Your own funeral

[EricNau]

Donate my organs, please. With what remains, my loved ones are free to do what makes them the most comfortable, although I would prefer it be environmentally friendly. A plaque somewhere would be nice though, I suppose.

 

[pagansoul]

After they remove my needed organs they can make soylent green or catfood out of the rest but it must be donated to an animal shelter. 😀 I have also left some money for the upkeep of my pets should they out live me. I told my family that if the cat food can't be done they can just cremate me, toss me in the yard or in the litter box. I'm not going to be hanging around if I can help it.

 

[Aeolius]

Tough call. Part of me really wants to have a 3"x5" marker with 4-point text that reads "You're Standing On My Head.". Another interesting option would be a service like eternalreefs.com, where my ashes would; be incorporated into an artificial reef.

There needs to be a place, though, where the living can speak with the dead. My grandfather died 25 years ago, but I still drop by the cemetery from time to time to look after the crypt, chat for a bit (I do most of the talking), or have a biscuit (a ritual we shared a long time ago). He's not really there, I know, but I find the experience cathartic. I would like to provide that opportunity for my descendants, should they so choose.

 

[roadbloc]

I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered on a bouncy castle. Then the bouncy castle can be used for people to jump on me at the funeral.

Oh... and I want Disciple by Slayer played at my funeral as well.

 

[czeluff]

Cremation.

George Carlin really turned me off to the idea of saving all the dead bodies (burial). If you can find that bit on YouTube etc watch it. It's right after he talks about Homelessness & Golf.

cz

 

[Antares]

I plan on being cyrogenically frozen. I'm serious.

 

[chown33]

Organ donor. Remainder donated to science.
Cremate anything unused. Send ashes to a ceramics artist.

Hypothetical conversation in year 2050:

Someone: "Say, that's a nice teacup."
My great-great-niece: "It's from my great-great-uncle."
Someone: "Oh, did he make it?"
My g-g-n: "You could say he was instrumental in its construction."​

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_china

 

[RedTomato]

Don't put burial instructions in your will. It won't get read before your burial is organised. Tell people what you want, or put it in a separate document clearly marked.

My gran chose to be cremated in a lovely wicker coffin. I carried it.

I particularly like these Ghana coffin designs:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11879532

 

[skunk]

We had my father in law's ashes made into a rocket by a local firework company (run incidentally by a CofE vicar!). He certainly went out with a bang, not a whimper.

 

[steve2112]

Don't put burial instructions in your will. It won't get read before your burial is organised. Tell people what you want, or put it in a separate document clearly marked.

My gran chose to be cremated in a lovely wicker coffin. I carried it.

I particularly like these Ghana coffin designs:

Am I the only one who thought of Angry Birds when I saw that bird? 🙂

Anyway, I wouldn't mind having my remains shot into space. I think Gene Rodenberry had this done.

I seem to remember a reading a while back that you can also have your remains pressed into an artificial diamonds.

 

[callmemike20]

I plan on having myself frozen at age 65 and placed in a monitored chamber 150 feet below the surface of the south pole.

 

[Gonzo3333]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70I6KR20110119

I just hope some dumb kids don't try to do this with my ashes. It could end up like in South Park when Cartman drinks Kenny's ashes.