TONY [As a funeral procession drives slowly south on Roncesvalles, Tony doffs his cap].
“I always take off my hat when a funeral comes by.”
PHILIP
“Why’s that?”
TONY
“Just showing respect for the dead.”
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TONY [As a funeral procession drives slowly south on Roncesvalles, Tony doffs his cap].
“I always take off my hat when a funeral comes by.”
PHILIP
“Why’s that?”
TONY
“Just showing respect for the dead.”
This entry was posted on October 1, 2007 at 9:10 am and is filed under cap, funeral procession, hat, homeless, homelessness, respect for the dead, Roncesvalles.
Tags: cap, funeral procession, hat, homeless, respect for the dead, Roncesvalles
October 1, 2007 at 10:08 pm
My grandfather taught me the same thing. I still do it.
I wonder why it hasn’t continued down the generations?
October 3, 2007 at 6:37 am
quite right too!
when i was a copper, at constable college in hendon before i got posted to the mean streets of brixton, we were INSTRUCTED to remove our helmets should a hearse pass by.
these days i sometimes wear a cap (british weather) and i would whip it straight off my bonce if a coffin came by. i wouldn’t wear it in a graveyard either.