Living over a funeral parlour.

[Accy cyclist]

I got talking to a chap down my local pub last night who's moved into a flat above a local funeral parlour. Me being a bit of a ghoul,creepingly fascinated by death and how we deal with it,i asked him how he felt about living just a few feet above someone who's led out,full of embalming fluid and facing right up at the ceiling that divides him/her from you. "You're only about 6 or 7 feet away from a dead body " i pointed out. He laughed and said he didn't mind as "they're dead,they can't harm you". They always say that. Maybe they can't harm you but the thought of a stiff only a few feet away while you're trying to get a night's sleep kind of freaks me out. I could handle it in the daytime,and even then i'd be having scary thoughts,but at night time when it's just me and the "guest" down below.
Could you live above a funeral parlour and what would you do if you heard some bumping coming from down below in the middle of the night?

 

[User42542]

Maybe they can't harm you but the thought of a stiff only a few feet away while you're trying to get a night' sleep kind of freaks me out

@Fnaar - over to you!

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Better to live six feet above than be six feet under.

 

[I like Skol]

Could be handy, in the right circumstances......

 

[winjim]

I live downhill from a cemetery so the thing that worries me is the integrity of the retaining wall.

 

[Drago]

I've laid some lavvy eggs that make dead bodies seem positively cuddly.

 

[winjim]

Could be handy, in the right circumstances......

If anybody's going round Skol's to visit, just give us three rings when you get back, would you?

 

[jongooligan]

Having a corpse downstairs is probably a good burglar deterrent. @Drago did you ever go to any break-ins at funeral parlours?

 

[I like Skol]

If anybody's going round Skol's to visit, just give us three rings when you get back, would you?

Not quite what I had in mind! I was thinking more if you passed away in your sleep they wouldn't have far to carry you

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It is the downstairs parties after midnight that would get to me.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Dead boring but as long as none of them wander in the night ,no prob.

I applied for a job at the co-op undertaker's..in the interview the guy asked how I felt about checking name tags and labels on a deceased person?
I replied ,I'm fine as long as they don't jump up and chase me!!
I was unsuccessful in my interview

 

[welsh dragon]

At least the neighbours will be quiet.

 

[stephec]

As soon as I saw the thread title I guessed who the op would be.

 

[Cycleops]

I guess it all depends if you like playing 'Living Dead' on the X Box until the early hours.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Dead boring but as long as none of them wander in the night ,no prob.

I applied for a job at the co-op undertaker's..in the interview the guy asked how I felt about checking name tags and labels on a deceased person?
I replied ,I'm fine as long as they don't jump up and chase me!!
I was unsuccessful in my interview

I applied for a job as a funeral director's assistant/pallbearer at the funeral home i've mentioned,many years ago. I was ok till the owner's son (who i went to school with) said he'd show me around the embalming room. The first thing that caught my eye was a big jar with rubber tubes coming out of it. Then i saw a body which he said was about to be cut open so the tubes could be fitted to pump the fluid in. That was it! I went pale as the stiff and kind of staggered out the room. He followed me,laughing,saying i hadn't passed the test,but i could still have the job. I declined the offer and never applied for such a job again.