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Trekkie|1389375363|3590386 said:Don't know if they were flirting but most Xhosa (Mandela was Xhosa) people I've spoken to about the funeral didn't even bring up the selfies or the chatting.
Xhosa funerals are a celebration of life. They're not a sombre occasion at all. Yeah, there's some sadness and crying but there's also dancing.
Interestingly, we don't talk about being buried - Xhosa aren't buried, they're planted.
When they came home he got on his knees bagging forgiveness...ame|1389381288|3590444 said:IIRC the photographer that got the initial "shot heard round the world" about the selfie, already said that the wives didn't care, were focused on other things, and barely noticed what was going on, they just happened to capture their faces in a horrible pose at that moment, but everyone is making a huge stink over nothing. He said he was there, there was no wifely anger or disappointment, and it's ridiculous and sad that this perception is overshadowing the reality.
ame|1389381288|3590444 said:IIRC the photographer that got the initial "shot heard round the world" about the selfie, already said that the wives didn't care, were focused on other things, and barely noticed what was going on, they just happened to capture their faces in a horrible pose at that moment, but everyone is making a huge stink over nothing. He said he was there, there was no wifely anger or disappointment, and it's ridiculous and sad that this perception is overshadowing the reality.
ericad|1389383831|3590472 said:And the best behaved of them all was...Bill Clinton!
B/c Monica wasn't present...ericad|1389383831|3590472 said:And the best behaved of them all was...Bill Clinton!
Dancing Fire said:B/c Monica wasn't present...ericad|1389383831|3590472 said:And the best behaved of them all was...Bill Clinton!
VapidLapid|1389414027|3590743 said:I would have to know what they were saying to be able to determine if it was flirty and not just the sharing of an upbeat anecdote.
I can say that if anyone shows up at my funeral I would rather they smile and joke amongst themselves than be bored and sour.
braga123|1389421403|3590801 said:VapidLapid|1389414027|3590743 said:I would have to know what they were saying to be able to determine if it was flirty and not just the sharing of an upbeat anecdote.
I can say that if anyone shows up at my funeral I would rather they smile and joke amongst themselves than be bored and sour.
You must have never lost a loved one. I never once thought that the people at the funerals of my loved ones were bored or sour. I appreciated that they were sad, like me, because our lives were changed forever with the departure of our loved one.
JewelFreak|1389442294|3590872 said:The point isn't about >>>gasp!<<<< naughty flirting. It's about the 3 of them behaving like wise-ass kids in the back of the classroom. We should expect some dignity from heads of state. No objection to their screwing around in more private circumstances. No objection even to their talking to each other right there. But the body language says plenty -- sprawling out, obviously indifferent to everything around them, is coarse.
Michelle did what I would've done: "Behave yourselves or you'll sit in the car till this is over."