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Watching the Olympics makes me think about how different people are ... I mean, around the world and all.
Like, for example, in some countries you can hire "mourners". These are people to whom you pay money in exchange for mourning for a deceased loved one ... or anybody else that's deceased, I guess. I don't know how much they charge or how much mourning you get for five bucks or so, but it seems like a pretty good business. Maybe a little depressing, though.
Still, it makes me wonder if you could make any money being a mourner for hire right here in the good ol' US of A. Like pet mourning, maybe. Some people feel silly having a full-fledged funeral for a pet, so there aren't a lot of normal mourners in situations like that. Given that, being a pet mourner for hire seems to make sense. It would relieve the bereaved pet owner of the normal feelings of guilt and embarrassment while simultaneously helping them work through the loss. Of course, there's also the issue of praying somebody out of Purgatory. Pets probably don't have much of a chance to make it out since they don't have a lot of people praying for them. I'll have to check it out and find out if there's already somebody doing this. If not, it might be a very opportune time to open shop.
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