Pluggers by Rick McKee for September 18, 2011

it will be too late if it’s in your will — that won’t be read until later, most likely! Tell someone you trust now about what you want….or don’t want.

Put it in your “living will”.

R.I.P. > he now “Resides In Pluggerville”

I never understood those folks who bury Grandpa wearing his glasses. Do we really need them in heaven? I thought we got brand new everything, if we’d been good. oh, oh…

At his request, my grandfather was buried wearing a tie that I made for him in elementary school craft shop.

Had my “’stache” since 1968. Threatened to shave it off……….once. Was told by the wife that as soon as it grew back, I could stop sleeping on the couch and the daughter said as soon as it grew back, she’d come visit again. Sheeeeesh. LOL

on my headstone I want it written:

“HERE HE SLID, HERE HE FELL, HERE HE LIES, ALL DEADER THAN HE**.”

So do flowers.

My family’s usual “pluggerville” comment about the deceased is “Don’t he look natural?” Whenever I hear that phrase, I usually think to myself “hmm, he looks dead, but our mortician did a great job preparing the body for display.”

Lived in a small town where most every family knew each other, or were at least familiar with them. As such, I spent a lot of my childhood and teens visiting the funeral home. Knew most of the funeral home staff in our town and the town down the road – and being an odd kid I would always compliment the staff on the good job they did in making the ex-person look so presentable. Through the years I’ve attended funerals in larger towns, and their work wasn’t nearly as good as that of the small town funeral homes where the staff knew the person when they were still alive.