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Post by ibugly on Oct 7, 2009 2:35:10 GMT -6
Somebody sent me this.
As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends.
The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there. As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost and being a typical man, did not stop for directions.
I finally arrived an hour late.
I saw the backhoe and the crew eating lunch but the hearse was nowhere in sight.
I apologized to the workers for my tardiness and stepped to the side of the open grave where I saw the vault lid already in place. I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long but this was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch.
I played out my heart and soul.
As I played the workers began to weep. I played and I played like I'd never played before, from Going Home and The Lord is My Shepherd to Flowers of the Forest . I closed the lengthy session with Amazing Grace and walked to my car.
As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of the workers saying to another, "Sweet Mary 'n Joseph I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
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Post by sksfordman on Oct 7, 2009 8:49:58 GMT -6
I've heard it before, but it's still real funny!!
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Post by ibugly on Oct 7, 2009 13:38:58 GMT -6
After all that playing you reckon he was flushed?
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Post by jug on Oct 7, 2009 14:07:50 GMT -6
HYSTERICAL!!!!
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Post by caretaker on Oct 7, 2009 18:34:48 GMT -6
ROTFL
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Post by kg5388 on Oct 7, 2009 20:39:21 GMT -6
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Post by ibugly on Oct 7, 2009 20:50:45 GMT -6
I was going to post "This is my Swab". But it's copyrighted. Strange though I remember seeing Simulating a Sailor and it on posters back in the 70's the "Hey Joes" as we called them would be selling overseas.
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