# Memorial services...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-services/314107>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-services/314107 "2005-07-25T20:27:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-services/314107/21 "2005-07-26T20:27:55Z")

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I think you’re right, **Kalhoun**. If dressing appropriately isn’t a priority, then getting the proper clothes isn’t either.

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**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-services/314107/22 "2005-07-26T20:57:30Z")

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> [@Kalhoun](#):
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> I agree with this on the surface, but it annoys the HELL out of me that people don’t get the appropriate clothes for these things in the first place. My kid is always broke, but he managed to buy a second hand suit to wear to funerals. I think it harkens back to the relaxed rules.

I’m going to echo that (I’m a student, with all the financial limitations that carries), really. Maybe it’s just Berkeley, but I can go to a vintage clothing store and buy a decently-fitting black suit for about fifty bucks, if I need to. It might not be the most fashionable thing on the block, but it’ll be in good shape and it’ll be black, and even on my $250/month-after-rent-and-utilities-but-before-food, $50 is an acceptable sort of expense to show the right respect. If money is particularly tight, you can bring it back afterwards and sell it back for around $25-30.

Some events have to be treated with a certain gravity, I think.

On the other hand, the new, relaxed rules seem to be pretty much American Standard now, even for the supposed old-guard. [If it’s good enough for the VP of the United States…](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43247-2005Jan27.html)

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-services/314107/23 "2005-07-26T21:15:47Z")

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Wow, **MrJackboots** , now _that_ is inappropriate. “Yeah, after we finish this here memorial service, I’m gonna go ski-dooing.”

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