Why did the man miss the funeral?

He wasn’t a mourning person.

Did You Know?

"Mourning person" sounds like "morning person" — someone who wakes up early and cheerful! The joke plays on funeral mourning versus being a morning person. Interestingly, research shows only about 25% of people are true morning larks, while evening chronotypes (night owls) make up about 30% of the population. Your sleep preference is largely determined by genetics and age.