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Avatar 720 wrote:As long as you're buried in a posh dinner party tuxedo with a top hat and a monocle.

"I say, one's stomach feels terribly empty. One must obtain some brain matter immediately! Jeeves, fetch me my flesh-eating teeth!"

And obnoxiously large clown shoes....

A Black Ram wrote:Probably viking style. It'll only be appropriate, seeing as I am a direct descendant.

How can you possibly know that?

Albatross wrote:

A Black Ram wrote:Probably viking style. It'll only be appropriate, seeing as I am a direct descendant.

How can you possibly know that?

Traditional central-eastern african burial for me then, I have some ancestors from there

I want to be buried in river-mud, so that eventually my bones will be fossilized.

Cremation.

I'll be dead and not needing the real estate any more.

The wife's family are Catholic and will be inhumed.

I'd love to be turned into a lifesize marionette and walk out of my own funeral, across the graveyard and into my grave.

I turn round one last time to say something spectacular and then slam the lid closed

EXCELLENT.

Possibly throw in a dance routine too

I wanna get turned into Soylent green.

GalacticDefender wrote:I wanna get turned into Soylent green.

theres an app for that.

I'm contractually required to allow my corpse to be used to fake a death to save another should my employers request.

moom241 wrote:I'm contractually required to allow my corpse to be used to fake a death to save another should my employers request.

...are you, like, a spy or something? Cuz that sounds pretty awesome.



Though I'm sure you can't actually say if you are.

I mow the lawn for an old lady across the street. She's the spy. At least the pay is good.

I dunno. My dad died a few months ago, and we decided to have him cremated. I never got to see his body. From the last time I saw him alive about 5 years ago to the next time I saw him, which was just a box of ashes. We wound up spreading them in a really nice spot that I'm sure he would have really liked.

But now it's like... it's like he never even existed at all, you know? No place to visit. He's just gone as if he never was. That part is still kind of rough on me. I think I'd prefer to be buried just so, at least for a while, you can point and say, there lies a man.


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Howard A Treesong wrote:You should give your body to science. Do something useful and save your family the cost of disposing with your remains.

I agree with you in principle, but... The problem with this is by "science", most people don't envision their body being used for, say, land mine research. Science is a pretty wide umbrella, unfortunately.

Ouze wrote:I dunno. My dad died a few months ago, and we decided to have him cremated. I never got to see his body. From the last time I saw him alive about 5 years ago to the next time I saw him, which was just a box of ashes. We wound up spreading them in a really nice spot that I'm sure he would have really liked.

But now it's like... it's like he never even existed at all, you know? No place to visit. He's just gone as if he never was. That part is still kind of rough on me. I think I'd prefer to be buried just so, at least for a while, you can point and say, there lies a man.


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Howard A Treesong wrote:You should give your body to science. Do something useful and save your family the cost of disposing with your remains.

I agree with you in principle, but... The problem with this is by "science", most people don't envision their body being used for, say, land mine research. Science is a pretty wide umbrella, unfortunately.

Even if it's land mine research at least it being used for something useful.

Useful, sure. "The use you had in mind when you arranged to donate it", not so much - that's my point.

I am an organ donor, though.

My dad wants to be cremated, I will oblige, and then spread bits of his ashes all over the globe. Its been his dream to visit a lot of areas, and he probably won't have a chance to in life, so I intend to fulfill his wish... in death.

As for me, I figured that being dead wasn't cool, so I decided to lived forever, but none of that Golden Throne crap. Being a decrepit corpse kept alive artificially by misunderstood technology and sacrificed human lives seems kinda wasteful...

The alternative is cryofreezing and then launched into space on an extra-solar trajectory.

Dark Scipio wrote:

2. Isnt it mainly no -- living-- man left behind?

Nope, living or dead, everyone returns home. Thats why the US gov't spends millions sending people to Vietnam just to find bone fragments of deceased troops. No man left behind means no man left behind. While I agree with the assessment that its a dangerous risk to the lives of American service personnel, I agree strongly with the sentiment.

My dad was cremated.
My little sister keeps his urn (in a shrine and all).

I like to think that the no gravesite/fixed abode fitted him well - he was of Hungarian Gypsy stock after all.

Nice to see cremation is ahead. Release those vital trace elements back into the atmosphere people!

Ouze wrote:Useful, sure. "The use you had in mind when you arranged to donate it", not so much - that's my point.

I am an organ donor, though.

Same here. Take EVERYTHING you can take when I go, it might save someone, or we might learn something useful medically. After that, like I said before, torch me.

I want to be stuffed and left in my favorite rocking chair.

If done correctly, I can be used as a Halloween decoration!

Yea! Like the candy bowl dummy!..................................did I just insult you?

Yes.

How dare you violate Rule #1, Beard!

I know it wasn't you KC, it was just the Beard hating on my brilliant idea.

KingCracker wrote:

Ouze wrote:Useful, sure. "The use you had in mind when you arranged to donate it", not so much - that's my point.

I am an organ donor, though.

Same here. Take EVERYTHING you can take when I go, it might save someone, or we might learn something useful medically. After that, like I said before, torch me.

Welcome to KC Organ Pick'n'Mix; please use the scoops and bags provided.

Kanluwen wrote:Yes.

How dare you violate Rule #1, Beard!

I know it wasn't you KC, it was just the Beard hating on my brilliant idea.

I think it was. Really the beard is an evil being living on my chin....its not some made up story, and seeing as its so close to my brain...sometimes just takes over. I apologize for myself AND THE BEARD. Say you sorry beard..................... SAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there it said its sorry



Avatar - Adn dont forget the rubber gloves, dont want contaminations dammit, I didnt spend my whole life growing those just have some grubby bastard ruin it

If I get the 2 for one sale on the kidneys, do I also get the Liver 1/2 off? Or do I pick only one coupon?

my organs,not yours. *hides in corners mumbling.*

besides,i need those for when i go 'splat' on the wall

Azza007 wrote:So which would you guys rather and why? Just something I wondered, what is the most preferred method. For me its cremation, don't like the idea of rotting in the ground.

I want to be shot out of a cannon at the first person on The List Of People Who Deserve To Be Hit By A Dead Guy Shot From a Cannon. Its a long list. Please pin a note to my head that says "You never called, so I thought I'd drop by for a visit."

Frazzled wrote:

Azza007 wrote:So which would you guys rather and why? Just something I wondered, what is the most preferred method. For me its cremation, don't like the idea of rotting in the ground.

I want to be shot out of a cannon at the first person on The List Of People Who Deserve To Be Hit By A Dead Guy Shot From a Cannon. Its a long list. Please pin a note to my head that says "You never called, so I thought I'd drop by for a visit."

looks like im not the only crazy Texan

lord commissar klimino wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

Azza007 wrote:So which would you guys rather and why? Just something I wondered, what is the most preferred method. For me its cremation, don't like the idea of rotting in the ground.

I want to be shot out of a cannon at the first person on The List Of People Who Deserve To Be Hit By A Dead Guy Shot From a Cannon. Its a long list. Please pin a note to my head that says "You never called, so I thought I'd drop by for a visit."

looks like im not the only crazy Texan

The honor is to serve. Howevr, now that I thought about this, yea I'd really like that. I have a list handy.


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Ouze wrote:I dunno. My dad died a few months ago, and we decided to have him cremated. I never got to see his body. From the last time I saw him alive about 5 years ago to the next time I saw him, which was just a box of ashes. We wound up spreading them in a really nice spot that I'm sure he would have really liked.

But now it's like... it's like he never even existed at all, you know? No place to visit. He's just gone as if he never was. That part is still kind of rough on me. I think I'd prefer to be buried just so, at least for a while, you can point and say, there lies a man.

You're missing an opportunity. Remember a place that has a strong, good memory for you. Thats your place my man. Go there and remember. Occasionally when I am walking his old dog I'll talk to my Dad.

Dunno-- whichever one is cheaper?

Wouldn't want to put a burden on my family.

Chowderhead wrote:If I get the 2 for one sale on the kidneys, do I also get the Liver 1/2 off? Or do I pick only one coupon?

Sorry buddy I checked with the lawyers, its 1 coupon per person. But if your clever, you could bring a friend I spose