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[Jeff-DSA]

Clicky the linky (Yahoo News Story)

 

[Timen]

people put a dead guy in a chair just because he always did that?

No...just no.

 

[Ferrio]

Actually I think that's a good idea. Viewings suck, only more reason to cry. Least this way they'd remember him the way he was.

 

[Ryck]

Who am I to say......

 

[DarienA]

I actually think that was kinda cool... if he was as much as Steelers fan as the article tries to paint him, then perhaps he was looking down smiling at the presentation.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

you think thats bad, how about Mariah Carey drawing on fake abs during a recent concert performance.

 

[DMczaf]

you think thats bad, how about Mariah Carey drawing on fake abs during a recent concert performance.

:lol :lol

 

[DarienA]

you think thats bad, how about Mariah Carey drawing on fake abs during a recent concert performance.

Ok...that's just... strange.

 

[Bluecondor]

The whole practice of viewing bodies is interesting. My friend is Jewish, and she says that she has never seen a dead body, because they don't have viewings in Judaism (?) (or at least in her synagogue anyway). So - to her - a dead body in a casket is as harrowing and disconcerning as a dead body in a recliner.

And - you have to give the family credit for portraying the guy the way he wanted to be portrayed. When you think about it, a funeral should be about celebrating the individual. Ya - this is a little on the macabre side, but, it's actually kind of touching that the family wanted to humanize him this way.

 

[GaimeGuy]

The whole practice of viewing bodies is interesting. My friend is Jewish, and she says that she has never seen a dead body, because they don't have viewings in Judaism (?) (or at least in her synagogue anyway). So - to her - a dead body in a casket is as harrowing and disconcerning as a dead body in a recliner.

And - you have to give the family credit for portraying the guy the way he wanted to be portrayed. When you think about it, a funeral should be about celebrating the individual. Ya - this is a little on the macabre side, but, it's actually kind of touching that the family wanted to humanize him this way.

I'm Jewish. Correct. There are no viewings in Judaism. (And the body is ALWAYS buried within... 48 hours of death I think? Or maybe it's 72)

 

[Spectral Glider]

Some of you just don't know the allure of the black and gold. Steelers for life! RIP good sir.

 

[DarienA]

Some of you just don't know the allure of the black and gold. Steelers for life! RIP good sir.

Paging bionic... paging bionic... .

 

[Spectral Glider]

Paging bionic... paging bionic... .

If the thread title wasn't so cryptic, he'd be here, no doubt.

 

[Bluecondor]

Some of you just don't know the allure of the black and gold. Steelers for life! RIP good sir.

Come to think of it - I am a huge Steeler fan - and I can't say that I would be offended if my family chose to do something like this.

And - while the recliner and the living room setting are definitely the next step - I, myself, have been to viewings where the casket contained Steeler memorabilia.

 

[Ristamar]

I agree with DarienA... that's really not so bad.

Now, the Mariah painted abs... :lol