Fast Food Funeral

In the past I have blogged about the down side of fast food for breakfast but after reading about a fast food funeral I couldn't resist writing a little about it. First of all, the person whose life was being celebrated at this funeral (I don’t just want to say-the dead guy) was 88 years old at the time of his passing. The fast food of choice for the funeral was a Burger King Whopper Jr., although in life it was reported that the man liked all fast food. I wasn't surprised that he chose the Jr. over the regular or double Whopper, because the octogenarians I know generally have smaller appetites and smaller fixed incomes with which to maintain those appetites. The funeral procession included a trip through the Burger King drive through where the mourners each ordered a Whopper Jr. and one extra that was placed on the coffin amid the spray of flowers as the coffin was lowered into the grave site.

Of course the article got me thinking about my father-in-law, affectionately called by all of us here, Old Papa. He lived with us during his last years until his passing at the age of 98 and his favorite fast food item was a strawberry shake from Hardy’s. He did love to go out to eat though but his favorite restaurants had the food you could see. Maybe this difference is due to the fact that he was a nonagenarian rather than an octogenarian. In St. Pete he frequented cafeterias like Piccadilly and in St. Marys he was liked any place where the food was on a buffet like Shoney’s and Aunt B’s so he could see it before he chose it, and if there was a red headed waitress, it was even better.

The other thing I’m rethinking is the fact that I pooh poohed fast food for breakfast in a previous blog post. After a person reaches a certain age it really shouldn't matter what they eat because they should eat what they like. If fast food equals happiness, then so be it. That being said, if you should pass by a drive through at a fast food joint and just happen to see me (the slightly  hypocritical purveyor of fast food nutritional facts) in the line or at the pickup window, well… feel free to wave.