IRememberDBoon Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Angel Pantoja Medina didn't want to take death lying down, so his last request, that he be allowed to stand during his own wake, was fulfilled by his mother, who left him upright in her living room for three days. The Marin Funeral Home in Puerto Rico used a special embalming treatment that kept Pantoja's body standing during his three day long wake. His family dressed him, put his favorite Yankees cap on his head, added a pair of sunglasses and propped him up in a corner. The 24-year old's death is still under investigation after his body was found under a bridge Friday in San Juan. Pantoja stood next to his coffin for the entire event, and was laid to rest inside and buried on Monday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Is that Ronnie DeVoe on her shirt? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Is it me or does it appear they arranged him so that he's holding his crotch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I like this. I want to be cremated, but I may go for this just to hang out for a few extra days. But "propped" him up in the corner? What is he an old banjo. Get this man a stand, preferably a rotating one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigshoulders Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Weekend at Angel's Creepy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I think i just felt a douche chill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Sunglasses indoors? Please. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I like this. I want to be cremated, but I may go for this just to hang out for a few extra days. But "propped" him up in the corner? What is he an old banjo. Get this man a stand, preferably a rotating one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Is it me or does it appear they arranged him so that he's holding his crotch?You know what, you may be right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Dude, he's latino. I could've said tres or guitarra. That graphic is funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 That graphic is funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Personally, I like how his head is tilted back like he's saying "Whuh? Whuh you lookin' at? Yeah, that's right. I'm dead. Who the fuck are you!?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I don't think this is funny at all. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Yuck! At least sit, save your strength for the after life. Doesn't this smell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 this guy is better. James Henry Smith loved his country. He served in Vietnam and spent 25 years in the Army, Army Reserve and National Guard. But the 55-year-old Garfield man also had love for his favorite football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers -- and that led to an unusual viewing after he died from prostate cancer this week. Smith's family asked the Coston Funeral Home in Lincoln-Lemington to place his body not in a casket, but in a recliner that faced a television playing Steelers highlights, with a remote control in his hand. The body was dressed in black and gold clothing -- traditional Steelers colors -- and a blanket bearing the team's logo was draped over an armrest. Sitting on a table next to the chair were a pack of cigarettes and a can of beer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 bury me in this gem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Doesn't this smell? he's embalmed - so, my guess is - no. that said, I am thoroughly weirded out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 left him upright in her living room for three days Three days?Man. That would be a thing. Wake up in the middle of the night half asleep, head for the fridge, click on the light and and spot dead guy chillin in the corner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I stopped at a yard sale last weekend. And there was a coffin for sale with a sign that read (I shit you not): SLIGHTLY USED COFFIN $850 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I stopped at a yard sale last weekend. And there was a coffin for sale with a sign that read (I shit you not): SLIGHTLY USED COFFIN $850Maybe it was owned by some goths who only used it for sex every Sunday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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bigshoulders Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sunglasses indoors? Please.Hey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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