AITA Thread

[tx 3 putt 77281]

I ducked out in the middle of a funeral today to 1. avoid the rosary, and 2. to go grab a dozen tamales and sonic drink. Both places are within 5 mins of the funeral home. 

Came back, waited for them to wrap up then attended the graveside services. 

damn those tamales are good. I was 2.5 hrs from home and this was my chance to buy some great tamales. place closes at 2. i got there 1:30

Edited Friday at 01:42 AM by tx 3 putt

[chainsaw 9873]

NTA

[Steel Shank 9430]

You did the right thing. It was God's will.

[tx 3 putt 77281]

1 minute ago, Steel Shank said:

You did the right thing. It was God's will.

 

jesus knows tamales 

[Celery Man 20991]

wait did brisket die

[Dbeasy 15078]

I wouldn’t even have made it to the funeral. 

[tx 3 putt 77281]

3 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I wouldn’t even have made it to the funeral. 

 

family + it was a horrible passing 

 

[BurntEyes 6008]

Will the tamale talk never end... fml

[gsoda3 3280]

Where were the tamales from?

[tx 3 putt 77281]

12 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Where were the tamales from?

don jose in victoria 

[miguelito 11267]

If you don't go to your friend's funerals, then they won't go to yours.

[BrickHorn 18262]

[Hefeweizen 5328]

You are definitely the asshole.  But you also made the right call.

[chainsaw 9873]

33 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 it was a horrible passing 

 

that depends how delicious the tamales were

[B00M 6436]

Pictures of said tamales? For science 

[InkaUtexas 26036]

55 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Will the tamale talk never end... fml

[shakahorn 1645]

How close a relative?  Barring immediate or near-immediate family, chances are good that no one noticed you missing. Hence, NTA.

[workswithseed 2109]

Seriously like trying to draw things said on here.

 

[InkaUtexas 26036]

 

1 minute ago, workswithseed said:

Seriously like trying to draw things said on here.

 

This will lead to a new art movement inspired by Surly stories. Surlyism.

 

well done. What program?

[workswithseed 2109]

Pocket Paint on my phone.

[General Specific 3266]

Anyone who posts on Surly IS an asshole, full stop, Moose out front and all.

[Willfully Horn 8046]

13 minutes ago, General Specific said:

Anyone who posts on Surly IS an asshole, full stop, Moose out front and all.

That’s fine. I dgaf if you think I’m an asshole, but do give a fuck if I think I am being an asshole.

[futureman 22518]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I ducked out in the middle of a funeral today to 1. avoid the rosary, and 2. to go grab a dozen tamales and sonic drink. Both places are within 5 mins of the funeral home. 

Came back, waited for them to wrap up then attended the graveside services. 

damn those tamales are good. I was 2.5 hrs from home and this was my chance to buy some great tamales. place closes at 2. i got there 1:30

someone's dead and you slip out for tamales?  you're a real piece of work, you know that?  un-fucking-believable.

[InkaUtexas 26036]

2 minutes ago, futureman said:

someone's dead and you slip out for tamales?  you're a real piece of work, you know that?  un-fucking-believable.

What were? The tamales? Ask @BurntEyes what he would do for tamales.

[BurntEyes 6008]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

What were? The tamales? Ask @BurntEyes what he would do for tamales.

You're the real asshole here. I didn't need to be brought back into this thread. Start a debate with @futuremanabout the future of tamale kind. 

It'll be super productive.

Jackass!

[After irth 1243]

I came here because I thought there were ABIA delays.  

Evidently...not.

Eat hearty, my friend.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21920]

In my honest opinion, you don’t really seem to have cared about attending to actually pay your respects, but rather out of a sense of obligation, or just to make sure that you were seen to have been there.  In either case, it would probably have been more honest to just not have gone at all.

I am craving some tamales now though.

Edited Friday at 04:39 AM by NeverMarryAStripper

[Beau Vine 54348]

No one loved tamales more than Jesus Christ himself -- it's in the Bible.  So you just did what Jesus would have done.

[tx 3 putt 77281]

10 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

In my honest opinion, you don’t really seem to have cared about attending to actually pay your respects, but rather out of a sense of obligation, or just to make sure that you were seen to have been there.  In either case, it would probably have been more honest to just not have gone at all.

I am craving some tamales now though.

 

i try to attend all services / funerals. Don’t always stay for the full services. 

[BrazilHorn 6628]

Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and thus should partake in the saving grace of Tamales”

(I am paraphrasing but it is something along those lines)

I think a beer would have been better than Sonic drink but C’est la vie

[wong 7]

I skipped my daughter's 9th birthday party to play golf and do cocaine at the winstar

[gofuckyourself 8362]

Follow up question in order to determine this:

a) Did the decedent love tamales? If so, you were simply paying respects the way he/she would have appreciated.

b) If they did not, did you at least bring some tamales back to give out to the bereaved family? "I'm so sorry for your loss. Would you like bean and cheese, chicken or pork?"

[orange dream 1255]

I feel like you just made an appropriate twist to the old adage, "he died doing what he loved" into "he died, I did something I love"

@gofuckyourself I feel like anything other than pork is a bit of a dishonor to the deceased.

 

[royiv 9334]

1 hour ago, wong said:

I skipped my daughter's 9th birthday party to play golf and do cocaine at the winstar

Not a humblebrag.

[wong 7]

1 hour ago, royiv said:

Not a humblebrag.

I drive a mazda miata

[crash_davis 23114]

If they asked you where you went, just tell you went to take a shit. The men will understand. The women will be jealous cause they all haven't shit for days.

[Bill Brasky 1450]

16 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I ducked out in the middle of a funeral today to 1. avoid the rosary, and 2. to go grab a dozen tamales and sonic drink. Both places are within 5 mins of the funeral home. 

Came back, waited for them to wrap up then attended the graveside services. 

damn those tamales are good. I was 2.5 hrs from home and this was my chance to buy some great tamales. place closes at 2. i got there 1:30

they didn't have the rosary the night before?  

[Bill Brasky 1450]

also, assuming it was Catholic, you are not the asshole for ducking out on that

[Brisketexan 105200]

14 hours ago, General Specific said:

Anyone who posts on Surly IS an asshole, full stop, Moose out front and all.

The fact that this was NOT the first reply truly convinces me that the whole world has gone to hell, and a meteor is what we deserve.

14 hours ago, futureman said:

someone's dead and you slip out for tamales?  you're a real piece of work, you know that?  un-fucking-believable.

Perhaps you missed the part where he said the tamales were really good.

[Celery Man 20991]

I feel like I could get brisket to draft a will for me pro burrito if it included clause about having a tamale lady and tray of allsups chimichangas at my funeral 

[futureman 22518]

29 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

pro burrito

nice work 

[used2b 249]

It is what they wanted. Sorry for your loss.

[Wally Fairway 5571]

Sorry, I didn't read any posts; only saw the thread title and jumped in to comment. 

If you are posting on Surly, and even moreso if you start a thread then the odds are........ wait for it......

 

 

 

 

you are an asshole

Edited Friday at 07:11 PM by Wally Fairway

[Native Horn 3510]

4 hours ago, wong said:

I skipped my daughter's 9th birthday party to play golf and do cocaine at the winstar

Was that wong?  Should you not have done that?

[tx 3 putt 77281]

follow up, had them for breakfast today and it was a great decision 

[tx 3 putt 77281]

4 hours ago, wong said:

I drive a mazda miata

 

i want to party with you 

['stache 21828]

Rosary recitation is creepy, tamales are delicious. NTA.

Although, tamales from Sonic sound shady. [s/]

[ztejas 43526]

5 hours ago, orange dream said:

 

@gofuckyourself I feel like anything other than pork is a bit of a dishonor to the deceased.

 

Beat me to it. Although some tamaleistas make better chicken than pork.

3 putt showed up, paid his respects, and opted out of a more dogmatic portion of the services. 

Who cares. The thing about funerals is that the person you are attending for is, well, they're not exactly going to judge you.

[InkaUtexas 26036]

6 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Beat me to it. Although some tamaleistas make better chicken than pork.

3 putt showed up, paid his respects, and opted out of a more dogmatic portion of the services. 

Who cares. The thing about funerals is that the person you are attending for is, well, they're not exactly going to judge you.

[ztejas 43526]

1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

"That's the 4th nurse this week"