Taking the "fun" out of funeral...

Five people have been detained in China for running striptease send-offs at funerals, state media say. The once-common events are held to boost the number of mourners, as large crowds are seen as a mark of honour. But the arrests, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, could signal the end of the rural tradition. Read more at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5280312.stm?ls. Stolen from casadetodd, posted partially in response to being maligned by annaschmidt for not posting anymore (“Those Canadians have computers, don't they?”)