AITA Thread

[tx 3 putt 76,932]

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 18 hours ago by tx 3 putt

[chainsaw 9,867]

NTA

[Steel Shank 9,424]

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

[tx 3 putt 76,932]

1 minute ago, Steel Shank said:

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

 

jesus knows tamales 

[Celery Man 20,943]

wait did brisket die

[Dbeasy 15,048]

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

[tx 3 putt 76,932]

3 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

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

 

family + it was a horrible passing 

 

[BurntEyes 5,976]

Will the tamale talk never end... fml

[gsoda3 3,257]

Where were the tamales from?

[tx 3 putt 76,932]

12 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Where were the tamales from?

don jose in victoria 

[miguelito 11,263]

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

[BrickHorn 18,229]

[Hefeweizen 5,320]

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

[chainsaw 9,867]

33 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 it was a horrible passing 

 

that depends how delicious the tamales were

[B00M 6,415]

Pictures of said tamales? For science 

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

55 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Will the tamale talk never end... fml

[shakahorn 1,645]

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

[workswithseed 2,103]

Seriously like trying to draw things said on here.

 

[InkaUtexas 25,918]

 

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 2,103]

Pocket Paint on my phone.

[General Specific 3,259]

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

[Willfully Horn 8,014]

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 22,457]

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 25,918]

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 5,976]

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 1,243]

I came here because I thought there were ABIA delays.  

Evidently...not.

Eat hearty, my friend.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,905]

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 15 hours ago by NeverMarryAStripper

[Beau Vine 54,218]

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 76,932]

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 6,599]

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 9]

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

[gofuckyourself 8,227]

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 1,249]

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 9,302]

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 9]

1 hour ago, royiv said:

Not a humblebrag.

I drive a mazda miata

[crash_davis 23,108]

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 1,447]

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 1,447]

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

[Brisketexan 105,120]

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 20,943]

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 22,457]

29 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

pro burrito

nice work 

[used2b 249]

It is what they wanted. Sorry for your loss.

[Wally Fairway 5,546]

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 1 hour ago by Wally Fairway

[Native Horn 3,501]

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?