'Grim Eater' Banned From Funerals [He Had Backpack With TupperWare Containers]

Telegraph(UK) ^ | June 04, 2010 | Paul Chapman

[mowowie]

Reminds me of Al Bundy crashing all those Chucky Cheese parties for the free food.

[JoeProBono]

[mlizzy]

"He was always very quiet and polite, and did as the rest of the mourners did in paying his respects."

Maybe the "grim-eater" was praying for the dead. I pray for the health and souls of the inhabitants of ambulances that I hear or that pass me. If the "grim-eater" came to my funeral, I would hope someone would hand him a rosary. Sometimes, it's that little push that will get you to heaven.

[Mich Patriot]

[Steelfish]

Trade Mark for Grim Eaters.

[JoeProBono]

[Slyfox]

Are you sure he is not just a shy zombie?

[ruralvoter]

This sounds like a metaphor for Estate Taxes. (cue cymbals)

[alexander_busek]

I've never attended a funeral where food was served. Though AFTER the funeral, I've frequently attended receptions - though not at the funeral parlor - where food was served. Can anyone explain food being served at a funeral parlor?

Regards,

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Must be a British thing to serve food at the funeral parlor. I wonder if they put a bowl of chips on the chest of the guest of honor?

[quintr]

Not at funeral parlors, but we’ve known of folks who read the obits and go to funerals with the express intent of going to the luncheon afterwards. Every day they get a free lunch. Not sure that would work in a small town, though.

[dfwgator]

The sequel to “Wedding Crashers”, “Funeral Crashers.”

[TankerKC]

BOLO:

[earlJam]

Kramer: I didn't say you could keep it. You see I don't give away tupperware.

Homeless man: You should have said something

[Larry Lucido]

Did he also get reduced airfares by providing a death certificate? :-)

[domeika]

If he was a "sin eater", it would mean that he was invited, even paid, by the decedant's family to eat a meal symbolizing the sins of the recently departed.

Actually, it's kind of funny because recently I was joking around with the wife about the economy. She said if it gets real bad, I may have to find a SECOND job. I told her that if I have to get a second job, I'm going to hire her out as a sin eater...

"Hey, you get to get dressed up real nice. You get to eat good food....And, you're always saying that you don't get out enough....right? Of course there's that whole damning your immortal soul thing but hey....no job is perfect."

[Secret Agent Man]

No but they always put a high-quality beer next to the casket. Just to make sure the person is really dead.

[married21]

I went to a funeral recently in Long Beach, CA, where there was the burial rite at the adjacent cemetery, and then the luncheon at the funeral parlor. They had a dining room all set up, and had some of the funeral floral arrangements decorating the tables. It was a very nice set-up.

[married21]

My brother got back from working in Iraq recently. His boss, a US State Department employee, was singularly tone-deaf to the local culture. She was always complementing the food and asking for more, which required the Iraqis, as a cultural imperative of hospitality, to go to an extraordinary amount of expense and effort to gratify her whims. She had no clue how much she was imposing on them. She earned a nickname which roughly translated to “the funeral moocher”.