Aussies...step up and explain this!!!!
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Aussies...step up and explain this!!!!
JANUARY 24, 2002
Aussie Funeral Home Gets Liquor License
Copyright 2002 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Mourners at an Australian funeral parlour can now toast the dear departed after the owner took out a licence to serve beer and wine on the premises.
"Traditionally a wake was where people were served alcohol and they would head for the pub or club or go home," Barry Turnbull told Australia's AAP news agency Thursday.
"But now families are dispersed, homes are small and people fly in from interstate."
Turnbull, the owner of Turnbull Family Funerals, said he envisaged just a few drinks to go with the sandwiches, cheese and biscuits that he usually served.
"If people wanted more than about an hour and a half, they'd have to be the last service of the day," he said.
Turnbull said he beleived his Hobart, Tasmania, establishment was the only funeral parlour in Australia with a liquor licence.
Aussie Funeral Home Gets Liquor License
Copyright 2002 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Mourners at an Australian funeral parlour can now toast the dear departed after the owner took out a licence to serve beer and wine on the premises.
"Traditionally a wake was where people were served alcohol and they would head for the pub or club or go home," Barry Turnbull told Australia's AAP news agency Thursday.
"But now families are dispersed, homes are small and people fly in from interstate."
Turnbull, the owner of Turnbull Family Funerals, said he envisaged just a few drinks to go with the sandwiches, cheese and biscuits that he usually served.
"If people wanted more than about an hour and a half, they'd have to be the last service of the day," he said.
Turnbull said he beleived his Hobart, Tasmania, establishment was the only funeral parlour in Australia with a liquor licence.
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Originally posted by Guntersmurf
As an Irishman, I fully endorse having a toast or two in remembrance of lost loved ones.
As an Irishman, I fully endorse having a toast or two in remembrance of lost loved ones.
What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake???
There's one less drunk at the wake
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I have no objection to someone drinking a good beer
or a good glass of wine at my funeral.
In an Hour I don't think people are going to let you drink yourself into a stupor
and then get into a car and drive.
Unless they are looking for repeat and refferal business 
axcilla
or a good glass of wine at my funeral.
In an Hour I don't think people are going to let you drink yourself into a stupor
and then get into a car and drive.
Unless they are looking for repeat and refferal business
axcilla
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Originally posted by tokyo_james
What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake???
There's one less drunk at the wake
What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake???
There's one less drunk at the wake
In place of "wedding", you can substitute "birthday party", "baptism," "first communion", "graduation", "Tuesday," etc...
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Originally posted by tokyo_james
What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake???
There's one less drunk at the wake
What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake???
There's one less drunk at the wake
Love it! And I'm a proud Irishman...great one!