Is it disrespectful to post funny videos of President Yeltsin on the day he died? Perhaps, but as Lisa said when I asked her that question just now, I hope that when I die, people have a good laugh about the funny things I did in my life. To wit, if this blog is still around when I die, I hereby give my guestbloggers permission to re-post the video of me tripping over the tennis net. In fact, I insist on it. :)
Besides, I’m remembering ol’ Boris fondly here. As I said in comments earlier, “It makes me nostalgic for the good old days when Russian presidents were merely drunken buffoons instead of wannabe fascists.”
R.I.P., President Yeltsin. May the vodka flow freely in heaven. :)
not inapproriate at all in fact I am sure he would like to be remember as the man who brought Russia out of the cold war and was a man that could have a good time…..he is a good dancer you must admit!
I think it’s the Irish in us. Even a wake has to be a good time, a celebration of the person’s life even in death. (Cue either Brendan or his dad and Finnegan’s Wake.) I hope at my own death sadness will also be mixed with the occasional, “Hey, remember how Sean… dot dot dot.” I know I go to wakes cracking jokes, and I don’t even realize till later that other people might have seen it as disrespectful.
Wait, there are people who think cracking jokes at wakes is wrong?! Why else would you have a wake if not to joke about the deceased? When I die, I fully expect and want my friends and family to be telling mocking stories about me. Preferably while drinking something good.
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April 23rd, 2007 at 12:46:50 pm
HAHAHA @ the tennis net! The stills are so funny.
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:08:01 pm
Great tribute–not inappropriate in the least!
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:58:48 pm
I promise to laugh when you die…
wait, that doesn’t sound quite right ;)
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:59:53 pm
not inapproriate at all in fact I am sure he would like to be remember as the man who brought Russia out of the cold war and was a man that could have a good time…..he is a good dancer you must admit!
R.I.P. BORIS
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:13:39 pm
Kinda makes me miss the days of the softer, funnier, more likable Clinton.
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:21:41 pm
I think it’s the Irish in us. Even a wake has to be a good time, a celebration of the person’s life even in death. (Cue either Brendan or his dad and Finnegan’s Wake.) I hope at my own death sadness will also be mixed with the occasional, “Hey, remember how Sean… dot dot dot.” I know I go to wakes cracking jokes, and I don’t even realize till later that other people might have seen it as disrespectful.
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:29:46 pm
Wait, there are people who think cracking jokes at wakes is wrong?! Why else would you have a wake if not to joke about the deceased? When I die, I fully expect and want my friends and family to be telling mocking stories about me. Preferably while drinking something good.