You Know What's Gonna Be Awkward? Jimmy Carter's Funeral.

[Colibri]

@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper

No, I think it’d still be a surprise even if we assume the reverse.

“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”

-Lawrence Peter Berra.

[Senegoid]

@Colibri

“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”

-Lawrence Peter Berra.

This joke also appeared in an old Pogo comic. I wonder who used it first?

[running_coach]

@Colibri

“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”

-Lawrence Peter Berra.

@Senegoid

This joke also appeared in an old Pogo comic. I wonder who used it first?

[Quote Investigator.]
(Always Go To Other People’s Funerals — Otherwise, They Won’t Come To Yours – Quote Investigator®)

Quote Investigator: In 1987 William Safire who was the language columnist of “The New York Times” asked Yogi Berra about this statement, and Berra denied that he ever made it. 1 Indeed, the jest was circulating before Berra was born.

The earliest evidence known to QI was printed in a novel titled “The Youth of the Period” by J. F. Shaw Kennedy in 1876. The publisher was based in London.

[Bijou_Drains]

I don’t see Carter banning Trump but he probably won’t want him to be the main speaker. Or he may not speak at all.

[DesertDog]

[quote=“running_coach, post:83, topic:854176”]

(Always Go To Other People’s Funerals — Otherwise, They Won’t Come To Yours – Quote Investigator®)

Quote Investigator: In 1987 William Safire who was the language columnist of “The New York Times” asked Yogi Berra about this statement, and Berra denied that he ever made it.

@Yogi Berra

I really didn’t say everything I said.

We’re getting kind of meta here.

[alphaboi867]

@nearwildheaven

FDR got a state funeral, and some papers were discovered a few weeks later where he expressed his wishes, but apparently hadn’t told Eleanor or his kids. He had only wanted a small service and a simple burial, and that’s not what happened.

Lenin’s wife wanted him cremated; we all know how that turned out.

[Guinastasia]

@Senegoid

Who remembers the funeral of Ronald Reagan, in June of 2004?

Geez, what an over-the-top flamboyant week-long extensively scripted and rehearsed cross-country pageant that was, occupying an entire week. I watched the whole thing on TV, that being a time in my life when I really had nothing else to do.

Who was supposed to be the beneficiary of all that?

Nancy

[Colibri]

@DesertDog

We’re getting kind of meta here.

Like quotes by Mark Twain and Ben Franklin, any quote by Yogi should be followed by (attributed).

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Bumped.

A nice article on the Carters and the secrets to their long and happy marriage: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Share Secrets to 75-year Marriage

[Chronos]

Well, one secret to a 75-year marriage is obviously to live a really long time.

[QuickSilver]

“We try to make sure we never go to sleep at night angry at each other,” Carter explains, showing his characteristic grin. “We get angry often, but we try to get over it before we go to sleep.”

I got news for you Jimmy. Rosalynn did not “get over it” for days, sometimes weeks.

[CalMeacham]

@alphaboi867

Lenin’s wife wanted him cremated; we all know how that turned out.

If they cremate him, Prince Charming will never be able to kiss him and bring him back to life.

[Gatopescado]

Saw this thread and thought maybe Jimmy had died. Glad that’s not the case (today).

RE: Trump attending the funeral. Do they give ‘Day Passes’ from prison? (wishful thinking)

[FlikTheBlue]

We also don’t have to worry about the sitting president hypothetical posited in the OP, at least for another 3 1/2 years.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

How about “never”? Would never work for you? Yeah… me, too.

[74westy]

@FlikTheBlue

at least for another 3 1/2 years.

I heard talk about August.

[Orville_mogul]

@QuickSilver

I got news for you Jimmy. Rosalynn did not “get over it” for days, sometimes weeks

Sorry, what?

[QuickSilver]

@Orville_mogul

Sorry, what?

Are you now or have you ever been married?

[Saintly_Loser]

@Paul_in_Qatar

They would have to be made of stone to not make President Trump sweat in silence on his pew.

I haven’t read the whole thread (although I’m about to), but I suspect that both Barack Obama and Joe Biden are pretty decent people, and won’t use a funeral, any funeral, to “make President Trump sweat.”

Also, if you want to see Obama speak at a funeral, check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9IGyidtfGI

In my opinion, for whatever that’s worth, this is one of the greatest speeches ever given by an American president. Or anybody, for that matter.

[Roderick_Femm]

Not every marriage is the same, not every spouse is the same. So unless you have been personally told this information by Mrs. Carter, you are talking through your hat.

In the 29 years we have lived together, there has been anger and angry words, but the problem never went unresolved for even 24 hours, usually much less.