lol

[kauphy]

> graveside service for a homeless man.
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> He had no family or friends, so the service was to be held at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country.
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> As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.
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> I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.
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> There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
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> I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.
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> I went to the graveside and looked down; the vault lid was already in place, ready to be covered.
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> I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play a dirge. The pipes pleaded and wailed sadly.
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> The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around, their heads hung reverently low.
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> I played out my heart and soul for this poor man with no family or friends.
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> I played like I've never played before, with deep emotion for this homeless man. As I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep.
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> They wept; I wept. We all wept together.
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> When I had finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.
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> Though my head hung low, my heart was full.
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> As I opened the door to my car, I overheard one of the workers quietly say,
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> "I ain't never seen nothin' like that before, and I've been puttin' in septic tanks for twenty years."
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> Apparently I'm still lost...