Funeral Directors

[Caran]

Do funeral directors post the names of recent deaths in their windows.

[Jackdaw33]

Unless you were passing a particular undertaker's window you wouldn't see it anyway. The local paper is the usual way, it usually publishes them online so no need to buy the paper. Every day I check the obituaries, a habit I inherited from my mother; it was the only reason she bought the paper.

[EDDIE51]

I have several times seen details of the funeral of a customer posted on the bar in his/her local boozer. Sometimes the pub organises transport if enough customers are interested. I have seen notices of a funeral on the advert board in my local shop. I don't see a problem with putting the notice in the funeral directors window, in fact it seems like a good idea. There are 5 funeral directors in my home town center but no butcher, green grocer or fishmonger. Is this a record?

[Peter Pedant]

no

[DTCwordfan]

I'm dead sure that they don't post....surely that is the job of the Royal Male...?

[kvalidir]

Generally not, but the person organising the funeral must have asked them to, so it's fine. If his cousin has asked for that in order to let people know why is there a problem it's certainly worked because you now know.

[ummmm]

Are you trying to be funny DT?

[Peter Pedant]

// Every day I check the obituaries, a habit I inherited from my mother; //

the editor of the BMJ decided to revamp the er BMJ and put obits in the back in small print and word limited
and commented in the weekly page he had reserved for himself and his views - we know 90% of doctors turn first to the obituaries so we have limited them and at the back

he didnt like it when I pointed out to him that it didnt make sense

[Peter Pedant]

// I'm dead sure that they don't post....surely that is the job of the Royal Male...?//

are you trying to be funny ? asks a starry eyed vacant school girl

No I am deadly serious says DT

[ummmm]

Sigh...so boring.

[Barmaid]

He may have requested it in his Will or the executors may have asked for it.

Personally, I wouldnt get so uptight about it unless you know for a fact that he specifically requested no one should know about his funeral.

[DTCwordfan]

//No I am deadly serious says DT//

Quite right, what else do you expect, ummmm, some coffin' jokes with the current A&E crisis in the NHS?

Happy New Year by the way to you and Peter.....