Cremation or Burial

[keverlast]

What are yer wishes? Give me that Formaldehyde drink, lord knows i'll need it. Fuckn Bury me, alot of room over here

[jennysmurf]

I won't really care which--since I'll be all dead and stuff. Cremation is alot neater, but I guess burial is better for the environment, since my decomposing flesh can be used as fertilizer. I'm all aboot being "green.":thumbup:

[epo]

Start the fire and save the space.

[keverlast]

Cremation cheaper$$$$$

[KingGeno]

Light me up, and spread my ashes where I please. I wouldn't want to put a burden on my family, nor would I want my worthless hunk of meat body taking up space somewhere.

[cougarjake13]

bury me

[biozombie]

I wouldn't mind being creamy for eternity.

[underdog]

Whatever, I'll be dead. You can do what you'd like with me.

[razorboy]

Cremate me and let the ashes go over Waimea Bay. That'll make my soul happy.

[epo]

Cremate me and let the ashes go over Waimea Bay. That'll make my soul happy.

You don't mind if we take the remains in a Folgers can?

http://www.joeclipart.com/blog/images/2008/06/20080611lebowski.jpg

[vagina envy]

is there any way i can be blown up? I think it would be much more symbolic to spread my carcass than to spread my ashes.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I would LOVE for my ashes to be scattered at my most FAVORITE place in the world at Lake Minnewaska in New Paltz, NY. I'd hope my best friend would save a little so I could be with her, but I'm not so sure she's into that.

I'm just so AT PEACE when I'm at this certain place. I can see the hawks fly and I hear the sound of water falls. That's where I want to be.

[MacVittie]

they'll never find my body

[OGC]

I won't really care which--since I'll be all dead and stuff. Cremation is alot neater, but I guess burial is better for the environment, since my decomposing flesh can be used as fertilizer. I'm all aboot being "green.":thumbup:


Ending up as fertilizer would be great but the way we bury people now with the sealed coffins and concrete burial containers, not to mention all of the preservatives, I doubt that anyone buried in the last 75 years has rotted yet.

Burn me :furious:. Just make sure I'm dead before you do.

[Kublakhan61]

Green burial for me. Put my body, free of embalming fluid, in a biodegradable casket and bury me deep in the woods. Return from whence you came!

[red_red_red]

burn me, i absolutely loathe bugs, and i don't want ppl coming to a grave site, crying over me. i hate crying.

[Reynolds]

Send me away naturally, let the animals eat me.

[Jujubees2]

Green burial for me. Put my body, free of embalming fluid, in a biodegradable casket and bury me deep in the woods. Return from whence you came!

Ditto

[flipper21]

Burn me, but on a Viking funeral ship. Looks like a way cooler way to go. Fat lady in horned helmet singing is optional.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/plruffo/242F.jpg

[angrymissy]

Burn me up. Funerals are a fucking big waste of $$$. I'm dead, I don't need my family to drop $5k on a casket.

[ScottFromGA]

cremate me....I don't want people looking over me for 2 days then closing me in a box...


but on second thought, I'm dead....what does it matter anymore.

[A.J.]

Cremation and no funeral or service of any kind.

[JPMNICK]

Cremation and no funeral or service of any kind.

if I had it my way, everyone would do it like this.

I would choose the same thing

[DOHO@HOME]

Cremation is the way to go,there's enough shit in the ground.
Cremate me and sprinkle me over chili then serve it to the mourners so I can rip through there assholes for the last time.:laugh:

[paracetamol flanders]

Burn me up. Funerals are a fucking big waste of $$$. I'm dead, I don't need my family to drop $5k on a casket.

Agreed. HOWEVER, all I can say is FUCKING RELATIVES. It always comes down to someone else's grieving process, so some asshole is prolly gonna want to stare at your corpse trussed up in the wrong shade of cheap base for 5 minutes.

My mother died a month ago and she would have just preferred being buried in the back yard like a pet, but she had to pick something legal so she requested cremation, for which you generally rent a coffin for the service (which, by the way, was $4,000 right off the bat, sans coffin) But then my Aunts insisted on a viewing, so another thousand dollars later they got to stare at the juiced up former vessel of my mother. Then we ate pizza.

So maybe I'll have them mock me up for one of those musculature exhibits that tour science museums. Something showing how the face muscles contort when a person is forced to have his mother embalmed.

[DOHO@HOME]

Agreed. HOWEVER, all I can say is FUCKING RELATIVES. It always comes down to someone else's grieving process, so some asshole is prolly gonna want to stare at your corpse trussed up in the wrong shade of cheap base for 5 minutes.

My mother died a month ago and she would have just preferred being buried in the back yard like a pet, but she had to pick something legal so she requested cremation, for which you generally rent a coffin for the service (which, by the way, was $4,000 right off the bat, sans coffin) But then my Aunts insisted on a viewing, so another thousand dollars later they got to stare at the juiced up former vessel of my mother. Then we ate pizza.

So maybe I'll have them mock me up for one of those musculature exhibits that tour science museums. Something showing how the face muscles contort when a person is forced to have his mother embalmed.
GOOD ONE:lol:

[Leticia]

I am going to make sure that I am cremated.

I don't want anyone buying a fucking casket either. Maybe a funeral with a picture of me would be fine.

I would only want people to remember me the way they knew me. Not filled with some shit to look fake sleeping.


Ever since Six Feet Under, I've wondered whether there is actually such a thing as a "Green Funeral", where they can bury me in a piece of land that is being conserved so it won't be built over.

No casket no chemicals, just me and the ground.

[ChimneyFish]

Burn me, but on a Viking funeral ship. Looks like a way cooler way to go. Fat lady in horned helmet singing is optional.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/plruffo/242F.jpg

Even though I'm not Scandinavian, that's how I wanna roll into death. With style.:smoke:

[ChimneyFish]

Ever since Six Feet Under, I've wondered whether there is actually such a thing as a "Green Funeral", where they can bury me in a piece of land that is being conserved so it won't be built over.


Unfortunately, it's only a matter of time before a place that isn't built upon.

Welcome to the City-Planet.
Enjoy your stay.

[keverlast]

is there any way i can be blown up? I think it would be much more symbolic to spread my carcass than to spread my ashes.

Hey vagina, there is a certain group that would love to have you,

[Kublakhan61]

Ever since Six Feet Under, I've wondered whether there is actually such a thing as a "Green Funeral", where they can bury me in a piece of land that is being conserved so it won't be built over.

No casket no chemicals, just me and the ground.

http://www.greenburials.org/

[OGC]

Cremation and no funeral or service of any kind.

That's exactly what my father wanted. That's exactly what we gave him. A few family members were a little perturbed, but in the end they understood.

[topless_mike]

bury me. a cemetary is one less place that they could build low-income housing.

[keverlast]

ahhh that sizzling feeln, cant beat a good fire

[King Hippos Bandaid]

my religion say Bury Me

but If I had the choice, I'd go for a cremation

[Jujubees2]

http://www.paolograssitelli.com/Gallery2/Nuova%20cartella%20(2)/Bobby%20Knight.jpg

"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass."

- Bob Knight, March 1994

[Thebazile78]

My parents have differing opinions on this subject.

My father, who is insanely claustrophobic, wants to be able to see the sun. I'm thinking this means aboveground. Which is freaking expensive.

My mother, who doesn't much care, would like to be cremated.

Me, well, the idea of being put into the ground wigs me out, but I haven't quite figured out how to justify the carbon emissions involved in cremation. But if the funeral industry figures that one out for me, cremation seems like the practical way to go ... and scatter my ashes over Sally's Field.

[~Katja~]

my religion say Bury Me

but If I had the choice, I'd go for a cremation

you have a choice, it is YOUR remains and not your religion's.


cremation and scatter me, no need for a grave of any sorts... no people having to take care of the grave site

[SatCam]

is there any way i can be blown up? I think it would be much more symbolic to spread my carcass than to spread my ashes.

http://www.kitchenreadings.com/images/chloe/fist600.jpg

[scottinnj]

That whole Folgers Coffee can in Lebowski was very appealing to me.

I generally go by the KISS system.

Keep

It

Simple

Stupid.

So a cheap cremation so my kids don't have to go nuts spending money on a funeral, headstone and coffin is mighty appealing to me.

[BlackSpider]

Burn me.
I don't care if you flush my ashes down the toilet.
I'm not gonna use my body anymore once I'm dead.
I barely use it now.
Save the land for the living.

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Cremation. When there's no more room in Hell and the dead walk the earth once again I don't want to be part of that crowd.

[FezsAssistant]

I've been thinking about this lately. I'll probably end things within the next 9 years (I'm 31 with a terrible life). I'll go with cremation. I have to start looking into costs, etc...

[Thomas Merton]

Cremate

I went to a cremation ceremony(not sure of the term) where everyone had a small baggie of the deceased. After a moment of silence and testimonials/tributes, we all took our handful and threw the ashes. We were on a windy beach, I was downwind and got a mouthful, bits in my hair :glurps:

[Devo37]

cremation, then shoot that sh!t to the sky like Scotty (except hopefully the rocket doesn't explode like his did).

[Hottub]

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[Thomas Merton]

...or dump her HA

They have a thing with people being not quite dead yet.

"Bring out your dead"

[Nothing Sound]

Cremation cheaper$$$$$

Does it really matter once you're dead?

[Meataball23]

Give me cremation it has to help with the healing process for everyone else

[keverlast]

I've been thinking about this lately. I'll probably end things within the next 9 years (I'm 31 with a terrible life). I'll go with cremation. I have to start looking into costs, etc...


Pre-planning is the responsible thing to do, PAY FOR THE WHOLE FUCKN WORKS UP FRONT, nobody worries

[FezsAssistant]

Pre-planning is the responsible thing to do, PAY FOR THE WHOLE FUCKN WORKS UP FRONT, nobody worries

Exactly. It will be well-planned. I'll even box up all my stuff in my apartment so it's easier for my mother and brother to come pick up. Why should they have to pack up my shit?
I'll also move all my money to one account so it's easier for them, too (except 401K and stuff like that).

[Farmer Dave]

While I'm sure my alcohol soaked tissue would burn real good, I've got another plan. Either a med school where they can disassemble me bit by bit, or one of those nice body farms for the CSI's to practice on.

[ahhdurr]

do we release my toxins to the air? or bury them.

hmmmm.

toxins.

hehe.

[Thebazile78]

While I'm sure my alcohol soaked tissue would burn real good, I've got another plan. Either a med school where they can disassemble me bit by bit, or one of those nice body farms for the CSI's to practice on.

At the end of the book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, there's information on how to donate your body to science like that. I have a copy of the book; once we unpack it, I can give you the info ... PM me if you would like me to type it up for you.

The saddest part of the cadaver lab is that most medical schools are doing away with them as a teaching tool. There's an archive of 3-D photographs of the human body (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/science/22bass.html?_r=1&scp=11&sq=human%20body%20computer&st=cse&oref=slogin) that may become a replacement, in addition to 3-D scans on CD-ROM, that are quickly becoming cheap alternatives to having a cadaver lab.

[scottinnj]

http://www.paolograssitelli.com/Gallery2/Nuova%20cartella%20(2)/Bobby%20Knight.jpg

"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass."

- Bob Knight, March 1994

Just when I thought he couldn't get any douchier, Bob comes up with these zingers.

Double Douche.

[Nothing Sound]

Pre-planning is the responsible thing to do, PAY FOR THE WHOLE FUCKN WORKS UP FRONT, nobody worries

I have plenty of life insurance.
They can take it from there to bury my ass.

[razorboy]

Just when I thought he couldn't get any douchier, Bob comes up with these zingers.

Double Douche.

Double douche, or greatest grumpy old asshole in the history of grumpy old assholes? I love that man and all of his misguided anger.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Freeze my head just in case, but you can burn the rest... I've pretty much worn it out already anyway.

[keverlast]

While I'm sure my alcohol soaked tissue would burn real good, I've got another plan. Either a med school where they can disassemble me bit by bit, or one of those nice body farms for the CSI's to practice on.


Body farm is the best bet, cadavers are increasingly replaced by graphic media as mentioned by someone here.

[furie]

Burial is greedy

[spot]

I wouldn't even consider burial..cremation is the only option for me.

[keverlast]

Burial is greedy



Fuckn got that right, so many costs associated with this type of internmenthttp://bpmlegal.com/gif/coffin.gif


http://bpmlegal.com/wcoffin.html

[Freitag]

My parents have differing opinions on this subject.

My father, who is insanely claustrophobic, wants to be able to see the sun. I'm thinking this means aboveground. Which is freaking expensive.

My mother, who doesn't much care, would like to be cremated.

Me, well, the idea of being put into the ground wigs me out, but I haven't quite figured out how to justify the carbon emissions involved in cremation. But if the funeral industry figures that one out for me, cremation seems like the practical way to go ... and scatter my ashes over Sally's Field.

Just so I know, where is that?

I prefer to be creamated too, can you have a headstone when you're cremated or no?

I hate to sound horrific, but my idea was having some of my ashes mixed with Liz's and then having our kids/grandkids spread them in Hawaii or in Arizona.

[Thebazile78]

Just so I know, where is that?

I prefer to be creamated too, can you have a headstone when you're cremated or no?

I hate to sound horrific, but my idea was having some of my ashes mixed with Liz's and then having our kids/grandkids spread them in Hawaii or in Arizona.

Sally's Field is part of Ringwood Manor State Park. Sally Hewitt (Miss Sally) used to ride her pony there when she was alive and it was used as a town picnic/festival spot through the early 1990's.

I used to watch fireworks there with my dad when I was a little kid. And I probably rolled down the hill towards Sally's Pond more times than I can count. It's a good slope and tended to be free of goose poo ... it smelled like thyme and oregano. Which would make sense because the whole field in front of what used to be the Convent all went to seed with thyme or oregano.

Sure you can have a headstone, but most people usually have their cremains put into an urn. Or you can get one of those memorial plaque thingies like they have across the highway from our apartment and have your cremains interred there.

[hammersavage]

I definitely want to be cremated. Caskets are so expensive and such a waste of money.

Ronnie mentioned something about the process being selfish. I think he's right on. Even in death, you want your own space and headstone? Just burn me so I take up as little space as possible.

I don't know where I would want my ashes spread, however. That's a tougher decision.

[biggirl]

whatever my family wants. I won't care...I won't be here.

[biggirl]

the only wish I have is for them to play "Bad Fish" at the funeral or memorial. I really like that song.