A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from October 20, 2021
“I don’t understand how a cemetery can raise funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living”

Do cemeteries and funeral homes have “cost of living” increases?
 
“How can cementeries and funeral homes blame their rising prices on ‘the high cost of living’ ?” was posted on Twitter by Steve Hortman on October 10, 2009. “‘Interesting how prices are going up in the funeral industry yet it’s being blamed on cost-of-living.’ - anonymous” was posted on Tiwtter by MagellanMusic on November 18, 2009. “How do funeral homes get away with increasing their prices and blaming it on the cost of living?” was posted on Twitter by John White on February 11, 2010.
 
“I don’t understand how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living: was posted on Twitter by Keith (and many others) on October 27, 2013. It’s uncertain who authored this meme.
 
       
Twitter 
Steve Hortman
@SteveHortman
How can cementeries and funeral homes blame their rising prices on “the high cost of living” ?
7:58 AM · Oct 10, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Tiwtter
MagellanMusic
@MagellanMusic
“Interesting how prices are going up in the funeral industry yet it’s being blamed on cost-of-living.” - anonymous
8:37 PM · Nov 18, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
John White
@JohnWhiteGlobal
How do funeral homes get away with increasing their prices and blaming it on the cost of living?
10:35 AM · Feb 11, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Alan Martin
@DundeeAl
RT @delmonifieth: Experts say that funeral prices have risen by 50%. I blame it on the cost of living.
3:55 PM · Apr 14, 2010·TweetDeck
   
Twitter
David Pardue
@iplitigate
How can a funeral home raise its prices and blame it on the cost of living?
7:57 PM · Jan 24, 2011·Twittelator
   
Twitter
Keith
@SELLTEAM
I don’t understand how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living.
1:39 PM · Oct 27, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
6ft8” Dwarf
@6ft8_Dwarf
I don’t understand how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living.
1:53 PM · Oct 27, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
7empest
@DamnRobotAliens
I don’t understand how a cemetery can raise its funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living.
2:49 PM · Oct 27, 2013·Tweetbot for iOS
 
Facebook
105 The River
June 11, 2019 at 6:12 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
I
DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW
A CEMETERY CAN RAISE
ITS FUNERAL PRICES AND
BLAME IT ON THE COST OF’
LIVING.
 
Twitter
867-5309
@American_Jeny20
I don’t understand how a Cemetery can raise it’s Funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living….
1:55 PM · Oct 12, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Diane
@Resister4u
I don’t understand how a cemetary can raise its funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living….
11:03 PM · Oct 18, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Suzan
@ForbesSuzan
I do not understand how a cemetery can raise funeral prices and blame it on the cost of living.
11:07 PM · Oct 18, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Wednesday, October 20, 2021 • Permalink


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