Hey Theresa, do you have a lot of interesting funeral etiquette for me?

I do, and I'm dying to tell you.

It's Smanners! Hello internet and welcome to Schmanners. I'm your husband host

Travis McBroy and I'm your wife host Theresa McElroy and you're listening to

Schmanners. It's extraordinary etiquette. For ordinary

occasions. I think I might have messed up. I think I said Schmanners too many times.

Oh, I don't think so. You know, you say a word sometimes and that loses all sense of its meaning.

Shrm-hmm, shm-shm-hmm, shm-shm-hmm.

Shm-hmm. Yes.

Yes.

What does it even mean?

Nobody knows.

It's go with the gook.

Hey, Theresa.

Yes, Travis.

The topic we have to talk about is one of those that is since we, since the inception of this

podcast, since we started talking about etiquette, definitely like funeral etiquette has been a thing that we've kicked around for a long time.

And it's difficult because I think while the funeral itself is a very respectful somber occasion, this is not necessarily a super somber

podcast. So I think we can do it. I think we can make it interesting and talk about it in a fun way while still observing their funerals are

Kind of suck they kind of suck funerals suck well yes

But lately the trend has been less towards grieving the dead and more towards celebrating life.

Which is always better. And the thing about funerals, the more I read about it, the more I find that they can be extremely personal.

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