Cugalabanza Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 A Homeless Man's Funeral As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently 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 and 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." Apparently I'm still lost.... it's a man thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Someday God will get you for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Someday God will get you for that! Gringo is lucky to have not heard dueling banjos .... Kentucky can get very rural very quickly ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Gringo is lucky to have not heard dueling banjos .... Kentucky can get very rural very quickly ... he's still lost so there IS hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Someday God will get you for that! That's fine. I already know he doesn't like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 That's fine. I already know he doesn't like me. Neither does anybody around here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 That's fine. I already know he doesn't like me. Oh, don't go all prodigal on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Nice. I love a good clean joke. Well as clean as a septic tank can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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