Ask a mortician
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Oh my gawd I have so many questions.... that I didn't even I had!
Is it weird being around dead people?
What actually is embalming?
Does it smell funny?
ETA: I'm totally about to go read from the beginning, so don't feel obligated to answer these if you already did on the thread.0 -
So this is just how my brain is wired, but...
Do you peak under the sheet to see how big the guys parts are? I would have to know but also feel really guilty afterwards for looking when they're helpless to defend themselves in that state
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Find_Me_Again wrote: »So this is just how my brain is wired, but...
Do you peak under the sheet to see how big the guys parts are? I would have to know but also feel really guilty afterwards for looking when they're helpless to defend themselves in that state
Nope, once you see a thousand of them it becomes just like any other body part. I don't think anything of it.2 -
How do people react when they ask you what you do?1
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caco_ethes wrote: »How do people react when they ask you what you do?
I can answer this one - they probably get real stiff1 -
If a person isn't embalmed but are cremated, does the blood go into the retort? Does it evaporate?0
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caco_ethes wrote: »How do people react when they ask you what you do?
They either think its fascinating or weird. I've been told several times I don't look like the type.If a person isn't embalmed but are cremated, does the blood go into the retort? Does it evaporate?
We don't remove any body fluids before the cremation.It isn't necessary. The heat evaporates all of the fluids.1 -
Have you ever had a picnic in a grave yard? If so, why?0
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You seem very content with what you do. Maybe you already are involved, but do you have aspirations to do other things in the same field? Do you find that work invades your dreams?0
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Are you the same lady with the Youtube CHannel titled the same?0
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You seem very content with what you do. Maybe you already are involved, but do you have aspirations to do other things in the same field? Do you find that work invades your dreams?
Being a medical examiner seems interesting, but I don't think its worth the hassle of getting my doctorates.
When I get really stressed I go through periods when I have nightmares about loved ones dying or someone trying to murder me._seahorses5ever wrote: »Is there really someone who does your hair and makeup? Would they be willing to do face paint?
I do the make-up and the deceased's hairdresser or barber usually comes to do their hair. I could do face paint, but my artistic skills are lacking
MaddMaestro wrote: »Are you the same lady with the Youtube CHannel titled the same?
No, that isn't me.. I've watched many of her videos.0 -
38 pages read. Skipped the other posts and went straight to all the answers. Really interesting thread!
Have you ever had a picnic in a grave yard? If so, why?
^ I've done that. My neighbor passed away. She was only 15 and like a little sister to me (I was 25 at the time). My daughter was 3 and adored her. My daughter constantly asked to visit her grave that first year, and asked to have a picnic with her at her grave, so I obliged. Side story - shortly after she passed away, my daughter kept talking to someone on the stairs. When I asked about it, she said it was our neighbor telling her that she was somewhere good and happy that she had puppies to play with. My daughter was crazy about kittens and indifferent about puppies at that time (dogs made her nervous back then because one had accidentally knocked her down), and she did not know that my neighbor absolutely adored them. It was just... interesting.5 -
Yesterday, we had a funeral for a man who shot himself. His wife gave us a list of songs to play during the visitation and service, one of the songs was 45 by Shinedown. I'd never heard it before and I was horrified when it started playing. "Staring down the barrel of a .45" aren't the lyrics anyone wants to hear at the funeral for someone who shot himself.
It was a crappy situation enough as it is, but to add that to it.... that was like adding salt to a wound. I conveniently "forgot" to play the song during the service.0 -
LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Yesterday, we had a funeral for a man who shot himself. His wife gave us a list of songs to play during the visitation and service, one of the songs was 45 by Shinedown. I'd never heard it before and I was horrified when it started playing. "Staring down the barrel of a .45" aren't the lyrics anyone wants to hear at the funeral for someone who shot himself.
It was a crappy situation enough as it is, but to add that to it.... that was like adding salt to a wound. I conveniently "forgot" to play the song during the service.
That's awful. Makes you wonder if she wanted it played out of hurt or anger, or what. Good thing someone with sense and caring was there
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »Yesterday, we had a funeral for a man who shot himself. His wife gave us a list of songs to play during the visitation and service, one of the songs was 45 by Shinedown. I'd never heard it before and I was horrified when it started playing. "Staring down the barrel of a .45" aren't the lyrics anyone wants to hear at the funeral for someone who shot himself.
It was a crappy situation enough as it is, but to add that to it.... that was like adding salt to a wound. I conveniently "forgot" to play the song during the service.
That is messed up
Random story that's similar-
When my son's father over dosed, we hadn't been together for years, but because we were still married I had to put together a lot of the funeral. I was asked to choose a couple songs, but I was lost with what to pick. I was like, "oh hey, maybe our graduating class song would be good!"
Turns out, Good Riddance by Green Day wasn't the best choice But if the songs fits.... 3 -
As a dead person, what can I do to make your job easier?0
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eccomi_qui wrote: »As a dead person, what can I do to make your job easier?
I'm glad you asked
Leave behind written instructions of what you want when you die :burial or cremation, service or no service, music preferences, clothes you want to wear, where your family can find important documents, or a letter to those left behind would be comforting.
Please don't die with a beard if you don't normally have one. One of the most aggravating things to do while embalming is trying to shave off a big ole beard. They're such a pain.
That's all I've got for now.
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LittleHearseDriver wrote: »eccomi_qui wrote: »As a dead person, what can I do to make your job easier?
I'm glad you asked
Leave behind written instructions of what you want when you die :burial or cremation, service or no service, music preferences, clothes you want to wear, where your family can find important documents, or a letter to those left behind would be comforting.
Please don't die with a beard if you don't normally have one. One of the most aggravating things to do while embalming is trying to shave off a big ole beard. They're such a pain.
That's all I've got for now.
Thank you, I am now prepared for my eventual death0
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