Michael Jackson has died...cardiac arrest

**Janszoon** · 07-02-2009, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Well, no. Not at actual funerals, although I did eat fruit pastels at a funeral once.

I'm talking about the wake, do funerals in LA have wakes? excuse my ignorance.

If not, a wake is when after the funeral, people go back to a pub and have a few drinks and eat a bit of buffet.

Over here it's not the wake that has the food, it's the repast that has the food. The repast is the little get together that happens right after the funeral, kind of the funeral equivalent of a wedding reception. As someone else mentioned, wakes happen a day or two before the funeral and there is no food at them.

Whatsitoosit · 07-02-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by captured

yeah,, he criticised his son so much
it was actually his fault thaat michael changed his nose

he caused Michael to be great and terrible. I always had a sneaking suspicion that Michael was g a y (big shock right?) and he just couldn't admit to it, mainly because of his father. The child allegations were so believable because you never saw the guy with a man and when he was with a woman you didn't believe it. It's a great shame he had to live in so much more of a bubble then he really had to, he was too sensitive of a person to be able to deal with a father like he had. I think the world needed to make sense out of the fact Michael didn't seem to have any sexual intentions or desires towards either sex and the child thing made sense. Michael also caused a lot of his own issues, he would release absurd stories about himself to the press just for the hell of it, then when the stories kept coming without his doing he realized he didn't like it... well, you can't keep feeding the beast and then complain when it gets hungry again.

jaalma220 · 07-02-2009, 11:04 AM

Never was a big fan of Michael Jackson. I know that he did so much for the music and entertainment industries, but I just never really liked his music. Plus, he did a bunch of crazy stuff throughout his life. He never had the chance to be a kid though. He had to be an adult from the beginning, so I guess I understand some of his actions.

Ricochet~kun · 07-02-2009, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

So you wouldn't be bummed if your favorite band just died in a freak accident?

nope

edit: okay, maybe if it was moby

boo boo · 07-02-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jkloring

nope

edit: okay, maybe if it was moby

You're a moby fan?

I didn't know those still exist.

Ricochet~kun · 07-02-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

You're a moby fan?

I didn't know those still exist.

hell yeah!

jackhammer · 07-02-2009, 06:31 PM

He's dead? Really? I wouldn't have known apart from the sycophantic bullshit all over our national papers. He is not the only musician to die this year who affected so many.

right-track · 07-02-2009, 06:34 PM

Is anybody else feeling unnaturally uncomfortable about the impending funeral?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-02-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Is anybody else feeling unnaturally uncomfortable about the impending funeral?

It's got car crash all over it

Where's my popcorn?

right-track · 07-02-2009, 06:45 PM

God I'm dreading this. Large sobbing/hysterical crowds lining the route, white horse drawn carriage etc. etc.

It's going to make Diana's look like a carnival parade!

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	He's dead? Really? I wouldn't have known apart from the sycophantic bullshit all over our national papers. He is not the only musician to die this year who affected so many. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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jaalma220 Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7	Never was a big fan of Michael Jackson. I know that he did so much for the music and entertainment industries, but I just never really liked his music. Plus, he did a bunch of crazy stuff throughout his life. He never had the chance to be a kid though. He had to be an adult from the beginning, so I guess I understand some of his actions.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Is anybody else feeling unnaturally uncomfortable about the impending funeral?

07-02-2009, 06:45 PM	#280 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	God I'm dreading this. Large sobbing/hysterical crowds lining the route, white horse drawn carriage etc. etc. It's going to make Diana's look like a carnival parade!