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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16631331

What a cool idea although I would expect that it's massively expensive, but then you can't take the money with you and there's no point leaving it in a will as the taxman will get his greedy little mits all over it before your body is cold...

So what would you want to buried / cremated in? How about a drop pod in your favourite marine livery or a Dreadnought sarcophagus maybe ??

Simple and creepy all at once.

n0t_u wrote:

Simple and creepy all at once.

Having your ashes crafted into a piece of crockery?


Me, i'm gonna have em carve me up and use me as spare parts, doll out whats useful to others and then let sadistic med students have whats left of my corpse.

A fancy-schmancy box that I won't be able to see in order to verify that they have given me what I wanted?
What's the point of that?

When I'm dead, they can take whatever is still useful as spare parts, burn the rest and bung me in a cardboard box. I'll be dead and waaaaaaay beyond caring, innit?

I want to be cremated and have my ashes turned into a diamond.

I suspect the wife might have to sell the house in order to pay for it, however...

Snrub wrote:

n0t_u wrote:

Simple and creepy all at once.

Having your ashes crafted into a piece of crockery?


Me, i'm gonna have em carve me up and use me as spare parts, doll out whats useful to others and then let sadistic med students have whats left of my corpse.

That's a Peridot.
Probably donate organs then cremation to diamonds.

Realistically I shouldn't really be thinking about it yet anyway.

filbert wrote:I want to be cremated and have my ashes turned into a diamond.

I suspect the wife might have to sell the house in order to pay for it, however...

Google says it starts at $3500 for .20-.29crt

n0t_u wrote:That's a Peridot.

Oh i thought the green gem was one of those fancy crystal bowls used for desserts.



Somthing like this but green and with its picture taken from a top down view. Looking at it now its kinda obvious its a peridot.

Yeh the middle looks a bit dodgy.

Almost like theres a leaf trapped in the middle. Or some wonky little brain.

filbert wrote:I want to be cremated and have my ashes turned into a diamond.

Yup, this.

Creepy as feth tho.

biccat wrote:

filbert wrote:I want to be cremated and have my ashes turned into a diamond.

Yup, this.

Creepy as feth tho.

Very much so but then I can stipulate that my diamond be mounted on a plinth and displayed on the mantelpiece like some malign all-seeing eye.

I want to be cremated and have my remains cast into bullets. Those bullets will then be shot into certain individuals. I have a list.

Seemingly so many that want the diamond conversion.

Frazzled wrote:I want to be cremated and have my remains cast into bullets. Those bullets will then be shot into certain individuals. I have a list.

I m guessing you know this service is already in place. Minus the actual shooting of your victims.

Frazzled wrote:I want to be cremated and have my remains cast into bullets. Those bullets will then be shot into certain individuals. I have a list.

"I hope you like having Frazzled inside you."

I want my body to have a burial at sea.

Basically, I want to get put into a cannonball and shot into the ocean.

AustonT wrote:

Frazzled wrote:I want to be cremated and have my remains cast into bullets. Those bullets will then be shot into certain individuals. I have a list.

I m guessing you know this service is already in place. Minus the actual shooting of your victims.

Yep. The Wife has already volunteered to complete the task.

SWMBO: "here don't move."
BG: "Wait you can't."
SWMBO: "Sorry its in his will. Now don't move."