[Casloy]

has been killed in a U.S. airstrike and his Jordanian family is preparing a wake

I have a Miss Manners question. Is it appropriate to send a condolence gift to a wake? I sort of had in mind taking the remains of this militant leader, sewing him up inside a gutted pig, and dropping it on the wake via parachute. We could even video tape it and sell the DVDs on the streets of Iraq.

[Quilla]

Dear Gentle Reader,

Not only would your suggestion be appropriate, it would demonstrate your obvious thoughtfulness and caring nature. By all means, do so.

Respectfully,
Judith Martin

[E.Allen]

Why waste a perfectly good parachute, and deny them the fun of sorting out which is which?