Final Choices

Kitsune · 01-18-2006, 12:01 PM

Information on promession. I love the idea of a forest of memories.

I couldn't find enough information on chemical digestion, but it was a method proposed and demonstrated in the book Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Simply add lye and "your troubles go down the drain", so the speak.

Happy Monkey · 01-18-2006, 12:36 PM

Chopped for spare parts.

mrnoodle · 01-18-2006, 12:39 PM

I'd rather die in my sleep. The other ways seem painful.

Or are you asking how I want my body disposed? Meh, throw me in the woods out back and let the coyotes get something out of it.

Elspode · 01-18-2006, 12:43 PM

Why wasn't "converted to Soylent Green" one of the choices? Then, when I tell someone "Eat me!", there's a chance it might actually happen.

Hemlock · 01-18-2006, 12:57 PM

I am a chemist, and work with carbon. I have always wanted my ashes to be turned into a graphite target, for people in lab to use. That way, I can still be involved in experiements!

This firm took my idea, and made it better:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2209799.stm

Basically, "A US firm says it will turn your cremated ashes into a diamond for the loved ones you leave behind to cherish."

That sounds awesome.

Undertoad · 01-18-2006, 01:01 PM

Other, donated to science. Let some pre-med play with me to learn something.

glatt · 01-18-2006, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Other, donated to science. Let some pre-med play with me to learn something.

That you can scare the crap out of a fellow med student by stuffing a cadaver in their locker...

glatt · 01-18-2006, 01:07 PM

I don't care too much what happens to me. I'll be an organ donor like HM, and then after that, my next of kin can do whatever is easiest/cheapest for them. But I don't want to have my bones decorate some church somewhere.

wolf · 01-18-2006, 01:10 PM

I'm going with cremation, but I kind of liked these ideas, from the article

"THE Parsees of Mumbai in India leave their dead on top of Towers of Silence to be eaten by vultures, while in the Solomon Islands, the deceased are laid out on a reef for the sharks to eat."

limey · 01-18-2006, 01:13 PM

I choose burial because now I'm on this island I do not want to leave, even temporarily to be cremated. If they build a crematorium here I'm happy to be cremated and scattered here.

Kitsune · 01-18-2006, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Other, donated to science. Let some pre-med play with me to learn something.

I wanted to be donated to science until I found out that most of the cadavers end up being used for cosmetic surgery practice.

The book "Stiff" ruined a lot for me. Finding out what really happens to bodies in the science field was kind of depressing since rarely are they ever used for "good", anymore. Donating your brain? It usually ends up in a tupperware bin labeled with masking tape and a marker, then forgotten.

Not even turkey roasting pans have the same meaning to me, anymore.

SteveDallas · 01-18-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Why wasn't "converted to Soylent Green" one of the choices? Then, when I tell someone "Eat me!", there's a chance it might actually happen.

I was gonna say, "served with fava beans and a nice Chianti."

Trilby · 01-18-2006, 02:36 PM

I want to be floated out on a wooden raft at sunset. Just as my Death Float hits the horizon I want someone on shore to shoot a flaming arrow onto the raft and I'll burn up as I float away. I'll be ashy-swampy.

fargon · 01-18-2006, 03:34 PM

I am gonna be deep sixed offa Coast Guard Cutter. Just feed my nasty ass to the crabs.

barefoot serpent · 01-18-2006, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon

Just feed my nasty ass to the crabs.

I would prefer turkey buzzards somewheres up on The Mogollon Rim. But, med school cadaver is OK, too.

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, 12:01 PM	#1
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Final Choices Information on promession. I love the idea of a forest of memories. I couldn't find enough information on chemical digestion, but it was a method proposed and demonstrated in the book Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Simply add lye and "your troubles go down the drain", so the speak.

01-18-2006, 12:36 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Chopped for spare parts. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-18-2006, 12:39 PM	#3
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I'd rather die in my sleep. The other ways seem painful. Or are you asking how I want my body disposed? Meh, throw me in the woods out back and let the coyotes get something out of it. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

01-18-2006, 12:43 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Why wasn't "converted to Soylent Green" one of the choices? Then, when I tell someone "Eat me!", there's a chance it might actually happen. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-18-2006, 12:57 PM	#5
Hemlock May Ter Dee Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 26	I am a chemist, and work with carbon. I have always wanted my ashes to be turned into a graphite target, for people in lab to use. That way, I can still be involved in experiements! This firm took my idea, and made it better: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2209799.stm Basically, "A US firm says it will turn your cremated ashes into a diamond for the loved ones you leave behind to cherish." That sounds awesome.

01-18-2006, 01:01 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Other, donated to science. Let some pre-med play with me to learn something.

01-18-2006, 01:07 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't care too much what happens to me. I'll be an organ donor like HM, and then after that, my next of kin can do whatever is easiest/cheapest for them. But I don't want to have my bones decorate some church somewhere.

01-18-2006, 01:10 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm going with cremation, but I kind of liked these ideas, from the article "THE Parsees of Mumbai in India leave their dead on top of Towers of Silence to be eaten by vultures, while in the Solomon Islands, the deceased are laid out on a reef for the sharks to eat." __________________ 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

01-18-2006, 01:13 PM	#10
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I choose burial because now I'm on this island I do not want to leave, even temporarily to be cremated. If they build a crematorium here I'm happy to be cremated and scattered here. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-18-2006, 02:36 PM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I want to be floated out on a wooden raft at sunset. Just as my Death Float hits the horizon I want someone on shore to shoot a flaming arrow onto the raft and I'll burn up as I float away. I'll be ashy-swampy. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-18-2006, 03:34 PM	#14
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I am gonna be deep sixed offa Coast Guard Cutter. Just feed my nasty ass to the crabs. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

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