I’m not trying to disrespect, but I can’t stop giggling at this story: Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico Did you see the pictures? There’s something very “Weekend at Bernie’s” about the whole thing. Not to mention his whole, “Sup, Holmes?” stance.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room. His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: “He wanted to be happy, standing.”
Hey, I’m all for it, if it makes his family happy. It’s a tragedy that the guy died so young, so I hope his family is comforted by the idea that they fulfilled his last wish.
Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married to an enginerd named Paul, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism. In addition to playing Barbies and pretending to eat plastic food all day, Laura spends most of her time folding clean laundry, obsessing about the amount of sugar her kids eat, and vacuuming up Polly Pocket accessories. She's obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba, red wine, and Family Guy. She also regularly contributes to How Do You Do It? and authors the following blogs:


soleil
August 20th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I saw that on MSN news earlier. That’s too weird!
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Maddy
August 20th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Grief! Different and yet the same the world over.
Cheers
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Lisa
August 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am
I saw that too. I can’t even imagine walking into a funeral home only to find the deceased STANDING in the corner. I think I’d have heart failure myself
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Janelle
August 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am
I hope the warned their guests ahead of time! You’d see him out of the corner of your eye and shit yourself.
Jess
August 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Isn’t that just CRAZY!?!?! WOW!