Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 04, 2009

Ooops…

Not exactly appropriate there. I wonder who died?

I used to be a paid pallbearer for a local funeral home. The assistant funeral director, my co-pall bearers, and I started to yuck it up in a back room during a service and the “boss” had to come hush us. I am with you Lio - death is too serious not to laugh!

There are those whose demise would not impart sorrow to my heart.

a funeral here on the FOURTH OF JULY!!! that is so uncool. I mean come on it’s our country’s birthday, for god sake. So shouldn’t we be celebrating.

Thor bless us all.

Poor Lio, tossed out from yet another establishment.

lio, i’ve been there, don’t worry pal, next time turn off your cellie

At my grandmothers funeral, the ignorant preacher started talking about what a kind and simple woman she was. The whole family cracked up remembering the rum running, nightclubbing flapper she was.

At my cousin’s grandmother’s funeral, an elephant sized nun’s cellphone sent off!!!!!! It was hilarious!!!!

Of all the places where a child’s laugh might be appreciated, too. How thoughtless.

Respect the dead, Lio. …. though laughing is respecting.

GEE1A, oh yes!! That episode like so many others was OUTSTANDING!! Thanks for the memory!

From my father-in-law funeral director:

Gravesite military salute, salute fires, old woman faints, little kid yells: Holy s**t, they shot grandma!

Ladywolf17, Lio does not live in the United (mis)takes of America. It is just another day to him.

how old is lio?

When my mom passed a couple of years ago, my sisters and I, were making arrangements with the funeral home. We had them ceacking up with the jokes we were making. They said that they really appreciated the way that we dealt with the loss. We explained that we believe that you show respect to the person while they are alive, not when there is no one there to respect.

At my uncles funeral my mother was trying to say a few good things about him while she was holding my baby niece. Who besided that she would stick her head in her grandma’s shirt. Everybody there laughed. My uncle would have loved it.

iamtxmilady I agree completely! The best funeral I’ve been to was our pastor’s wife’s. Her oldest son told several funny things that happened when he was growing up, but he wasn’t allowed to tell anyone before, because she threatened to kill him if he did. (One of the stories was about when his pet snake got loose during a ladies’ meeting in their house.) The whole crowd was laughing most of the time. (And there were well over 1,000 people at her funeral.)

I hope people laugh at my funeral! BTW, doctortoon, do you draw cartoons? I’d like to see ‘em. I draw some, though I don’t publish them.

doctortoon, I’ve almost got the opposite problem. I can draw OK, but have trouble with characters and consistency. I seriously thought about trying it, but couldn’t get my act together.

Maybe you sell yourself short… I think story, humor and character are more important than art. I think Gary Larson and perhaps Scott Addams had trouble with the drawing part, but made up for it by their great humor… and in the meantime their art became better and more consistent.

Funeral dont need being so sad… anyway friend can doing it more happy! Thanks Ishmael, you are a great friend, dear cephalopoid ;)

Boris Karloff runs a funeral home these days?

I love the undertaker—LURCH LIVES!

“YOU RANG?” (said in a deep, rumbling voice)

Ishmael has a cell phone???