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three ([personal profile] threeplusfire) wrote2006-06-24 10:35 am

because someone will appreciate this

Driving to work today, the rain was coming down slow but steady. My cd player has a shuffle function, so it flipped over onto "Come What May." I turned onto the back road I take down to my office, that passes through a neighborhood. Down the road, I saw a big white vehicle pull out. It was followed by an old white hearse. I've never seen a white hearse before. I could see two more limousines waiting on the side street, so I stopped my car. I wonder if people my age even know to stop for funeral processions.

[identity profile] melanie.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
i didn't know you were supposed to stop. i thought you were just supposed to slow down and try to stay out of the way.

[identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
My ancient Vanderbilt guide to etiquette says that you stop to allow them to pass by, and so they all stay together in a group. But, it is an etiquette guide from the early part of the 20th century so that could have changed.