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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Anyway, I'd never been to a catholic funeral, and it was good exercise. I stood and I sat and I stood and I sat.
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Heh!Heh! That used to get to me. Sorry to hear about your cousin's death. What did he die of?
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It went on a while, and at some point the priest even stopped and had a snack. Then he invited the other catholics to come up for a snack but he didn't invite the non-Catholics, and I understood a little better why northern Ireland has had those hostilities.
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You sure it wasn't the communion wafer part of the ceremony?
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Then we went to the post-funeral dinner, and I have to say that the catholics shined here. The church members whip up a dinner, and while the vegetables were pretty sparse and overcooked they sure had a lot of desserts.
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The Italian Catholics really go to town on serving a meal after a funeral.