Koos is an enigma

[SandyB]

While busy I saw Koos was on  line .. clicked on his profile and suddenly he changed gender .. more so   no search reveals the profile .. is  he  a spook .. a  Bot or  what ??   shades of  the  matrix ? or one  of  the  darkk suited  gentlemen ?

[Rhona]

Thanks Sandy - I was sure Koos was a male yesterday and now he/she is a female...........I was beginning to think it was time to give Mike back his bar - but now I'm wondering if Koos is after the 'operation'!!!

Maybe Koos just enjoys the attention we give - so I think is it time to order in the popcorn and enjoy the show???

[SandyB]

Sad to  report that  Koos has  morphed  from  male  to  female  to  now  a  mere  blip  on  the  radar  screen  ... all that energy  used  morphing  must  have  snuffed  out  the  fragile  life  force ..  Ok  now  who  is  going  to  organise  the  wake .. I  feel  like  a  party .............

[georg ruf jr.]

He'll incarnate soon. Don't bother about the wake.
:emot19:

[Rhona]

Does anyone know why it is called a 'wake'?

[SandyB]

 Some theories / stories quite  a  few  abound   ..  Apparently in  the  darker  ages it  was  found  that sometimes  people had  not  in  fact  departed  , sometimes  just in  coma  and when interred  woke up  in  coffin  deep  in  the  ground .. some  coffins  that  were dug were  found  to  have scratch  marks in  them form  the  desperate   trying  to  claw  their  way  out  ..  another ..  medical  technology  not  being  what it  is  in  these  days  death  could  not always  accurately  be  determined  so  people  had the hope that  maybe  the  departed  was in  some  kind of  deep  slumber or  coma  so  they would  put  the  body in  the  home  and  kind  of  live  and party  around to see if   the  slumber   would  be  broken. ( a wake  or  to  awaken ) .  kind  of  turned  into  a tradition . to the  point  that nowadays  we  just   get  together  irrespective and  have  a  good  sendoff ..  now a  sort  of  established   celtic  tradition ..  some  people  raise  their  eyebrows  when  I  say  we  gave  a  good  sendoff .. stuff  them .. why not  celebrate  that  persons  life  at  least ... I  tried to  turn  Flo's  into  that  as well  when  everybody  got  together at  my  home  afterwards .. it  was only   the  hard  core  that  remained  that  got  into  the  swing  of  a mini  wake ...

[Michael Alexander]

Sandy, a history buff also..... My biggest fear is to wake up in a coffin six foot under...... I read those stories about how excavated graves had scratch marks inside the coffins as the supposed dead tried to escape their final fate....... perhaps this is the true meaning of hell?

[SandyB]

No  I will  retrieve  from  my  saved  quotes  and  life lesson  file  ( stuff that  I  keep  if  it  talks  to  me )   this  ahs  a good  rendition  of  hell .. possibly  post  tomorrow cos  I  think  its  stored  on PC atwork and I  not  done  updates  lately ....    will post  it  on  this  topic so  watch  for  it ........

[Rhona]

Somehow I was kinda expecting the 'scratch marks' on the coffin answer - and even though I don't doubt for a second that in times gone by people were indeed buried alive and tried to scratch their way to freedom; in the majority of cases - I believe those marks actually represent the organs imploding and subsequently exploding thus leaving the scratch like marks that in turn led to wakes..........

[Michael Alexander]

mmmh! Is that a fact or a Guiness induced theory?

[Rhona]

Ripleys believe it or not!!! I have my inteligent head on tonight and I do believe it is a fact....

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

  We explode     

[Michael Alexander]

In that case I better remember to consume a mountain of beans before I die.....

[Rhona]

I think our organs explode after a period of time - does it sound feasible that parts of us ferment (stomach) as we decay??? I don't know but it certainly makes a better theory than being buried alive and trying to scratch our way out...

[Patricia Lotte]

I think Koos is 'Mike Alexander when the lights go out' ... He has a split personality and doesn't even know that when he logs off and finally creeps into bed, out comes Koos  :emot98: