In fact, more and more of us are keen to turn our final farewell into something joyous, a celebration of our time on earth… and what better way to do this than with strippers? It may seem a little out there to our Western sensibilities, but inviting women to take their clothes off at funerals is a popular trend in Taiwan.
METRO: Everything you need to know about Taiwan’s funeral strippers
Maybe they're not so far off as I've not attended many funerals in America but all of them were dreary affairs. The wake is not part of the generic funerary process in America and those have some potential for questionable behavior since their specific intention is to remember someone joyfully.
Zen Yogi: but you never heard of strippers at a wake?
Nope, I never did, Yogi.
At the top, the author of this funerary bombshell asks what better way to make something joyous than to add strippers.
Zen Yogi: how about a barrel of monkeys, Silas. Sometimes people say, "You're more fun than a barrel of monkeys" so there must be a whole lot of fun and joy in them
That gets me thinking a funeral needs both, mate. Let's have strippers and a barrel of monkeys.
Zen Yogi: how about a comedian then since any funeral could be better with some Vaudevillian comedy
Like I said, Yogi, funerals I have attended have really sucked.
Zen Yogi: maybe they're supposed to really suck?
Sure that's possible but what if they're not and we just never tried it?
Reports suggest this unusual practice has its origins in the 1980s, when gangsters assumed control of the mortuary industry and offered strippers from their clubs to mourners at a respectfully discounted price. Today, this is still popular in Taiwan and rural areas in the east of China where limited access to entertainment make funerals one of the few occasions locals can enjoy a little titillation.
- METRO
That tells us of the When and a little of the How but it's thin on telling us Why. Maybe Grandfather's libidinal interests became the order for such festivities and so it's been ever since.
Zen Yogi: I thought you weren't interested in a funeral, my hairless friend?
I'm not but if I'm hearing a wake with strippers then I'm interested since that sounds like people who think of having fun and that sounds good to me.
Zen Yogi: and after that chuck your ashes into the Trinity River so you can come back as an alligator?
That's it, Yogi, with continuous festivity for all.
Zen Yogi: you sound like you may support the idea of stripper funerals!
Who am I to decry them when it's one more unusual thing people do out of many. So long as they'e diggin' it, why should I have a problem.
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