Mr. Funk E. Dude
My grandfather was a good man. Helpful and kind to those around him. When he died the chapel pews were full of people, and others stood in the back. He was not a famous man. He was not a rich man by any means. He was just a kind man, who had touched many lives.
He died when I was 16, and since then I have tried, and failed, and tried again, to be as kind and helpful as he was.
I’ll never have that many people at my funeral. And that’s ok. It’s the effort that matters more. He’d be proud.
cautionarytale
@Mrfunkedude I live in the shadow of two great fathers, my Grandfather on my mother's side, and my father. They by now would have had a family, and career to pay for that family, meanwhile I am just now stable to do what I want now. I don't have any prospects, I am just trying to keep my options open.
Who Beefed?
@Mrfunkedude you're a good, kind human being, charlie brown. don't underestimate yourself. or else i'll drive down to socal and dutch oven you.
Mr. Funk E. Dude
@begamit I try. And that's my point. It doesn't matter if I have 1000 or 0 people at my funeral. What matters is that I tried my best to be kind and to help others.
Imagine a world where we all did.
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓
@Mrfunkedude
You've always been very nice to me! I also find your posts helpful as they keep me positive throughout the day.
I have the same feeling about my father, he died when I was 12. He had built houses for dozens of people and barns for others. Every time he butchered an animal a portion went to the food bank. Everyone in our town knew him and came to the funeral, I still have the 2 full guest books in a mementos box. I don't expect 1/100th of the people at my own funeral.
Gene Amtower
@Mrfunkedude I really connected with this post in an emotional way. One of my primary goals in life these days is to leave a positive effect on all of our grandkids. I hope when I'm gone, they'll say something like this about me! ❤️❤️❤️
Iain MacLean
@Mrfunkedude Dude, the fact that you look up to your granddad and try to be like him means you probably are. Just goes to show that our real life heroes normally aren’t the famous people.
Tricia🏴🇪🇺
@begamit @Mrfunkedude
That's the impression I get, and it's good to know that my instinct is backed up by someone who actually knows you, Mr Mayor.
Mr. Funk E. Dude
@begamit @ForfarFairLady Not as much as I value your friendship buddy. You'll never understand what it's meant to me and how much I appreciate you. You will always be my little punk rock bro.
And we both know I don't need to wipe. #fiber
Who Beefed?
@ForfarFairLady @Mrfunkedude i value his friendship like no other. he's always calm and composed when i talk to him about more serious things such as whether he wipes back to front or vice versa. ?
Tricia🏴🇪🇺
@begamit @Mrfunkedude OMG, that made me actually LOL ? ?
Mr. Funk E. Dude
@begamit @ForfarFairLady I'm still trying to figure out how you gag balls !!??!!
Who Beefed?
@ForfarFairLady @Mrfunkedude hehe. and that is our relationship. one of fun games and cheap gags (not gags like a ball gag or anything... or maybe ?).
Tricia🏴🇪🇺
@begamit @Mrfunkedude Oh, stop it. Hubby's wondering why I'm laughing so much (he's still on Twitter so no laughs there!) ?
It's good to have a friendship like that, though.
Mr. Funk E. Dude
@begamit @ForfarFairLady I keep telling you their called "Underwear" not "diapers". Just because you like walking around in your designer "Shartass" jeans doesn't mean the rest of us do.
Who Beefed?
@Mrfunkedude @ForfarFairLady right, right. cuz adult diapers. i always forget. sowwy.
Mr. Funk E. Dude
@ForfarFairLady @begamit Well HE can anyway.
Tricia🏴🇪🇺
@Mrfunkedude @begamit Wellll, you can gag on balls!!
Who Beefed?
@Mrfunkedude @ForfarFairLady you can call them whatever you want. wahtever makes you feel "normal". no judgement. ever.
Who Beefed?
@Mrfunkedude @ForfarFairLady dude. you know i'm a rough rider.
Mr. Funk E. Dude
@ForfarFairLady @begamit I have now.
Tricia🏴🇪🇺
@begamit @Mrfunkedude
Have you seen my #today post, Mr Mayor?
Exiled New Yorker - Connie
My younger sister was like that.
She brought joy to everyone she met. She had been a waitress at Friendly’s Ice Cream Restaurant for many years. She died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 31.
People stood in line for hours to pay their respects to her, her devastated husband and us, the rest of her family. They were lined up from the casket out to the street, and around the block.
The people she touched honored her, and I was shocked.
annaraven
@Mrfunkedude I think he was an incredibly rich man. All the people he's touched! And you're carrying on his legacy.
Thank you for always helping to brighten my (and everyone else's) day. Your grandfather would be proud of you.
Benn Berkley :startrek:
@Mrfunkedude that’s how I feel about my dad, who I lost this past December. He did so much for so many and affected many lives over the course of his. My only hope for myself is that I’m remembered for being even half the human he was.
Walker Boh🛡
@Mrfunkedude I'm sure your grandfather will be proud when the time comes.
My own grandfathers I will never live up to. Both were heroes of WWII.
One was an engineer with the Royal Navy, and fought in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. He gave me a lot of my passion for physics and electronics. He showed me how to make a crystal radio.
The other was special forces, before special forces existed. He was a member of the Desert Rats, a precursor to the SAS, who used unconventional warfare to stop Rommel in North Africa. I actually didn't know that part until years after he was gone. I simply knew him as a kind man who liked to sit by the fire.
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