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Last Saturday night I went to the bar to see a band, only there was a private function there. It turned out to be a wake, except the guy wasn't even dead yet. They gave him stars named after him and had a Powerpoint slide show with photos of him and his kids. I didn't know him and I was crying my eyes out. A couple of people gave speeches and they spoke as if he had already died  .
The day after he was starting chemo. I don't think he was expected to live from the sounds of it. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. | |
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yikes, that does sound weird. i would have left right away.
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IstenSzek said: yikes, that does sound weird. i would have left right away.
I had to stay and see my husband's band.  it sure kicked the evening off with a weird vibe. But all the people there were having fun and dancing the night away, even the dying guy. | |
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ZombieKitten said: IstenSzek said: yikes, that does sound weird. i would have left right away.
I had to stay and see my husband's band. it sure kicked the evening off with a weird vibe. But all the people there were having fun and dancing the night away, even the dying guy.that makes it sound even more weird 
"this next song is dedicated to the guy in the blue shirt who is estimated to be dead by the end of next month"  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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ZombieKitten said: I went to the bar to see a band, only there was a private function there. It turned out to be a wake, except the guy wasn't even dead yet. They gave him stars named after him and had a Powerpoint slide show with photos of him and his kids. I didn't know him and I was crying my eyes out. A couple of people gave speeches and they spoke as if he had already died
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The day after he was starting chemo. I don't think he was expected to live from the sounds of it. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It sounds like an office party gone very wrong, "I know, (the boss) lets give smith a send off, its not as if he's gonna live is it? naaah, bugger that, lets give him a wake now." ... [Edited 6/10/06 5:00am] | |
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LleeLlee said: ZombieKitten said: I went to the bar to see a band, only there was a private function there. It turned out to be a wake, except the guy wasn't even dead yet. They gave him stars named after him and had a Powerpoint slide show with photos of him and his kids. I didn't know him and I was crying my eyes out. A couple of people gave speeches and they spoke as if he had already died
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The day after he was starting chemo. I don't think he was expected to live from the sounds of it. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It sounds like an office party gone very wrong, "I know, (the boss) lets give smith a send off, its not as if he's gonna live is it? naaah, bugger that, lets give him a wake now." ... [Edited 6/10/06 5:00am] it was very much an office send-off. This place, more a pool hall than a bar, was next door to where he worked, and he was always there lunchtimes. All his workmates were there, sharing their fondest memories and stuff. They even had a pig on a spit. | |
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ZombieKitten said: LleeLlee said: It sounds like an office party gone very wrong, "I know, (the boss) lets give smith a send off, its not as if he's gonna live is it? naaah, bugger that, lets give him a wake now." ... [Edited 6/10/06 5:00am] it was very much an office send-off. This place, more a pool hall than a bar, was next door to where he worked, and he was always there lunchtimes. All his workmates were there, sharing their fondest memories and stuff. They even had a pig on a spit. 
than again, it probably is a good way of communicating with people about your oncoming death to have the wake with you there. and make it into an office party kind of affair. that way people can acknowledge that you're ill and probably going to die but still be cool about it, talk about it, to you and others. instead of trying to act like nothing's wrong. on the level of communication and psychology it is a very good/cool thing that they did. but it's still weird  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: ZombieKitten said: it was very much an office send-off. This place, more a pool hall than a bar, was next door to where he worked, and he was always there lunchtimes. All his workmates were there, sharing their fondest memories and stuff. They even had a pig on a spit.
than again, it probably is a good way of communicating with people about your oncoming death to have the wake with you there. and make it into an office party kind of affair. that way people can acknowledge that you're ill and probably going to die but still be cool about it, talk about it, to you and others. instead of trying to act like nothing's wrong. on the level of communication and psychology it is a very good/cool thing that they did. but it's still weird nobody else was crying, only me  everyone else seemed quite prepared. | |
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IstenSzek said: ZombieKitten said: it was very much an office send-off. This place, more a pool hall than a bar, was next door to where he worked, and he was always there lunchtimes. All his workmates were there, sharing their fondest memories and stuff. They even had a pig on a spit.
than again, it probably is a good way of communicating with people about your oncoming death to have the wake with you there. and make it into an office party kind of affair. that way people can acknowledge that you're ill and probably going to die but still be cool about it, talk about it, to you and others. instead of trying to act like nothing's wrong. on the level of communication and psychology it is a very good/cool thing that they did. but it's still weird I heard you might be leaving the Org, lets find a pig!!!! | |
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LleeLlee said: IstenSzek said:
than again, it probably is a good way of communicating with people about your oncoming death to have the wake with you there. and make it into an office party kind of affair. that way people can acknowledge that you're ill and probably going to die but still be cool about it, talk about it, to you and others. instead of trying to act like nothing's wrong. on the level of communication and psychology it is a very good/cool thing that they did. but it's still weird I heard you might be leaving the Org, lets find a pig!!!! |
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ZombieKitten said: I went to the bar to see a band, only there was a private function there. It turned out to be a wake, except the guy wasn't even dead yet. They gave him stars named after him and had a Powerpoint slide show with photos of him and his kids. I didn't know him and I was crying my eyes out. A couple of people gave speeches and they spoke as if he had already died
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The day after he was starting chemo. I don't think he was expected to live from the sounds of it. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. 
ewww...that's backwards and twisted as hell i hope you did some kinda energetic cleansing on yourself... ewwww | |
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LleeLlee said: IstenSzek said:
than again, it probably is a good way of communicating with people about your oncoming death to have the wake with you there. and make it into an office party kind of affair. that way people can acknowledge that you're ill and probably going to die but still be cool about it, talk about it, to you and others. instead of trying to act like nothing's wrong. on the level of communication and psychology it is a very good/cool thing that they did. but it's still weird I heard you might be leaving the Org, lets find a pig!!!!  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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former US President Ronald Reagan held a party for all his friends and family shortly after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It was sort of like a living funeral because he knew that soon, he wouldn't remember who any of them were. It came true, too. After a while he didn't even know who his wife was. And they didn't ever tell him that his daughter had died because he didn't know her, either. . [Edited 6/10/06 10:02am] I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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Mach said: ZombieKitten said: I went to the bar to see a band, only there was a private function there. It turned out to be a wake, except the guy wasn't even dead yet. They gave him stars named after him and had a Powerpoint slide show with photos of him and his kids. I didn't know him and I was crying my eyes out. A couple of people gave speeches and they spoke as if he had already died
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The day after he was starting chemo. I don't think he was expected to live from the sounds of it. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
ewww...that's backwards and twisted as hell i hope you did some kinda energetic cleansing on yourself... ewwww I need it | |
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