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The Homeless Mans Funeral 
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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....

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Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:27 pm
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Post Re: The Homeless Mans Funeral
ahh nothing like a good joke to tickle you inside....ive heard Pedro likes other things to tickle him inside though.,...urgh!! :D

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Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:21 pm
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Damn, well done J69o M8 ;) ... You naughty naughty Sphere... :lol:


Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:55 pm
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Post Re: The Homeless Mans Funeral
heh very good.. :)

who's this Sphere character that keeps popping up..is he one of them bots? ;)

i remember there used to be a fella by that name who played air attack :mrgreen:

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I KNOW.... i know.......

That so called pilot misses Air Attack and his family too from what I've heard :(

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