Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Police Crackdown On Striptease Funerals

First, I'm damn sorry that I don't have a picture to go with this story. Second, I hope that Ed Pearce, friend and famed funeral director - "the last man to let you down" - gets to see this story.
It happened in China's Donghai County, Jiangsu province. The fuss is over a couple of strippers who got a little "carried away" to the point where authorities had to carry them away. The strippers apparently crossed that "fine line."
Local villagers believe that the more people who attend a funeral, the more the deceased is honored. Do you see the higher purpose, here? The strippers were hired to draw a crowd. Until now, this was a common practice in Donghai County.
A local ordinance now requires written funeral plans within 12 hours of the service. A funeral misdeed hotline has also been established.