Freakin Weird Blog

July 18, 2005
Cemetery Cook-out

There are certain things in life that should never be uttered in the same sentence. "Gwen Stefani" and "musically entertaining", "Joan Rivers" and "natural beauty", "fine malt whisky" and "Sprite mixer" are to name but a few. And after scouring the news archives of Ananova, I'd like to add another one to the mix: "corpses" and "cook-outs."

But that's exactly what's been going down in the Belgian city of Antwerp, according to news reports. Gravediggers there have been criticized for holding a barbeque party in a cemetery.

The graveyard partying was unearthed after Francois and Magda Boljau arrived at the cemetery to visit the grave of their son. But instead of serene quiet, they were met by the sounds of rampant partying from the gregarious gravediggers.

Mrs. Boljau was quoted as saying, "It was happening only 15 meters from his grave. The music of 'Sex bomb, sex bomb' was coming very loud from the loudspeakers. Children were playing between the graves. I couldn't stand it and ran away in tears."

Obviously this was an extremely inappropriate act that displayed a lack of sensitivity, and represented a massive error of judgment on the behalf of the gravediggers. Sick, twisted behavior like this can only be condemned.

I'd like to write more on the issue, but I have to run to attend an indoor rave and hog roast at my local funeral parlor...

posted by Dr. Wei, PhD 14:25 E-MAIL THIS POST