Poor Gary Coleman

[aTailOf2Kitties]

aw, c'mon he'll stay fresher for longer in there

[Bonny]

Real Coffins run $7,000 including a middle of the road vault. That is not cheap. Then there is the head stone $$$$$$$. Then there is the old fashioned way which I guess you can legally do, wrapped in a sheet & a 6' hole to boot. Death & Taxes something we can't escape in the real world.

[king2005]

People joked about MJ right after his death.. I don't see this as any different, even if I think its a little too soon.

[Bonny]

I suppose we could have waited an extra day.

[pomtzu]

Real Coffins run $7,000 including a middle of the road vault. That is not cheap. Then there is the head stone $$$$$$$. Then there is the old fashioned way which I guess you can legally do, wrapped in a sheet & a 6' hole to boot. Death & Taxes something we can't escape in the real world.

I don't see your point, as the cost wasn't the original issue, irreverence was. We can't escape death and taxes, but you can at least have some respect the the dead. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I never did think that death was a matter to joke about.

And just for a little added info. If you find the cost of a funeral is too much to suit you, then get cremated. That is my intention for myself, as I have no desire to spend all of eternity in a hole in the ground.

[Bonny]

Cremation sounds good maybe they have Coleman Cremators too? I know they have Coleman camp stoves & Coleman lanterns.

Humor is what keeps a person sane in this world. What is insane to some is sane to others. What is offensive to some isn't to others. When my father passed away I almost had a moment of the giggles at his grave site. The train whistles in the area were blasting away as the reverend was saying a prayer. You could hardly hear his words & I knew dad was smiling down on us because he was a machinst on the Rock Island line & they would blow the whistles down in the yard at night when everyone was trying to sleep. Then they handed the U.S. flag to my mom & said something about it being presented to her by the president of the U.S. At the time my dad didn't care for that particular president. I had to hold back another giggle at a serious moment. We had polka music at our fathers funeral in honor of him & all the beautiful polkas & waltzs he played on his accordian. SOME people were offended but we knew our dad would of loved it.

[Asiel]

As a child actor I found him rather funny, but when he became an adult he also became a somewhat less than his cute loveable self and the appeal he had as a child no longer existed for me. I did try to understand that maybe the serious health conditions he suffered from had turned him into an obnoxious person and found it sad.
But no matter what my personal feelings were towards him I didn't find the OP joke very funny. It was rather tasteless to print something like this . Wouldn't it be nicer to either say nothing or try to find some of his good points. A death is always sad no matter who it is , I prefer to remain respectful of that.

[Cataholic]

Congratulations to the OP.

You've got Liz, Pom and I agreeing.

Now the world IS at unrest...you have Me, Pom, and LH agreeing.

(Liz, Caseysmom and I often do agree.)

[pomtzu]

Cremation sounds good maybe they have Coleman Cremators too? I know they have Coleman camp stoves & Coleman lanterns.

Humor is what keeps a person sane in this world. What is insane to some is sane to others. What is offensive to some isn't to others. When my father passed away I almost had a moment of the giggles at his grave site. The train whistles in the area were blasting away as the reverend was saying a prayer. You could hardly hear his words & I knew dad was smiling down on us because he was a machinst on the Rock Island line & they would blow the whistles down in the yard at night when everyone was trying to sleep. Then they handed the U.S. flag to my mom & said something about it being presented to her by the president of the U.S. At the time my dad didn't care for that particular president. I had to hold back another giggle at a serious moment. We had polka music at our fathers funeral in honor of him & all the beautiful polkas & waltzs he played on his accordian. SOME people were offended but we knew our dad would of loved it.

Humor is a good thing of course - in it's proper place. If your father's funeral brought humor to you, then so be it. I found nothing at all to laugh at, at my father's funeral.

I find your cutsey reference to a "cremator", even more offensive than the original post, and I'm sure that you are both having a good laugh at the very clever thought of it. It takes all kinds, and I'm sure glad I'm not of your kind.

[Cataholic]

Humor is a good thing of course - in it's proper place. If your father's funeral brought humor to you, then so be it.

I find your cutsey reference to a "cremator", even more offensive than the original post, and I'm sure that you are both having a good laugh at the very clever thought of it. It takes all kinds, and I'm sure glad I'm not of your kind.

Here is the kicker, to me. As it relates to the OP, she was the one most recently going on and on and on about outward presentation, putting one's best foot forward, dressing to the nines, suits/ties, plastic surgery and the likes.....it is just so much proof positive to me:

Don't matter a lick what you look like on the outside- it is the inside of your character that represents your true image to the world.

[pomtzu]

Now the world IS at unrest...you have Me, Pom, and LH agreeing.

(Liz, Caseysmom and I often do agree.)

I had to chuckle at that, too. Believe it or not, I agree with a lot of what you have to say. I'm really not the bad guy that some like to make me out to be.

[caseysmom]

Maybe if your insides are ugly you have to work extra hard on the outside.

[Cataholic]

Maybe if your insides are ugly you have to work extra hard on the outside.

You raise an interesting point.

[Lady's Human]

Now the world IS at unrest...you have Me, Pom, and LH agreeing.

(Liz, Caseysmom and I often do agree.)

Now we know what caused the earthquake cluster in California yesterday.

Mein Gott!

[Asiel]

Here is the kicker, to me. As it relates to the OP, she was the one most recently going on and on and on about outward presentation, putting one's best foot forward, dressing to the nines, suits/ties, plastic surgery and the likes.....it is just so much proof positive to me:

Don't matter a lick what you look like on the outside- it is the inside of your character that represents your true image to the world.

That is the best of them all. Great post and to the point.