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posted ago by Aussie_Lurker ago by Aussie_Lurker +64 / -1

Outside just before unloading the coffin the Navy dudes were carrying their guns in a rather higgildy piggildy fashion, they were certainly not perfectly straight.

The mob drawing the carriage had their socks tucked into their pants in a very uneven tardy fashion.

Same mob while at attention had their heads up & down all over the place, one would have thought that the tops of their hats should have been aligned. They were not in anywhere near straight lines either.

Pallbearer at the rear right walking like Lurch from "The Adams Family", I kid you not.

Not long after the coffin was placed one of "priests" up front had what appeared to be an ENVELOPE float out of his "booklet" to the floor where it stayed in shot for quite a while. This could have been a completely innocent moment of this dude fumbling his personal notes, but gee wiz I got excited.

As the coffin was leaving the service, not far past the choir a guard saluted exposing a filthy not so white glove, the palm side of the glove being almost black with dirt/stains.

It was about here that I fell fast asleep so am unable to report any anomalies beyond that point.

All this happened in the span of an hour or two. Goodness knows what other signs of tardiness were on display over the hours it dragged on for.

On a slightly different note, any body hanging around in a coffin for so long should in theory be getting rather on the nose & a bit runny, dripping even. Last time a Queen Elizabeth lay "in state" the coffin actually exploded due to a build up of gas.

If anyone saw other odd, not quite right stuff please let me know.