took care of, there is a kind of baseline of calamity and stupid things that happen in my family, and as it was, once the bus driver was gone, we all actually ended up having a giggle about it. Mostly because my father and I, being mechanically minded had to help the somewhat frantic looking undertaker open the boot lid on the hearse as the catch had become stuck in the collision... standard stuff! My grandfather had been the Rev at the church before he passed back in 1984 or so (too young to really remember) however she had stayed on a lay reader etc and worked closely with various undertakers and had a very good relationship with these guys, as she gave funerals frequently right up until she retired a couple of years before she popped. With that, she had an incredibly dark sense of humour... anyway you probably had to be there if you get my meaning. But yeah, we saw the funny side of it, and that is the way it should have been.
Alex@POD said:
Why does the stereo matter? As long as they can't hear it in the other cars, you won't be disrespecting anything...
I know its already been said, and that you've replied already, but its the little things. If it makes one mourner's day go just a little bit better, then you've succeeded in being a slightly better human being. For me, its stereo on mute and slow down, or if I'm walking, headphones out and stop, and give a little bow/nod as they pass. I don't know why, it just seems like the right thing to do.
Its a nothing gesture in the grand scheme of things, but it's all about paying correct respects.
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