Okay Men, This One's for You....And it Ain't Good.....

 I've been going to more and more funerals here lately. 

Part of it, well, most of it is my age. 

That said, I am appalled at the way men are looking at these funerals, both at funeral home, but especially at churches. 

Now I don't expect you to be like Bryant Long or The Govteach, trying to be the best dressed man in the room, ( I've recently acquired a Ralph Lauren suit in  cream with blue Prince of Wales check, it just screams English, people who do not know me will expect a British accent when I speak, not he NE Texas Appalachian twang I got from my Mother. I have a little different accent from SE Texas twang. If I try, I can sound like I am an old school Univ. of Virginia grad.)  really do not, but if you go to a funeral, at least clean the cow crap off your shoes/boots.

Put on a shirt, pair of pants that doesn't have a hole in them the size of Montana. 

Wear some clothes that have been washed at least in the past 3 weeks.

And don't tell me you can't afford decent clothes, you're driving a $90,000 dollar new truck. You can get stuff from Walmart, heck the Treasure Hut and look like you're going to a soiree in the fashionable West End for pennies of the original cost.

I'm not going to say anything about you wearing your damn baseball cap in the church-house, the older men in Ireland/Scotland and England are apt to be wearing wool flat caps in services, especially in older churches and cathedrals in which the heating is questionable at best......and over there I have been to Easter services where it was 33F outside and pouring rain. The church may have been 50F, with what heat they had inside.    

But even there, the men took off their hats/caps during prayer. So many men now are leaving their hats on during prayer.

You may not be a believer, but show some etiquette. 

I've been to services of different faiths and I tried to do everything I could to show some sort of respect. 

And you people not pulling over for funeral processions. 

Technically, there is no state law that that requires you to pull over, but there are laws that require you to pull over for emergency vehicles. I know here in Orange County, constables escort funerals. 

Again, whether or not you will get a ticket, show some respect. Pull over 

One day it's going to be your Mom, Dad, Grandma...