[Sparkologist]

Originally Posted by lettie

I wouldn't want anyone to be depressed when I go, I'd like them to celebrate my life with a party, some good music, a bit of beer and a day off work..

Party hats & steamers, jelly & custard when you go, Dearest. Oh did I forget to mention the trestle tables ladden with food, on Broadway, and a marching band playing outside the Town Hall... Now, where DID you hide that insurance policy?


To give a sensible answer to Mani's question, it isn't in the British psyche to have days of mourning. Hand wringing just isn't the done thing over here.

I'm guessing here, but I reckon the last national day of mourning could have been when Winston Churchill passed away. I know he was afforded a state funeral.