True story!!!! My uncle called me up this morning, to tell me about his friends funeral.

Would you believe it the hearse vehicle left town to go to the church an hour and a half away WITHOUT THE CASKET!!! Like seriously???!!!!! I'm thinking is that guy losing his job???!!!!!! He had one JOB!!! And he arrived at the church without the casket!!!!!! This was no joke! I don't mean to laugh a little, like come on!!! The guy was late to his own funeral....I shouldn't have wrote that.....But seriously!!!

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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

My mother-in-law was active in her parish. Cooked for fund-raising spaghetti feeds; did mending for the priests, etc. The priest forgot to come to lead rosary at her funeral rosary.

But I am reminded of a funnier story. My wife had an elderly friend whose favorite saying was "I'm not ready to go yet" whenever daunted by some challenge of her aging. At her funeral, they remembered to load the casket into the hearse -- but the hearse had a dead battery and everyone had to wait until AAA came. Everyone laughed. "She still isn't ready to go!"