Standing Tall
24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina of Puerto Rico apparently told his family that when he passes away, he wants to stand upright through his wake. Well, his family granted his wish. Dressed in a Yankees cap, sunglasses and a gold chain, Angel was mourned by family members while standing tall in his mother's living room for 3 days.
The funeral home told The Associated Press that they used a special embalming treatment to keep him standing. His brother said, "He wanted to be happy, standing."
The police are currently investigating Angel's death. His body was found underneath a bridge last Friday.
I guess it's not that strange. I mean, I want half of my ashes stuffed into one of Shauna Sand's exquisite lucite heels. I want the other half scattered along Robertson Blvd. That way I will always be with international supermodel Phoebe Price. Oh and save a line of my ashes for Amy Wino. I want her to snort me up, Keith Richards-style.
Okay, I take it back. After going through these pictures, I need someone to hold my hand and feed me a Twinkie. I'm a little uncomfortable
Thanks Davina & Charo
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Sweetas: yeah, I was asking for you and I heard you was locked up, LOL blake incarcerated. At least you pop up sporadically and everyone starts screaming!!
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"Blame it on the London air!"
Nothing says classy like propping a thug in the corner with his best clothes on and ghetto jewelry.
They should make this into an after-school special about the dangers of gangs, drugs, crime, and hanging out with the wrong people. You too can look like this at 24!
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I don't want to possess you, I wish to marry you because I love you.
Look back... look back at me.
Are you coming home with me?
Submitted by FatMartha on August 19, 2008 - 3:12pm.
Who posted the story about Carl Tanzler? That shit is FUCKED UP.
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Me! Riveting shit ain't it? LOL
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Am I getting old or is the supermarket playing great music?
Alright, I'm jammin out I guess. My ride that's supposed to meet me just called and said they were gonna leave my hoochie ass if I was, and I quote, "Lollygagging around."
Hahaha M.E., noooo I didin't think you joined. But I can't imagine why anyone would WANT to.
Who posted the story about Carl Tanzler? That shit is FUCKED UP.
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Hi5.
Missy, I was a firefighter/EMT for about 6 years of my life and you end up seeing LOTS of interesting and twisted shit through the years! All I can say that people can be very creative in how they die! I've always said that if someone could die of a paper cut, it's happened somewhere. Little Johnny throws a paper airplane at his buddy, tragedy ensues. Here's a gem:
Call for a welfare check/bad smell coming from an apartment. No one had heard from the lady for well over a week or two. When we kicked in the door to what we already knew was a dead body, we found her cats were still barely alive. I'll give you 10 guesses what they subsisted on. We exited the room quicker than we came in ( I sorta fell over booting the door too). From what I heard, they had to rip out the drywall and even much of the floor to try to get the smell and stains out! Not sure if they succeeded.
Another sick fact. The smell of death often stays in your nose long after exposure. The particles you smell have a sticky quality to them that stays around for some time afterwards in your sinuses. We usually wore air packs when we could for that reason. But sometimes the SCBAs (packs) were far away in the trucks. You grow a thick skin, but sometimes eventually burn out as I did. A sometimes rough, but often rewarding and fascinating job that was! Had a drowned baby revive in my arms and look me straight in the eye during CPR- no brain damage and flourished well (we check on those things!)! That made up for a lot!
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats-H.L. Mencken
M.E. you hot piece, what's up? *mwuah!*
OT - *blink*
M.E.
RE: Snowy's av...
It looks like hot trainer Bob to me! Mmmm trainer Bob.....um...oh.
Snowpiece,
Who is that in your avie?
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Hmm, Clarisse- I would say the proper answer would be an envelope or ahhhn-velope... or as the true rednecks say. . . a "Vanilla Folder." ROFL I know it's manilla folder, but everyone else totally calls them vanilla folders.
And I think the bigger question is, "Why do I care if my heated seats need repair?" It's freakin 100 degrees outside!
M.E. who is that? Knowing you it's some rock guy who I am clueless and unaware of his hotness. Do you see the picture with me in it or just a guy on his own? Cuz I changed it today. If I'm in the pic that's Phil Keogan fron The Amazing Race.
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"Blame it on the London air!"
Fat Martha - I didn't want to join it, I went to peek in, too many dead babies. Sooooooo, not for me.
@M.E. OMG! Why would anyone want to join that website you posted?? "Why yes, my hobbies include horseback riding, checkers, and looking at old photos of dead people."
Wha?????
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Hi5.
Hey girlz!! Xs and Os all around!! Snowy?? *rubbing eyes* Is that really you? Congrats on CT mama! I'll check it in a minute.
I can't even tell you how good it is to see you guys! *group hug*
This article comes from the nastiest and trashiest newspaper in Puerto Rico "El Nuevo Dia". The National Enquirer looks like the Washington Post next to El Nuevo Dia...
Snowey - the guy in your avvie looks like Matt Sorum.
Minnow - thank you for reminding me that I have to make an appointment at the dealership for the recalls on my car.
UGH!
SWEETAS MY SWEET ASSSSSSSSS! how are you funny bitch? I wanted you to be proud of me cuz I came in with a bronze in the caption contest the other day!!!!
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"Blame it on the London air!"
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
Sweetas in da house!!!
HI, doll!!!!!
*waving wildly*
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LoLo come back--
You can blame it all on me
I was wrong
And I just can't live without you!♫
Submitted by minnow on August 19, 2008 - 1:56pm.
Mmmmm, heated seats always make me hafta pee.
*going out to buy a case of Depends*
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LoLo come back--
You can blame it all on me
I was wrong
And I just can't live without you!♫
M.E.!
I am a sap. It's part of my charm.
*smiles dork smile and bats lashes*
Minnow,
Let's see how billy you are....
What is the paper contraption that you carry your store order in?
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Blah...blah...blah...jack me off and pour me some lemonade. -Michael K
I think his hand on his junk is a nice touch.
I'm about to participate in another hillbilly activity... Gotta get my car to the dealership for some repairs. Actually its for a recall on the heated seats because they's catchin fire and might burn me up. But I guess the upside to a car seat catching fire is that if it killed me, I wouldn't have to worry about dead pictures or getting propped up in the corner.
this is so disturbing...i mean and pictures to prove it!!!!
it's great that they honored his wishes...but ewwww IN THE HOUSE?
ew and there is like nothing like behind it like a special blanket...
how is he not falling? is he propped up?
"It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper." ~Errol Flynn
Clarisse - Dont be a sap! Snark on! No need to apologize to me! ♥
Minnow!
My hill-billy family used to do that alllll the time!
*edited cuz i'm a callous arse. Apologies M.E.
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Blah...blah...blah...jack me off and pour me some lemonade. -Michael K
Submitted by AmberWaves on August 19, 2008 - 3:29pm.
I am very ignorant on the subject, but three days? How do they keep him from smelling?
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I’m don’t know much either but I know that the body stinks because it’s basically rotting away the moment you die. I think embalming basically preserves the body and stops the rotting process? So I don’t think him smelling would be an issue.
I guess this isn’t so out there. My Grandma told me that back in the day in the old country that after the dead person had been embalmed that they would just lay them out in their Sunday best in the main room of the house and folks would come by to pay their respects. I’m wondering if his mother or whoever else actually slept is the house with that body though? Maybe I’ve seen one too many horror movies but I would be terrified that I’d wake up in the middle of the night with that thing standing over my bed. ::Shudder:::
"Sup Ese?"
Creepy? Try Lenin's Tomb in Red Square.
Mucho creepy.
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LoLo come back--
You can blame it all on me
I was wrong
And I just can't live without you!♫
Submitted by Dr. Destructo on August 19, 2008 - 3:41pm.
that is funny! and an interesting prespective! thank you!
I have a friend who is an EMT and a friend who is a hospice nurse. It definately takes a special kind of person to work around death and it shapes your prespective about life quite a bit.
Inneresting!
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Submitted by applehead on August 19, 2008 - 4:27pm.
Submitted by El Bastardo on August 19, 2008 - 3:25pm.
Did the mortician get orders to make him have a thug expression? NOT a good look to meet your maker! :o)
I guess that depend on who his maker is...
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EDITED. I hate this crap and am outie...
Carry on.
Submitted by Your Mom Ate th... on August 19, 2008 - 12:37pm.
Submitted by M.E. on August 19, 2008 - 3:30pm.
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Sorry, M.E. Didn't mean to hit a sour note.
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Nope. No problem honey. I just makes me sad. That is all.
The creepy assed shit people do in mourning!
A friend's dad is a mortician and when he started decades ago he said that at the first funeral home he worked at, he nearly died of fright himself. His co-worker decided to wait in the darkened morgue for him with a little surprise. He put a pair of gloves in the freezer and slipped them on and then put his hand over the only light switch inside the room. When he reached into the darkened room to turn on the light. he felt a cold hand that then grabbed him! He openly admitted to screaming like a young schoolgirl! If it was me, the cops would have been called for a homicide at a funeral home! He says the hardest thing to get used to at first was that freshly dead bodies often move, burp, fart, groan, and other fun stuff. He says he's somewhat immune to the smells, but the 'death farts' still make his eyes water badly and curl his nose hair! All I can say from this and my own experiences, is that your sense of humor is often proportional to the nastiness of of work you may do.
"Drain 'em, dress 'em, dig 'em, and dump 'em!" as certain people in the industry say. I guess rack mounting a rod up their ass and posing them 'G' stylin' lies somewhere in between those lines!
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats-H.L. Mencken
probably already noted,
but he looks bored stiff.....
Creepy as fuck.
Submitted by gina latina on August 19, 2008 - 2:37pm.
he looks like he smells like embalming fluid and Drakkar Noir.
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Am I getting old or is the supermarket playing great music?
reason # 1 I want to be cremated and to donate what ever organs that are useful to living people,
Frankly my dear, I don't give a Damn!! "Rhett Butler"
Oh my God. They should've done this do YESTERDAY'S dead Slut of the Day, Dolores!! That bitch was ROBBED!
Actually, come to think of it, Angel looks like he could've robbed Dolores.
And the formaldehyde keeps the body preserved pretty well and from not smelling. I was watching this thing on Evita.. and for some reason, they had to dig her up years after she'd already been dead. And they'd marinated her in so much embalming fluid, she STILL looked she did when they first buried her.
This post is creepy.
Submitted by Mrs.Kravitz on August 19, 2008 - 4:33pm.
Submitted by islandgirl on August 19, 2008 - 1:31pm.
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Stick cotton up his nose? :-]
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Bitch...please! I was just about to type "put a clothes-pin on his nose?"
HAHAHAHAHA
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O! Chu could fit sum baby carrots up in there!
Then we'd be playing like El B:)
♥ ThreadKilla! / Lean Like a Chola / She's a Lady.
I can only find pictures of the girl twin.
Submitted by islandgirl on August 19, 2008 - 1:31pm.
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Stick cotton up his nose? :-]
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PFFTTTHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
he looks like he smells like embalming fluid and Drakkar Noir.
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Did I leave the gas on? No! No, I'm a fuckin' squirrel!
Submitted by M.E. on August 19, 2008 - 3:30pm.
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Sorry, M.E. Didn't mean to hit a sour note.
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"If Mr. McMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally, I'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way. But I don't think that he would like it."
My dog has no nose.
How does he smell?
Bloomin awful!
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Fuck 'Em If They Can't Take A Joke
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Submitted by islandgirl on August 19, 2008 - 1:31pm.
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Stick cotton up his nose? :-]
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Bitch...please! I was just about to type "put a clothes-pin on his nose?"
HAHAHAHAHA
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LoLo come back--
You can blame it all on me
I was wrong
And I just can't live without you!♫
Submitted by jim on August 19, 2008 - 4:18pm.
MAYBE THEY CAN SHIP HIM UP HERE TO CALI, SO I CAN USE HIM FOR THE CARPOOL LANE WHILE I WATCH THE ANGELS WIN THE WORLD SERIES AND THE YANKEES SIT AT HOME....MAYBE THE YANKEE FANS CAN STUFF AROD AND PUT HIM IN THE CORNER!!!
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O my.
♥ ThreadKilla! / Lean Like a Chola / She's a Lady.
I can only find pictures of the girl twin.
Submitted by vanyvrgs on August 19, 2008 - 1:24pm.
I am ashamed of this crap. Needless to say, a cafre gangster gets killed and makes the national news for asking to be viewed standing up wearing his ghetto get up? I guess drug dealers shot 11 times deserve this. This asshole is just fronting the people that killed him by saying even in death he stands tall -- only causing another bunch of asswipes who watch this in the news to think this crap is cool. His family should have not made this a story to be glorified because it isn't.
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I had to LOL @ "cafre gangster". Damn that takes me back...
Oh and I totally agree. Not all weirds are this Puerto Rican.
Uh... I mean... never mind.
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Did I leave the gas on? No! No, I'm a fuckin' squirrel!
Submitted by AmberWaves on August 19, 2008 - 4:29pm.
I am very ignorant on the subject, but three days? How do they keep him from smelling?
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Stick cotton up his nose? :-]
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"You're a tool. And do you know why? It's because you're a ginge, Fintan. A dirty, freckly ginge."
Submitted by Your Mom Ate th... on August 19, 2008 - 12:23pm.
If you guys are interested in the 19th century post-mortem daggeurrotypes (photos), check out this site:
www.Thanatos.net
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Nope, sorry. I tried. Too many piccy's of dead babies. Can't deal.
Submitted by snowpiece on August 19, 2008 - 4:27pm.
hola Haters
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Ha! I thought you were talking to us all:)
♥ ThreadKilla! / Lean Like a Chola / She's a Lady.
I can only find pictures of the girl twin.
I am very ignorant on the subject, but three days? How do they keep him from smelling?
Submitted by iHeartHaters on August 19, 2008 - 4:11pm.
SICK. But this dude doesn't even look real. And please tell me he's not holding his junk??
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I was going to say the same thing! I'm all like "Is his left hand cupping his junk?", but I *think* it's just holding the top of his jeans. I hope anyway.
On another note...this guy has the same last name as a kid I went to school with from Elementary on. He also died in Puerto Rico while he was there visiting his mother. I don't know how he died I just saw that someone had posted about it on the reunion website. I wonder if they were related.
Mrs K. ♥♥♥