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07.06.09 IS IT DUSTY IN HERE?

Billy Mays’s funeral was held over the weekend, and his pallbearers all wore what Mays called his “dress blues” — the trademark khaki pants paired with a denim button-down shirt . And I don’t ordinarily call funerals “adorable,” but c’mon, this picture is pushing the same buttons as a puppy licking a baby duck.

However, I can’t say I’m pleased with the lack of uniformity in shades of color here. All different kinds of blues in those shirts. And the khakis! You’ve got everything from stone to tan to beige to oatmeal to sand to ecru. Yeah, that’s right, I broke out “ecru.” I got more colors than a J. Crew catalogue.

And finally, Guy on the Left: dude, you gotta roll your sleeves up. It’s like you didn’t even know Billy.

[full gallery at the Herald-Dispatch via BuzzFeed]

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There are 16 comments about:
IS IT DUSTY IN HERE?

July 6th, 2009 at 9:59 am

RamblingsOfTheUnmotivated says:

Um, that’s Billy’s son (Billy Mays III). If anyone should get a pass on the fashion that day, I’d say it’s him. Nice job, dick.

July 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am

RamblingsOfTheUnmotivated says:

Oh, shit, guy who DIDN’T roll ‘em up. I can’t read or write.

/comment FAIL

July 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am

therealjhc says:

I didn’t realize Kenny Rogers and Billy were close.

July 6th, 2009 at 10:06 am

Hans Gruber says:

Careful… Skinny Kevin Smith might pull out his back… Good thing he has support.

July 6th, 2009 at 10:06 am

Kid Presentable says:

Beards should have been required as well.

July 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am

Upstate Underdog says:

What about the guy wearing sneakers? Sneakers at a funeral? Show a little effort.

I agree with KP, matching beards would have been a nice touch.

July 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am

Punch Rockgroin says:

Now Robert McNamara is dead. He was famous right?

July 6th, 2009 at 10:12 am

iwontrememberthis says:

FWIW,
“Kenny Rogers” = Billy Mays’ father
“Skinny Kevin Smith” = Billy Mays’ son

July 6th, 2009 at 10:53 am

Enrico Pallazzo says:

Is that fucking Brad Childress holding the end???

July 6th, 2009 at 10:55 am

Otto Man says:

According to the body count provided by McNamara’s heirs, there will be 300 people buried at his funeral.

July 6th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

Matt says:

+1 Otto

July 6th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Duke of Madness says:

+1 Otto

You must be an old fart…like me…

July 6th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Joe says:

Kris Kristofferson in attendance.

July 6th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

Bobman says:

Did Billy Mays weigh like 900 pounds at death or something? People are straining awfully hard to hold that casket. Having been a pallbearer a few times (where there were only 6) it’s not THAT heavy.

Unless they buried him with all the stuff he sold over the years. In which case, those guys are gonna need hernia surgery.

July 6th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

Leapin_Lizards says:

nice white sneakers there champ…we’re sure these guys aren’t PE teachers?

July 7th, 2009 at 10:02 am

Observerwwtdd says:

Wow….

…Cool threads (i.e. khakis and shirts)….does anyone know who carries this line?

I gotta get me some….

Funny fact….the words “car keys” and “khakis” actually rhyme…

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