Now I've seen everything, Chinese Funeral Strippers edition

[Tanuki]

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/23/chinese-government-says-please-stop-hiring-funeral-strippers/

..."The government has been trying to fight the country’s funereal stripper scourge for some time now. In 2006, the state-run broadcaster China Central Television’s leading investigative news show Jiaodian Fangtan aired an exposé on the practice of scantily clad women making appearances at memorial services in Donghai in eastern China’s Jiangsu province.

The point of inviting strippers, some of whom performed with snakes, was to attract large crowds to the deceased’s funeral – seen as a harbinger of good fortune in the afterlife. “It’s to give them face,” one villager explained. “Otherwise no one would come.

CCTV found about a dozen funeral performance troupes offering such services in every village in the county, putting on as many as 20 shows a month at a rate of 2,000 yuan ($322) a pop."....

[Orrex]

1. Presumably that's how some in China like to handle their stiffs.

[Yavin4]

2. I hate myself for laughing at your post.

I know that it will only encourage you, but damn it's funny.

[Orrex]

4. Don't fight it!

[NewJeffCT]

3. 20 shows a month

that's a full time job just about

[Generic Brad]

5. They are literally dying to see strippers

Which is ironic. Because you can't see anything if you're dead.

[seveneyes]

6. When you need more company

Welcome to reality...You use the invocation that invites the desired quantity.