# Steelers fan funeral **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902 "2008-03-27T10:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/1 "2008-03-27T10:41:15Z")
I don’t know where this should go…moderators, feel free to move as needed. Did everybody catch the photos of this funeral? The man was a lifelong Steelers fan, so they put him in an armchair on front of a TV for the visitation (see the slideshow). [http://www.wpxi.com/news/4690146/detail.html#](http://www.wpxi.com/news/4690146/detail.html#) Love it/hate it? Any unusual requests for your funeral? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/2 "2008-03-27T14:45:11Z")
Ugh. I have no words. For myself, I’d rather not HAVE a funeral, but really just cremate me, have a brief (preferably upbeat) memorial service, scatter my ashes at my favorite beach, then get on with your lives. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/3 "2008-03-27T15:16:39Z")
Funny to me in a bizarre way. I won’t be doing it when I go though. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/4 "2008-03-27T15:33:57Z")
That was neat. He looks very cozy there with his TV and remote. I was thinking at first he’d be sitting up in the chair, but he’s actually leaned back with the chair reclined. Kind of like my hubby when he falls asleep in his chair. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/5 "2008-03-27T15:40:18Z")
A friend of mine lost her father suddenly immediately after his favorite basketball team won the NCAA tournament. She says they decorated the room with lots of ballons in team colors and a banner or two. Made his friends happy, thinking of how much he loved seeing the team win the tournament. This also happened to be only a month or two after her mother died, following a prolonged illness. For her, they had lots of red ballons, because she particularily liked red. Personally, though, I think subtler is better, more appealing to me, anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/6 "2008-03-27T15:45:30Z")
Somebody’s been watching way too much _My Name is Earl_. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/7 "2008-03-27T21:38:29Z")
He looks kind of creepy, and his hand looks like it’s made out of wax. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/8 "2008-03-28T17:59:38Z")
Why hasn’t **Airman** posted in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/9 "2008-03-29T11:58:34Z")
Funerals are for the living. I guess as long as the planners aren’t doing something disrespectful…erm, why not? But it’s also a last chance to make a joke and that’s hard to pass up. At mine I’d be tempted to have some guy play “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero” on bagpipes or something. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steelers-fan-funeral/442902/10 "2008-03-29T12:09:20Z")
I’m I the only one who read this as “Steely Dan Funeral”? Now, _that_ would be interesting.