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Title: A SMILE TO START THE WEEKEND
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Published: Sep 14, 2012
Author: UNKNOWN
Post Date: 2012-09-14 17:38:42 by rowdee
Keywords: FUNERALS, BAG PIPES, AMAZING GRACE
Views: 2002
Comments: 4
As a bagpiper, I’m often called upon to play at weddings, military events and funerals.
Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man.
The man had no family or friends, so the service was set at the county pauper’s cemetery in the Kentucky backwoods.
I was not familiar with the backwoods and soon found myself lost. Being a typical man I didn’t stop to ask for directions.
I finally arrived an hour late – the staff from the funeral home was long 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. 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 bagpipes 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.”
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And especially for our own redneck, AKA.....
Three rednecks were working up on a cell phone tower: Cooter, Ronnie and Donnie. Cooter slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly.
As the ambulance takes the body away, Ronnie says, 'Well, someone should go tell his wife.
Donnie says, 'I'm good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it.'
Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of Budweiser.
Ronnie says, 'Where did you get that beer, Donnie?'
'Cooter's wife gave it to me,' Ronnie replies.
'That's unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and she gave you beer?'
'Well, not exactly', Donnie says. 'When she answered the door, I said to her, "you must be Cooter's widow." She said, 'You must be mistaken. I'm not a widow.'
Then I said, 'I'll bet you a case of Budweiser you are.'
Us rednecks are good at sensitive stuff.
#2. To: rowdee (#0) (Edited)
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'...
#3. To: rowdee (#1)
LMBO...so funny, it made me smile. Thanks!
"A friend will calm you down when you are angry, but a best friend will skip beside you with a baseball bat singing, "someone's gonna get it"
#4. To: rowdee (#1)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
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