Then you see an October 11 telegram from the army, saying: “Your son Alton Miller died at base hospital at one o’clock today. There's a somber mood and a certain degree of acceptable flirting with hot strangers, depending on how close to you the deceased was. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. At some point, she has been recording at the local studio and after a tiresome day she decides to call it a day and takes a taxi home. As it turns our, the taxi she was in, hit the car of her boyfriend – the love of her life – and he got killed instantly :(. :D:D:D:D:D. ok i’m not a mean guy but…THESE STORIES ARE NOT SAD! Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. There was a pool of blood on the carpet. , looking at her mom — another of my cousins and a super sweet lady. So instead let's focus on what happens when a random drifter happens upon a funeral and decides to duke it out with the dearly departed, in what would be a hilarious scene in a Will Ferrell movie, yet in real life was probably just horrifying. 4. Not pretty enough We lay the raccoon to rest, someone said a prayer (amidst all the laughter) and we close the grave. Sad Stories in Six Words: I was knocking on her door with my sister Emily. After the sermon, we are ushering everyone by the casket and sister 1 waves us off, and sits there holding her sisters 2 hand. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser.

Valentino was one of the biggest silent film stars in the world, which meant he had to carry entire stories based on how intensely he could grimace, stare ominously, and make that face you make when you really have to go to the can. While a missing body at a funeral is a pain in the ass, they generally tend to turn up, since they're usually right where you left them. Either I’m an emotionless android [my wildest dream (ง •̀ω•́)ง✧] or there’s something wrong with me. uh, ok…. This interview has been edited and condensed. I watched in horror as her limp body the entertainment system and the tv fell on top of her. Unfortunately the taxi she’s in isn’t paying attention and pretty much when she arrives home, her taxi hits another car and the driver of the car getting hit, gets killed. @Ticcitobyisamazing CONTINUE PLEASE THAT STORY WAS SOOOOO GOOD!! There were two of us funeral directors working the service so we end up splitting up (I stayed with the two sisters) and I got to do what was probably the shortest first call in history.

They like building collections with institutions and collectors. Bf-without me there is no you. Friends. So my brother and I worked out how to get to the funeral. My mom was devastated. Did a funeral for a member of a biker gang. Those last two are super important. The birds died in the cold over the next few days, even after I called them and let them know the birds were not surviving. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He yelled back, we ended up breaking up the funeral before people started hitting each other. They spent every single spare minute together, enjoying each other. Another one that came to mind as I was tottering off to bed. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. It also turns out that if you want to use a tree as a grave marker, you need to let the earth settle for a while after the burial. And the humor that they could use! The digger, a good ole' boy finally gets tired of all the talk and walks to his truck. ), Aunt: “It’s such an important day; surely you can stay a bit longer.”, Me: “We are very tired; we set off at five to get here and it is going to be ten pm when I get back tonight.”, Aunt: “It’s not that far from [Home Town].”, Me: “No, we have driven from [Brother’s Holiday Location] this morning, and I need to get back to [My Holiday Location] this evening.”, Aunt: “Oh, your mum mentioned you had holidays booked, but no one honestly thought you would go. Today I am going to tell you five short stories that are so emotional that they will make you cry immediately. -Dobbyisfree, Well here’s one,some may find it sad,some might find it funny,(a text conversation between a couple).

You have all your friends and family together, but because there's a corpse in the room, the whole thing is a bit of a downer. People who have worked, or who have witnessed a funeral where someone went either absolutely crazy or unbelievable ways, what happened? For more check out The 6 Most Shameless Gimmicks Used by Funeral Homes and 6 Bizarre Ways Funerals Will Change in Your Lifetime. To learn more or withdraw consent, please visit our cookie policy. We don’t see their letters, so I think what we’re seeing is probably what Adah held onto.

), (We slowly approach Grandfather with trepidation. A granddaughter, about fifth or sixth grade, declared that it wasn’t so problematic that Grandmother had dementia: It meant she sometimes forgot whether she had dealt sweets or not and they walked away with two pieces of candy. Before the service began, the funeral director noticed the mistake and raced to the rescue, admitting that Roberts was not the man in the casket -- in fact, he was at a totally different funeral home.

He drags it up, we put it in a pillowcase and the digger takes it over to his truck and tosses it in the back. Many of them have special resonance in the time of COVID-19. The deceased was well loved in the county, and we have dignitaries from the state capitol in attendance. The one about the 2 sisters is just so sweet. She opened the door with such force that it came off the hinges.

He left me because he couldn’t stand you stupid children anymore! Gf-what are you talking about? 8. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. I don’t know how many deaths there are all together.”, On October 6: “Adah, ambulances are running in every direction out here. I turn back towards my cousins. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out 4 Awkward True Stories About Dealing With Death - Show and Tell, and watch other videos you won't see on the site! There’s no way they ate them!”, “Well, let’s just say that if Grandfather is accidentally buried alive, he won’t go hungry for a while…”, “You mean those little b*****ds stuffed their cakes into poor Grandfather’s coffin? So how do you mix up bodies? Never Worn. Oh, and the corpse should be someone you know. All I remember is my mother talking for me. Once we lowered the casket the family released the “doves” by dumping open the cat carriers, but the pigeons just walked around because it was too cold to fly. Probably a hundred bikers in procession, and of course the law enforcement vans taking pictures. Two boy scouts - 13/14 years old, stepped forward and properly folded the flag for the family, and presented the flag in the proper fashion. What you may not have noticed is that, like the free love movement, the elder generation's rush to save the environment has gotten a lot more horrifying as they've gotten older. I say, “I’m sorry that my grandpa dying has ruined your day.”. Thanks for the stories. I am very glad I did not report it and go to the hospital. You know what's probably awesome? I feel bad for the raccoon though. Copyright © 2005-2020. Two women attempted to kill themselves in front of the hospital where Valentino had died, and elsewhere it's said that a boy decided to lay down with some of the actor's photos and take his own life, presumably with cyanide or a velveteen hammer. Wire me if you want remains shipped at government expense and to whom remains will be consigned.” It’s heartbreaking. I've "attended" a funeral from afar before - Princess Di, President Reagan, probably some others. Tell Them: 265 Baby Shoes. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.'. We go to leave the wake at about two pm, only for one of our aunts to corner us. I remember knowing he was dead before the paramedics confirmed he was.

It had been raining recently and my step-mom got too close and FELL INTO THE GRAVE. Calm down. This in turn means that if no one took the time to jam a stick in the ground to mark the grave in the meantime, you're going to spend your afternoon counting paces from the nearest parrot grave, trying to remember where you buried that box your dad was in. For more check out The 6 Most Shameless Gimmicks Used by Funeral Homes and 6 Bizarre Ways Funerals Will Change in Your Lifetime. She hit my face as hard as she could and told me to starve. After about the fifth or sixth time she does this, when she does it directly in front of me, I turn to her, sick of it, and trying to keep it together.

The funeral home in question only issued a statement of regret and condolences regarding the "incident," so we're forced to assume the workers got loaded the night before and played "Spin the Cadaver" and lost track of who was who in the fray. I say, “I’m sorry that my grandpa dying has ruined, “It’s such an important day; surely you can stay a bit longer.”, “We are very tired; we set off at five to get here and it is going to be ten pm when I get back tonight.”, “No, we have driven from [Brother’s Holiday Location] this morning, and I need to get back to [My Holiday Location] this evening.”, “Oh, your mum mentioned you had holidays booked, but no one honestly thought you would go. Russell Johnson, a curator of history and special collections for the sciences at the UCLA Library, says that he created this intimate collection “from scratch.” Originally slated for a career in behavioral neuroscience, Johnson ended up in library school instead, where he studied the history of neuroscience and medicine. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). I knew she was watching porn because I heard a lot of moaning. Zayna still had no clue what actually happened. @freaky princess LMAO. Once a beauty, now just bones.