# To the coozewad at the hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 22, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184 "2007-04-22T16:06:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184/21 "2007-04-23T08:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] I suspect what **Lizard** was questioning is why someone would bother, as they wouldn’t get much money at all from a pawn shop for it. [/QUOTE] Yeah. Nobody would steal a stranger’s possessions because of their sentimental value, and I always thought the wedding bands men wore were really not valuable compared to the diamond engagement rings women get. I thought they were just symbolic. (Kind tells ya what I know about marriage from a male perspective, huh?) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184/22 "2007-04-23T21:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I thought it was standard practice for the funeral home to provide the corpse with shoes – cheap, flimsy things, made for show, not walking. [/QUOTE] I wasn’t aware corpses even had shoes or underwear put on them. When my grandmother died (1st funeral that I was ever involved in the planning of) we didn’t bring shoes in. I’ve never even been to a funeral where the bottom half of the casket was even open. Of course if the family provided it the home absolutely, without exception, should have put them on the corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184/23 "2007-04-23T21:29:37Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] I wasn’t aware corpses even had shoes or underwear put on them. When my grandmother died (1st funeral that I was ever involved in the planning of) we didn’t bring shoes in. I’ve never even been to a funeral where the bottom half of the casket was even open. Of course if the family provided it the home absolutely, without exception, should have put them on the corpse. [/QUOTE] I got a slip (panties, bra, and hose) out to go with the dress for my mother, there is no way that dress should have been worn _ever_ without a slip. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184/24 "2007-04-23T21:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I got a slip (panties, bra, and hose) out to go with the dress for my mother, there is no way that dress should have been worn _ever_ without a slip. [/QUOTE] :smack: I forgot that some women’s clothing **require** undergarments to be worn under them. My grandmother did wear a slip. Aren’t all clothes slit in the back to make it easier to dress the corpse? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184/25 "2007-04-23T21:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] :smack: I forgot that some women’s clothing **require** undergarments to be worn under them. My grandmother did wear a slip. Aren’t all clothes slit in the back to make it easier to dress the corpse? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, and I don’t really want to ponder it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184/26 "2007-04-24T13:24:55Z")
I’d definitely give the hospital some shit over it. It can’t replace the ring, but it might make you feel better. The nerve… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-coozewad-at-the-hospital/401184.md?page=1)