#ooc

Then the homily.

Just wow

Oh, you skipped the part about the LENGTHY description of how crucifixion is "the most barbaric" way to die. I so wanted to raise my hand there!

Feel free! That was part of the homily, I think?

"...because as the muscles weaken on the cross, you affixiate." Not asphyxiate, mind you.

(Part of me chose to think about August, there.....)

Oh, was it? Whoops!

Oh, keep going.

Ha!

Oh, but the best is yet to come.

Oh, there were enough mispronunciations and malapropisms involved in the what he said to make me think he'd pre-gamed for the event....

Very strong possibility. He certainly hadn't rehearsed.

But yes, he's talking about the horror of crucifixion and how Christ underwent it for us, and mind you, I believe that... but dad really didn't.

What happened next?

Well, I'm thinking of the lengthy disclaimer after the service.

.....? Remind me?

I think I'd gone numb.

I know my SiL made a point of finding me ASAP after and emphasizing she had TOLD HIM....

After the service...and after the announcements about where the reception would be...the Deacon retakes the front of the room. "I think that Robert's wife expected me to refer to him as 'Bob' throughout the ceremony. However...." and then he went into a five-minute diatribe about how he'd actually done the right thing by calling him "Robert" throughout because that's the name he was baptized under and so it was his name in Christ. FIVE MINUTES...when really all he should have said was, "I'm so sorry for that error, that was my mistake."

The guy was, in short, a hack.

I want you to leave him a bad Yelp review. 😉

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Because, of course, he wasn't baptized as ANYTHING. The whole family was cringing through the entire service.

Oy.

Can you get a partial refund?

On a funeral? Interesting notion.

Pretty long shot I know wry 🙂

Think we might have lost Shady for the moment.

I thought CC had short circuited EBG for a sec

Yes, thank you, BrekkeP.

Dropping mom off.

There was something else he said, too, that he knew better about us he referenced at that point....

.... can't remember, nor can DH, but I will probably wake up at 4 a.m. with it so..... stay tuned.

ANYWAY... suffice to say that when we got to the luncheon following, Bro and I bought dad a martini.

Cat, we did Elijah's Cup with it. *G*

Also.....

Ha!

Yeah, that's a stirring one.

AFK for a few minutes

I enjoy the troll subtitle trend

It works!

Ha

Nec.. pro daddy

Zara knowws that Meridian is in a coma 🙂

grrrrrrr

Ugh...I hate how utterly lethargic I am today.

Siv would so want to fuss at family

She would!

AFK for less than 10 minutes.