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Old 02-01-2007, 20:38
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I go the impression from tonights EE that Pauline's funeral was being held on NYE? I didn't think you could have a funeral on a bank holiday because the cemetries and cremotoriums close? When my Uncle died we had to wait over a week for his funeral because he died a few days before Easter and it caused a backlog.
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Old 02-01-2007, 20:41
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It's Eastenders. They (along with other soaps) also have Christmas weddings. Now seriously why would you have your wedding on Christmas day?
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Old 02-01-2007, 20:41
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Yeah i thought it was really weird.
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Old 02-01-2007, 20:42
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Its a soap and soaps do this.

Who really cares anyway? The quality of these episodes has outshined the rest of the soaps and got Easties off to a great start in 2007.

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Old 02-01-2007, 20:42
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Originally Posted by kyri
It's Eastenders. They (along with other soaps) also have Christmas weddings. Now seriously why would you have your wedding on Christmas day?
Lol, Harry Hill pointed this out the other day on TV Burp. Saying how in real life people just don't get married on Christmas Day, 'Because its Christmas' .
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Old 02-01-2007, 20:52
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I saw people round here having driving lessons on Christmas Day - and the shop round the corner was open

give it a few years and you'll be able to do everything, just like Sundays!
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Old 02-01-2007, 20:54
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a funeral on new years day, what a laugh that would be seeing the body the night before in the chapel or having Pauline round for New years party in the living room ...
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Old 02-01-2007, 20:55
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It now appears that she never even had a post mortem

A woman believed to be in good health collapses in the street and two doctors sign a death certificate allowing her to be cremated.

What could they have put down as the cause of death
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Old 02-01-2007, 21:10
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Originally Posted by tom0101
a funeral on new years day, what a laugh that would be seeing the body the night before in the chapel or having Pauline round for New years party in the living room ...
Singing Auld Lang Syne over her coffin
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Old 02-01-2007, 21:47
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Originally Posted by SULLA
It now appears that she never even had a post mortem

A woman believed to be in good health collapses in the street and two doctors sign a death certificate allowing her to be cremated.

What could they have put down as the cause of death

It's totally ridiculous isn't it. Show must be very porley researched.
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Old 02-01-2007, 21:57
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They don't care, do they? I'm surprised half of Albert Square aren't celebrating their weddings, or contemplating topping themselves remembering how they found out about their other halves' death/affair/desire for a divorce on Christmas Day. My Christmases are always so quiet - just how I like them. But they have been good EE episodes so far this year in spite of the cheesiness.

P.S. Even the Archers has a triplet birth on Christmas Day - even if it was calves, not people

(evidently triplet births are quite rare amongst cattle)

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Old 02-01-2007, 21:57
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You can have a funeral on Christmas day why not New Years Day?
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Old 02-01-2007, 22:23
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Ive never seen a funeral on Xmas day either, I would imagine thats even less likely than a funeral on New Years Day.
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Old 02-01-2007, 22:33
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Originally Posted by familytree
It's totally ridiculous isn't it. Show must be very porley researched.
My personal favourite was the Christmas Day episode when Martin pronounced her dead by sight (probably with a few drinks in him too) rather than actually calling for an ambulance. Then again that's probably less of a case of research as it is Martin's stupidity.

Also you think that sometime that day Sonia would have given a thought to poor forgotten Jamie.
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Old 03-01-2007, 01:48
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I'm just wondering why none of them were hungover if it was on New Years Day. The vic was looking pretty clean if it was to. Unless they cancelled new years celebrations? lol
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Old 03-01-2007, 06:56
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Originally Posted by ItsMyLife
You can have a funeral on Christmas day why not New Years Day?
OMG... who would do that!??
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Old 03-01-2007, 08:13
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I think it's totally bizarre. I'm from Ireland and over here you can't be buried on Christmas day or on a Sunday (if you live in Dublin but you can in other parts of the country). I'm not sure about NY day but I find it odd that anyone would want to do that.

On an unrelated matter in Ireland our pubs close for the day completely. They won't serve alcohol after 11.30pm on Christmas eve (even if it's a Saturday when licence is until 12.30am). They also close on Good Friday. How Catholic we are!

Anyway, back to the matter at hand, I think it's a great storyline but there are a few holes in it that the researchers should have filled.
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Old 03-01-2007, 08:45
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I thought this too - they could have waited till friday or sumthing
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Old 03-01-2007, 09:05
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Plot holes[list]Walford Council offices would have been shut on 25 & 26th so Martin would not have been able to register the death until Wednesday. With out registering he would not have got the green form allowing the body to be cremated[/list][list]Undertakers do not "run early". They time the route with precision so that you don't stand about waiting for your turn.[/list][list]Bodies are not put straight into the furnace after the service, so there was no need for the police to disrupt things.[/list][list]Why did Gus go up to the policemen and ask them to leave. He didn't know who they were and they weren't disturbing anyone. You would just ignore them as they might be people who knew Pauline.[/list][list]Why did Martin say "They are not cutting my mum up" after the funeral when she must have already had an autopsy for them to know why she died.[/list]
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Old 03-01-2007, 12:06
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Originally Posted by Secret_Squirrel
OMG... who would do that!??
I know quite a few people have been buried on Christmas day. A family friend was buried on christmas day. As mentioned already in Ireland funerals take place on 3rd day and they actually do take place on christmas day either early morning between services or in the afternoon.

A girl I work with was at one on monday.
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Old 03-01-2007, 15:39
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Originally Posted by Mr_Cellophane
Plot holes[list]Why did Martin say "They are not cutting my mum up" after the funeral when she must have already had an autopsy for them to know why she died.[/list]
The way in which Pauline died, seemingly fit and healthy and then the next thing dead, means she would have had to have had post mortem before the body was released to the family for a funeral. Its the law.

She died on Christmas Day, and obvsiousley the following day was Boxing Day. So it would have taken a good few days for everything to get moving.
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Old 03-01-2007, 15:48
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I thought it was ridiculous how soon after her death the funeral was too - a week to the day later. My grandad died on Xmas Eve two years ago and his funeral wasn't until nearly three weeks later as it's so hard to get things moving at this time of year.
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Old 03-01-2007, 16:03
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Originally Posted by ItsMyLife
I know quite a few people have been buried on Christmas day. A family friend was buried on christmas day. As mentioned already in Ireland funerals take place on 3rd day and they actually do take place on christmas day either early morning between services or in the afternoon.

A girl I work with was at one on monday.

You'd wonder why any family would agree to have one on Christmas Day though.It's true that funerals usually take place in Ireland on the third day,but that's just a custom,not a hard and fast rule.
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Old 03-01-2007, 16:21
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Added drama maybe. Especially as it was a young tragic death.
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Old 02-02-2007, 13:20
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Originally Posted by SparkleBabe
The way in which Pauline died, seemingly fit and healthy and then the next thing dead, means she would have had to have had post mortem before the body was released to the family for a funeral. Its the law.

She died on Christmas Day, and obvsiousley the following day was Boxing Day. So it would have taken a good few days for everything to get moving.

My dad died on boxing day night. Then he had to have a post mortem cos he'd been fine before the death. It took us until the 4th to bury him cos of it all.
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