As a former altar boy with dozens of funerals under his belt, I can only ask, "Are
you sure?"
--Ron
Bill East wrote:
> >You needed to be there, choking on the smell of incense! Or maybe you need
> >to be zen in your aesthetic preferences ...
>
> It is impossible to choke on the smell of incense. What is usually causing
> the problem in these cases is the smell of charcoal, which does in fact
> irritate the throat. The priest has not put on enough incense to overcome
> the smell of the charcoal. The answer is to insist on more incense, not less.
>
> Oriens.
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