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[AnAmericanMother]

Okay, guys, I wasn't sure what to do with this or where to post it, but I just had to share it.

"KICK-OFF"!?!?!?!? What WERE these folks thinking?

And I'm afraid to ask what you DO at a funeral home's Family Fun Day?

The name of the place alone is a little scary.

[AnAmericanMother]

This is 2 blocks from my husband's job in SE Atlanta, just down the road from Harold's Barbeque, for those of you who know Atlanta. My husband has actually attended a funeral there.They put it up Friday afternoon, and we made a special trip down there today to memorialize it for posterity (and in case they decided to take it down!)

[cripplecreek]

They put the FUN in FUNeral

[doc1019]

Way to funny! ;-)

[Panzerlied]

Make your own, “Bucket List”?

[KoRn]

That pic is a keeper! lol

[AnAmericanMother]

Just posting quickly to a few people who might appreciate this one . . . do tell your friends.

[labette]

Here comes the FReeper dark humor....

[Post Toasties]

Is ‘Goolsby’ a variant of ‘Ghoulsby’?

[HairOfTheDog]

So maybe hiring that marketing person from the amusement park to help boost business was a bad idea...

[I'm ALL Right!]

You need to send that to Leno or something. Too funny.

[AnAmericanMother]

Is ‘Goolsby’ a variant of ‘Ghoulsby’?

I think it must be --- the clerk at Ellis Island wrote it down wrong, or something.

[The Mayor]

Send it to Jay Leno!

[ValerieTexas]

Is this a big bash for all of the families of the deceased that they buried the previous year?
Do they have a pinebox derby?

[AnAmericanMother]

A little mood music to accompany the thread:

Funeral March for a Marionette

[Rebelbase]

Send it to Jay Leno. He’ll love it.

[AnAmericanMother]

How do we send it to Leno?

[Nailbiter]

ping

[LongElegantLegs]

Don’t go to the facepainting booth, it’s never quite as lifelike as you want.

[CedarDave]

And we thought NM was weird!!

[TexasNative2000]

Funeral home . . . . Memorial Day Weekend . . . .

There is some connection, but . . . . .

[Corin Stormhands]

Do we get to play "Wake the Dead?"

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

A funeral home at a benefits fair at my company last year was giving away a door-prize for (wait for it..)

Smokey Bones!

[Malesherbes]

BO’s economic advisor from the University of Chicago is Prof. Austan Goolsbee.

[tet68]

Harolds, love it.
Where is this mortuary?

[Rebelbase]

Here's one I took a pic of the other day. Not near the depth of irony as yours, but funny in it's own way. I thought smoked steak was good?

[SunkenCiv]

And for kids from 8 to 80, they’ll be offering a rousing Croak K tournament.

[Revolting cat!]

[FrdmLvr]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikrofon]

A few blocks away, actually...

?

[The Mayor]

http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/

There is a contact page or you may have to print it up and mail it to him.

[bmwcyle]

The gouls Gools are a fun bunch.

[Revolting cat!]

The Undertakers

(Find Jackie Lomax in the picture.)

[Army Air Corps]

What do you do during family fun day at a mortuary? Play pin the tail on the corpse?

[21twelve]

I agree - good Jay Leno material.

About 30 years ago I was driving through a town in S.W. Wyoming and the Holiday Inn sign had “Have your next affair here”!

[AnAmericanMother]

Two blocks from the top end of Jonesboro Road (just east of the University Ave. exit off the downtown connector).

[stlnative]

The address for writing in to the show is “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 3000 W. Alameda Ave, Burbank, CA 91523. There is a contact us section on NBC’s official website http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/ which allows you to send an e-mail related to The Tonight Show hosted by Jay Leno.

[TChad]

Hey, the Goolsby website has some great links.

One click lets you access yahoo.com or the Federal Trade Commission! Plus, if you have a need for "African American Funeral Firms," and who doesn't, they link directly to purpledirectory.com! What helpful folks.

Why yes, now that you mention it, I do have some work to do.

[Revolting cat!]

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Probably ten years ago, there was a great picture in Road and Track where the business pictured sold used cars, guns, ammo, and cold beer. It really painted the complete picture, I wish I still had that picture!

[Lancey Howard]

Near where I live (Bensalem) there is the “Adventureland Day Camp”. The sign on Hulmeville Road says “Adventureland” and has a big arrow - - pointing right into the cemetery through which you must travel down the lane to the day camp! It is hilarious!

[AnAmericanMother]

It's really nice inside, the interior is very classy. Not as nice as Watkins or the big downtown firms, but the exsterior doesn't do justice.

The old man (original owner) used to practice his putting on the front lawn during slow days, but clearly his kids are trying to raise the tone of the place . . . . . . but maybe the advertising campaign needs a little rethinking. . ..

[LucyT]

There’s a “Jolly Funeral Home” in South Dakota.

[exit82]

You did the right thing by posting it here.

Please send it to Jay Leno as others have suggested—it’s that good.

Being Italian, he may see another level of humor—”Fun” + “Gool”-sby. Well, you have to know a little Italian to appreciate it.

[JoeSixPack1]

A mortuary sponsoring a family fun day.....

I Like this guys outlook on life!

He knows he’s got you sooner or later so lets PARTY!!!
Bring the kids!!
Make more, often! :-)

[TChad]

The old man (original owner) used to practice his putting on the front lawn during slow days,

So they have a tradition of using black comedy to advertise their services. Good for them.

You really should send this to Leno. Mention the putting on slow days.

[Charles Henrickson]

It's always a laugh-a-minute at the Goolsby Mortuary Family Fun Day!

[purpleraine]

I thought the connection was South Bend and GooSebery.

[stylin_geek]

Family fun day includes 4 bungee jumps without bungees..4-Wheeling, brakes optional, Skydiving without a parachute and, at the end of the day, an all you can eat potato salad and chicken buffet that has been sitting in the hot sun all afternoon.

[Charles Henrickson]

I think the marshmallow roast at the crematorium is a bit much.

[ozark hilljilly]

Do they have a pinebox derby?

We have a winner! I'll be giggling about that one the rest of the evening.