Cliches About The Dead

Great post on the obituary writer's forum of more than a hundred obit cliches. Whenever someone tells me that the deceased would have "given the shirt off his back to help someone" I always ask if anyone actually saw him give the shirt off his back to someone - it shatters the cliche. One woman said, "you know, now that you ask, we were walking down the street and she took off her shoes and gave them to a homeless person."



Here's the post:



Died doing what s/he loved

An avid (noun)

Never met a stranger

A Renaissance (wo)man

Now sitting next to (golfing with/fishing with/tipping cows with, etc.) Jesus

A giving/caring individual

Would give you the shirt off his back

Always there…