These people find out who's dying and then go in to their hospital or hospice rooms and sing to them 'on their way out' Say what you will. it's creepy as fuckall to me, like something out of a really bad Coen Brothers movie or something.
You tell me - is it nuts or what?
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I think they are trying to be part if the drama, damned gouhls if you asked me
ReplyDeleteAs long as they're invited to do so it seems at worst harmless. It's possible - even likely - that some would like that. I seem to recall that this was a part of a number of primitive cultures.
ReplyDeleteA death choir, nope rather listen to music I want to hear as I lay dying.
ReplyDeleteHearing is generally considered the last sense to fade when a person is dying, often remaining until the very final moments.
ReplyDeleteI know when I and my wife were holding her Dad and speaking to him that he was loved and it was ok to go that he responded the most to my wife singing his favorite hymn.
I know hospice folks often have a I-pod or such with music they play for their patients.
Ghouls? Maybe if they tried to extort money from the family.
It's a terrible idea and I find people who think like that creepy and ghoulish. I wouldn't want them anywhere near me or a loved one in our final days or hours.
ReplyDeleteI’ve requested “Sweet Caroline” at my send-off. I won’t be around to hear this over-done piece of crap.
ReplyDeleteOur church has volunteers to sit with the dying members of the church, if they want. We don't want people to be alone when they die. If they want, of course.
ReplyDeleteIt's Dark Side of the Moon for my exit.
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