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ineenia  2 stars
Posts: 373
Registered: 2005-11-1 04:48:33
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 nothing like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."

 

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ZartanAround  3 stars
Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
Posts: 768
Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09

 

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what are nice chickens like you doing in a coop like this?
Moe_Nox  4 stars
Title: In Moe We Trust
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Registered: 2007-2-4 12:17:56

 

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Sezyrrith  2 stars
Posts: 257
Registered: 2003-7-13 05:04:05
ZartanAround posted:


 

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Groucho48  3 stars
Posts: 821
Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14

 

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Cawlin  4 stars
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Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42

 

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IMHO  4 stars
Title: Official Outpost Greeter
Posts: 2,287
Registered: 2001-11-1 03:55:02
Sezyrrith posted:

ZartanAround posted:




 

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Halloweve  2 stars
Posts: 422
Registered: 2004-3-6 10:19:02
bwah hahaha..i was almost ready to cry.
Friarspam  3 stars
Posts: 638
Registered: 2007-1-23 07:01:27
I read this to my wife. Do you have any idea how hard it was to keep from laughing?!




/best I've heard in a long time!

 

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Yukishiro1  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57


edit: This should be the entry in the book for "American humor."

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