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Post subject: Funeral gig
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:40 pm
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As a guitarist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my guitar and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”

Apparently, I’m still lost…


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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:48 pm
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:lol: Now that's funny :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:53 pm
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:lol: Now that's funny :lol:


Possible ex-military officer......?

You know, the most dangerous weapon in the United States Army is a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.

(in the Air Force, it's a colonel with a screwdriver and a TM)

:mrgreen:

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:21 pm
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That is priceless, I can wait to pass it on


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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:22 pm
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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 4:47 am
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holy s**t

I DID NOT see that coming..

Hysterical..


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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:32 am
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Ya got me, Don . . . and the wife. We had a good laugh after the sad emotions.

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:41 pm
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Possibly the only joke featuring a guitar player?


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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:22 pm
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:lol: :lol: Good one...laugh out loud funny...gotta share...you'll probably see it come back around on Facebook soon :lol: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:08 am
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Hilarious!!!!
Retroverbial wrote:
sfceric64 wrote:
......Possible ex-military officer......?

You know, the most dangerous weapon in the United States Army is a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.

(in the Air Force, it's a colonel with a screwdriver and a TM)

:mrgreen:

Arjay

Now that wasn't nice. In fact, I excelled at map reading and navigation via a compass, way before the days of gps. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:56 am
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IM4Tone wrote:
Hilarious!!!!
Retroverbial wrote:
sfceric64 wrote:
......Possible ex-military officer......?

You know, the most dangerous weapon in the United States Army is a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.

(in the Air Force, it's a colonel with a screwdriver and a TM)

:mrgreen:

Arjay

Now that wasn't nice. In fact, I excelled at map reading and navigation via a compass, way before the days of gps. :wink:

If you're from Emporium, PA you'd pretty much HAVE to excel at map reading & Compass Sightings...

...you'd make a natural 2nd Looey :lol:

(Emporium is roughly equidistant from Pittsburgh...Scranton...Buffalo, NY...Cleveland, OH & Lake Erie...40 miles from the nearest Interstate Hwy & surrounded by State Parks and the Eastern version of Mtns.)

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:14 am
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danagos wrote:
IM4Tone wrote:
Hilarious!!!!
Retroverbial wrote:
sfceric64 wrote:
......Possible ex-military officer......?

You know, the most dangerous weapon in the United States Army is a second lieutenant with a map and a compass.

(in the Air Force, it's a colonel with a screwdriver and a TM)

:mrgreen:

Arjay

Now that wasn't nice. In fact, I excelled at map reading and navigation via a compass, way before the days of gps. :wink:

If you're from Emporium, PA you'd pretty much HAVE to excel at map reading & Compass Sightings...

...you'd make a natural 2nd Looey :lol:

(Emporium is roughly equidistant from Pittsburgh...Scranton...Buffalo, NY...Cleveland, OH & Lake Erie...40 miles from the nearest Interstate Hwy & surrounded by State Parks and the Eastern version of Mtns.)

:lol: :lol: :lol: Yep, it comes in handy in this area, but I wasn't from here when I served.

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:49 am
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IM4Tone wrote:
Now that wasn't nice. In fact, I excelled at map reading and navigation via a compass, way before the days of gps. :wink:

danagos wrote:
If you're from Emporium, PA you'd pretty much HAVE to excel at map reading & Compass Sightings...

...you'd make a natural 2nd Looey :lol:

(Emporium is roughly equidistant from Pittsburgh...Scranton...Buffalo, NY...Cleveland, OH & Lake Erie...40 miles from the nearest Interstate Hwy & surrounded by State Parks and the Eastern version of Mtns.)

IM4Tone wrote:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Yep, it comes in handy in this area, but I wasn't from here when I served.

Don't get me wrong...Emporium looks like a beautiful place...where you can eat the fish you catch and wild game...

...camp or drink beer on back roads and tell the Deputy "Howdy" by his given name...

I think it was Emporium that I checked out in '68 to break up an IN to NJ trip...

...around 11 pm I pulled in to see the radio advertised Rock Festival...

...I was impressed with how many folks were still up in the Rockin' Chairs!!! :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Funeral gig
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:32 am
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:lol: Obviously, you HAVE been here! :mrgreen:

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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 7:02 am
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You blindsided me! Didn't see that ending coming. :lol:


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