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Your own funeral

Cryonics so I can come reply in this thread in a few hundred years. Can someone say highest post count ever? 😛
 
Save the money, throw me in one of these, throw me up the rubbish tip, and spend the money on a party instead




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renewed said:
Cryonics so I can come reply in this thread in a few hundred years. Can someone say highest post count ever? 😛
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I was thinking the same thing. But instead of being frozen like Ted Williams, I'd rather be dumped at the South Pole. I won't have to worry about power getting cut off or the cryogenics machine breaking down.😛
 
I don't want to rot so cremation is the way for me. I also do not want to be seen dead so my body will not be viewed (unless I need to be identified by family or friends). Just a big party with friends and family, if anybody cries they get kicked out.
 
How much greenhouse gas comes from cremations? Just wondering...

I have told my family that at my funeral, anyone who shows up wearing black is to be thrown out by bouncers wearing clown suits.

And talmy, thanks for the reminder. Writing a will is on my To Do list for the very near future along with reevaluating my insurance coverage.
 
One thing I don't want

Well, there is certainly one thing I don't want, to receive an email invitation to my own funeral..... I'm pretty sure RSVPing won't be necessary in that case.

This actually happened to a colleague of mine, he was killed and the boss just used the same address book as he used before(why he doesn't use mailing lists is beyond me), to invite everyone at the office to funeral. Among the recipients was my now dead friend and co-worker. He obviously never responded....
 
A huge rave party paid for by me with a big goofy picture of me on the wall. I wanna go out with a bang.
 
If someone decides to open casket me they had better do something sadistic and creative, like rig a speaker and a spring board to sit me up to say "BOO!" or something.

That may be a little much though so I'd like to be cremated. I'd also like for my body and the casket to roll into the flames with a comedy song playing, like Indiana Jones or something suitably adventurous. I'd rather people be laughing than crying. I've had a fairly weird life and I've made an art of making light of the darker points. I figure my death should be in keeping with that.
 
I think if I am healthy enough when I die I would like my organs made available for transplants and the like. I'll have no use for them once I'm dead, so why not if they can help somebody else.
 
I've always wanted to be cremated, but it's not very environmentally friendly. Maybe if the crematorium was hooked up to an electric generating station? Alternatively, I'd like to not be pumped full of chemicals, placed in a pine box with fully degradable clothing and buried a forest. Although, since I've started researching my family history, I really like the idea of having a gravestone somewhere, even if my remains are nowhere near it.

Hmmm, guess I have some decisions to make.
 
steve2112 said:
I just want to be cremated, and have the survivors celebrate and honor my heritage with a fine Irish wake with lots of alcohol.
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Of all the money e'er I had,
I spent it in good company.
And all the harm I've ever done,
Alas! it was to none but me.
And all I've done for want of wit
To mem'ry now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

🙂 Irish wake's are the best!
 
Cremate me and spread me on a golf course somewhere.

Then, take part of my estate, rent out a hotel/bar/restaurant/whatever and the drinks are on me.

No religious ceremony, no wake, no tombstone, no crying, just a kickass party and good memories.
 
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