Final Choices - Page 2

lookout123 · 01-24-2006, 11:23 PM

i'm thinking that if i got to go the way i wanted (non-opening chute - what a rush) the choices listed are kind of irrelevant. if i live long enough to go from natural causes then cremation.

Trilby · 01-25-2006, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

i'm thinking that if i got to go the way i wanted (non-opening chute - what a rush)

Ah, the ol' Sudden Decelleration Injury. Me like.

Pie · 01-18-2006, 04:01 PM

Well, I chose cremation, but I meant it more in a re-entry sort of mode. Y'know, like into Jupiter's atmosphere.

- Pie (flambe')

SteveDallas · 01-18-2006, 04:20 PM

My older brother has expressed a wish to be stuffed and placed in a rocking chair on the front porch next to a cooler of beer, so that passers-by might stop and have a cold one if they wished.

Sun_Sparkz · 01-18-2006, 04:36 PM

I have always wanted to be cremated and scattered at our local national parks waterfall, where my dad and I used to bushwalk and picnic when i was younger.

Although, that "turned into a diamond" idea sounds awesome.. I could make my kids walk around with me in their jewellery for the rest of their lives! Although i dont like the prospect of being forgotten in a jewellery box somewhere.

lumberjim · 01-18-2006, 05:48 PM

cremation.

but ...that freeze dried thing sounds pretty cool too.

made into a diamond? definite big shot stuff there. but who would get to wear it? what if they lost you? or sold you when times got tough? you could end up the symbol of some couple's love? that sounds cool, too.

SteveDallas · 01-18-2006, 06:12 PM

Or you could end up planted here . . . . . .

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2006, 08:05 PM

I suppose when the time comes, it won't make any difference to me.

01-18-2006, 09:50 PM

I imagine I won't notice what happens to my earthly remains. I would like to be recycled, though. Throw my body to the wild critters on the Uncomphaghre Plateau, or at least my ashes to give a little additional nitrogen to the sage brush out there.

monster · 01-21-2006, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

I imagine I won't notice what happens to my earthly remains. I would like to be recycled, though. Throw my body to the wild critters on the Uncomphaghre Plateau, or at least my ashes to give a little additional nitrogen to the sage brush out there.

Seconded.

footfootfoot · 01-18-2006, 10:20 PM

Tan me 'ide when I'm dead, Fred,
tan me 'ide when I'm dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde,
(Spoken) And that's it hanging on the shed.
Altogether now!

Tie me kangaroo down sport...

BigV · 01-18-2006, 11:38 PM

Organ donor.

Then, medschool cadaver for the rest. A plaque, or some other memorial suitable to the tastes of the day... I dunno.

The diamond thang sounds crazy-cool. How damn pretentious can you get?

wolf · 01-19-2006, 01:35 AM

I'm also an organ donor, but by the time I'm done with 'em, I'm not sure anyone will want them.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2006, 04:26 AM

Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire;
Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher;
The flames just soared, and the furnace roared—such a blaze you seldom see;
And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Sam McGee.

Kitsune · 01-19-2006, 06:58 AM

I'm surprised by this -- cremation leads well over burial. I always thought burial was still preferred over cremation, but I couldn't say why it once was. Something to do with the catholic church, maybe? (I can't remember when they finally accepted cremation.)

Very interesting! If you do prefer cremation, is there any reason why you'd rather have it than burial? Expense? The idea of "returning to the land"?

View Poll Results: When it is all over and done with, how would you like to go?
Burial	5	10.64%
Cremation	23	48.94%
Promession (see post text)	5	10.64%
Chemical Digestion (see post text)	0	0%
Other	14	29.79%
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll

01-18-2006, 04:01 PM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Well, I chose cremation, but I meant it more in a re-entry sort of mode. Y'know, like into Jupiter's atmosphere. - Pie (flambe') __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-18-2006, 04:20 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	My older brother has expressed a wish to be stuffed and placed in a rocking chair on the front porch next to a cooler of beer, so that passers-by might stop and have a cold one if they wished. Last edited by SteveDallas; 01-18-2006 at 05:14 PM. Reason: speling correkshun

01-18-2006, 04:36 PM	#5
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	I have always wanted to be cremated and scattered at our local national parks waterfall, where my dad and I used to bushwalk and picnic when i was younger. Although, that "turned into a diamond" idea sounds awesome.. I could make my kids walk around with me in their jewellery for the rest of their lives! Although i dont like the prospect of being forgotten in a jewellery box somewhere. __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now Last edited by Sun_Sparkz; 01-18-2006 at 04:47 PM.

01-18-2006, 05:48 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	cremation. but ...that freeze dried thing sounds pretty cool too. made into a diamond? definite big shot stuff there. but who would get to wear it? what if they lost you? or sold you when times got tough? you could end up the symbol of some couple's love? that sounds cool, too. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-24-2006, 11:23 PM	#1
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i'm thinking that if i got to go the way i wanted (non-opening chute - what a rush) the choices listed are kind of irrelevant. if i live long enough to go from natural causes then cremation.

01-18-2006, 06:12 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Or you could end up planted here . . . . . .

01-18-2006, 08:05 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I suppose when the time comes, it won't make any difference to me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-18-2006, 09:50 PM	#9
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I imagine I won't notice what happens to my earthly remains. I would like to be recycled, though. Throw my body to the wild critters on the Uncomphaghre Plateau, or at least my ashes to give a little additional nitrogen to the sage brush out there.

01-18-2006, 10:20 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Tan me 'ide when I'm dead, Fred, tan me 'ide when I'm dead. So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde, (Spoken) And that's it hanging on the shed. Altogether now! Tie me kangaroo down sport... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-18-2006, 11:38 PM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Organ donor. Then, medschool cadaver for the rest. A plaque, or some other memorial suitable to the tastes of the day... I dunno. The diamond thang sounds crazy-cool. How damn pretentious can you get? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-19-2006, 01:35 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm also an organ donor, but by the time I'm done with 'em, I'm not sure anyone will want them. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-19-2006, 04:26 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire; Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher; The flames just soared, and the furnace roared—such a blaze you seldom see; And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Sam McGee. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-19-2006, 06:58 AM	#15
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I'm surprised by this -- cremation leads well over burial. I always thought burial was still preferred over cremation, but I couldn't say why it once was. Something to do with the catholic church, maybe? (I can't remember when they finally accepted cremation.) Very interesting! If you do prefer cremation, is there any reason why you'd rather have it than burial? Expense? The idea of "returning to the land"?

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