I’ve never been in the company of a dead relative. Is it commonplace for relatives to take photos of

[Monty91]

the corpse for posterity?

I was a little disturbed when my girlfriend returned home from Germany last night with a veritable album full of photos of her grandfather looking perfectly peaceful, but nonetheless inescapably DEAD.

Turns out the family spent much of the weekend using him as some kind of macabre Ken doll, even putting his old radio DJ headphones on his head at one point :-

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Hmmmm.....

[Classic Jorge]

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[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Monty91]

who I suspect are borderline.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Your missus is clearly a f**king looper.

[Monty91]

to take a 'time out' in the bathroom to compose myself :-

[Red N White Army]

I can't say I would want photos to mark the occasion. Some of my family went to a viewing after the undertaker had done their stuff, but f**k that for a game of soldiers.

[Classic Jorge]

[Luis Anaconda]

no idea why anyone thought that was a good idea

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

We have to have them home in an open casket the night before the funeral. Much partying goes on around them. :-(

[Red N White Army]

[Berni]

I was loth enough to kiss her when she was alive, ffs! :-(

[Luis Anaconda]

my mum's mum on the other hand always smelled of gin

['Neg]

[Hillary]