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Garrison Keillor

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Garrison Keillor

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The speaker feels a bit disappointed because people only say kind and positive things about someone after they have died, during their funeral. They are sad because they will die shortly before their own funeral, so they won’t hear those nice things said about them.

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