Personally I would prefer embalmment, a wake would be nice but can't have both - how would you like your funeral arrangements, Buried or Burnt?

I don't really mind.. I'll be dead!

My hubby can't bear the thought of being cremated though!!

Well they say you bury treasure and burn rubbish. I'd go for burnt personally.

i would like to be a skeleton! or ghost please :)

I want to be burnt and my ashes scattered off the top of a scottish mountain :)

neither - medical science for me :thumbsup:

composted then spread on the veg patch

repeatedly poked with a hot fork?

When I was 9/10 years old, I went through a really bizarre stage of being extremely fearful of death. Not just of me dying, but everyone around me and the whole concept of getting old. I can remember finding a little comfort in the thought that I'd be buried in my own back garden.

As that isn't really approriate (!), I'd say I'd like to be cremated. I wouldn't want my ashes scattering, I imagine I'd like my next of kin (when I'm older - wife? If it happened whilst young - my mum) to keep a hold of them.

Burnt at the stake yep thats for me.
I would not wanna be buried with all the maggots and bugs crawling all over my body.
And feasting on my skin and innerds.Yuk
I wanna be burnt and saved on the mantel piece.So everyone can remeber that im boss.
When they look up at me. I have told other half that when he goes im gonna have him cremated and put in a egg timer.Keep him working lol.
Charlie

I want my corpse to be left to decompose in the middle of the woods.

Personally I would prefer embalmment, a wake would be nice but can't have both - how would you like your funeral arrangements, Buried or Burnt?

Bit of a dead end subject this, but if I must die, (I've decided not to bother with it), I'd prefer being burnt.

burnt 4 me,cant stand the thought of maggots and other creatures eating away at me

i would like to be stuffed, embalmed and displayed somewhere nice.

Burnt, I have a 20 mile walk mapped out and my ashes are to be scattered in various places around it, that way I get to have the last laugh as my friends hate my big walks.

i would like to be stuffed, embalmed and displayed somewhere nice.

we could be bookends in a museum

Think I'll go for burnt - a bit strange really as I am terrified of fire. I have a real phobia about it. (Reckon I was burnt alive in a past life! lol) But can't stand the thought of the creepy crawlies either! But yeah, I'll go for burnt cause at least it will be quick!

I want to be put in a wall-mounted scarcophagus!

Back of an Onyx bin wagon for me. It's a stack cheaper and I doubt if you'd know owt about it. Other than that cremation. Sadly, graves eventually become neglected and I always feel a bit sorry for the occupants :)

burnt & ashes scattered by the river in chatsworth park, where my family & I used to have picnics when my kids were growing up

Im on the Organ Donor list, so dont think they will be much left. :D

Stuffed and mounted (Preferabally with a sheep) and put on display in the Western park museum.

That`d give the kiddies a treat.

I wanna be burnt and then buried :D

I'm on the organ donor list too, so we'll see what remains..if there is anything left over I've made it known that I want to be buried, probably a woodland burial so there doesn't have to be a headstone and a grave to be neglected. I can just decompose in peace, and it doesn't bother me what feats on my bits during the process!

I'm on the organ donor list too, so we'll see what remains..if there is anything left over I've made it known that I want to be buried, probably a woodland burial so there doesn't have to be a headstone and a grave to be neglected. I can just decompose in peace, and it doesn't bother me what feats on my bits during the process!

Perish the thought:D :D :D :D

Stuffed and mounted (Preferabally with a sheep) and put on display in the Western park museum.

That`d give the kiddies a treat.

Stuffed ?? :cool:

Stuffed ?? :cool:

Stuffed. Stuffed hard, like a good `un.

With sawdust.


I just turned myself on.

Stuffed. Stuffed hard, like a good `un.

With sawdust.


I just turned myself on.

as in taxidermy? you're always doing that - get a stopcock

Yeah as in taxidermy.
They can do rhinos so they shouldnt have too much trouble with me.

Remember the wrestlers in the museum? I bet my stuffed and filleted carcasse would fit in between them perfectly.

Yeah as in taxidermy.
They can do rhinos so they shouldnt have too much trouble with me.

Remember the wrestlers in the museum? I bet my stuffed and filleted carcasse would fit in between them perfectly.

can we ever see a picture of you?

Stuffed and mounted (Preferabally with a sheep) and put on display in the Western park museum.

That`d give the kiddies a treat.

sorry i thought you mean't stuffed with a sheep then saw the post that said sawdust :huh: :hihi: :loopy:

can we ever see a picture of you?

What? Stuffed and doing a sheep?

I'm on the organ donor list too, so we'll see what remains..if there is anything left over I've made it known that I want to be buried, probably a woodland burial so there doesn't have to be a headstone and a grave to be neglected. I can just decompose in peace, and it doesn't bother me what feats on my bits during the process!

what feats on your bits, no-one is thinking they are crushing grapes are they?

What? Stuffed and doing a sheep?

er no - the other way round , perhaps not:confused:

What? Stuffed and doing a sheep?

Oh, hes so clever, he wishes he could sleep with himself. ;)

Oh, hes so clever, he wishes he could sleep with himself. ;)

don't we all (I mean with ourselves, is that narcissism?)

Oh, hes so clever, he wishes he could sleep with himself. ;)

I have scars on my tongue from French kissing mirrors

I have scars on my tongue from French kissing mirrors

is that becos the mirrors are cracked :hihi:

is that becos the mirrors are cracked :hihi:

Eventually yessssssssssss :D

Stuffed. Stuffed hard, like a good `un.

With sawdust.


I just turned myself on.

Dont you always do that..

Woodland burial for me!

In fact Mr Scoop is under instruction to see if he can get away with burying me in the woods at Graves Park.

Woodland burial for me!

In fact Mr Scoop is under instruction to see if he can get away with burying me in the woods at Graves Park.

What a lovely idea. :)

Woodland burial for me too ! Buried in a wicker basket with a tree planted over my head 1

Woodland burial for me too ! Buried in a wicker basket with a tree planted over my head 1

I would love a wicker basket. Completely disposable I would think.

I would love a wicker basket. Completely disposable I would think.

Very disposable and much cheaper than varnished wood ! It rots away very quickly and 'everything else inside' will too ! Might as well put some good fertiliser into the ground rather than polluting the air with the products of combustion ! I agree with the person who didn't want a headstone just a small plaque ( ?sp) on with my name on will do me. Then no one has the awful job of tending the grave.

You can get some lovely bambo coffins:
http://www.naturalendings.co.uk/coffins.htm

Very disposable and much cheaper than varnished wood ! It rots away very quickly and 'everything else inside' will too ! Might as well put some good fertiliser into the ground rather than polluting the air with the products of combustion ! I agree with the person who didn't want a headstone just a small plaque ( ?sp) on with my name on will do me. Then no one has the awful job of tending the grave.

Yes, I can never understand people tending graves. I have never been to either my mother or fathers grave. They are not there. I dont want anyone to visit my grave. I do respect people who do like to visit graves though.

Burnt.

No child is doing rubbings of my grave like i used to when i was little.

I went through a stage when my stepgrandmother died of having nightmares of being buried with her, she was the only member of my family that had been buried at that point and i remember being a bit freaked by it as i wasn't allowed to go to the funeral. I kept imagining her alive in the box terrified. I also remember that film 'The Serpent and the Rose'.

At least if I'm burnt there is no confusion.
When you are gone, you are gone. Tough, that's life (or death).

Burnt.

No child is doing rubbings of my grave like i used to when i was little.

I went through a stage when my stepgrandmother died of having nightmares of being buried with her, she was the only member of my family that had been buried at that point and i remember being a bit freaked by it as i wasn't allowed to go to the funeral. I kept imagining her alive in the box terrified. I also remember that film 'The Serpent and the Rose'.

At least if I'm burnt there is no confusion.
When you are gone, you are gone. Tough, that's life (or death).

Totally agree with you there, Edna.

I'd like to be turned into Soylent Green -- so I could feed the world, you know.

I'd wanna be cremated and then my family have to take a trip to all the beautiful places which I've loved in my life and scatter them there! So far I'd like a little bit in Central Park NYC, and some beautiful beach somewhere (can't make my mind up yet) and in the sea somewhere!

Sorry, much prefer to be buried. Dont really know why though

buried, but i want my funeral to be a right party , i mean itll b the last u ever have so why not make it lavish lol itll have all my favourite song and nobody at all can wear black!! you celebrate life not mourn death!

Cremation for me.

There's no way Im having the worms eating me.

we could be bookends in a museum


im strangely into that idea..:)

i like the idea of being turned into a diamond

Burnt for me.

I don't particularly care what they do with me when I am gone, they can stuff me and stand me in a corner as a hat and coat stand if they wish :)

I don't particularly care what they do with me when I am gone, they can stuff me and stand me in a corner as a hat and coat stand if they wish :)


Arguably the most environmentally friendly solution. Being burnt or buried will contribute a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere :hihi:

Arguably the most environmentally friendly solution. Being burnt or buried will contribute a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere :hihi:


OMG!! I must be turning green, :hihi: Recycling my body. :hihi:

I quite like the idea of a sky burial, but I'm not sure the local birds would be up to the job..

I quite like the idea of a sky burial, but I'm not sure the local birds would be up to the job..

As a flying fish? :hihi: :hihi:

As a flying fish? :hihi: :hihi:

Nice idea actually..a sky burial is the one where your body is pounded into smallish bits with rocks at the top of the mountain and then the condors or vultures come and eat all the bits. Excellent!

Nice idea actually..a sky burial is the one where your body is pounded into smallish bits with rocks at the top of the mountain and then the condors or vultures come and eat all the bits. Excellent!

Yet another Green recycling idea .. :)

Cremation for me.

Burn me baby, Just make sure they play Sway by Coal Chamber as the coffin descends into the altar .. We don't need no water let the mother****** burn, burn mother******, burn. :hihi:

Id like my ashes to be loaded into a 12 bore shotgun then fired point blank at Charlotte Churches crotch.

Id like my ashes to be loaded into a 12 bore shotgun then fired point blank at Charlotte Churches crotch.

that's a new take on things I suppose:rolleyes:

Burn me baby, Just make sure they play Sway by Coal Chamber as the coffin descends into the altar .. We don't need no water let the mother****** burn, burn mother******, burn. :hihi:

Heard a song tonite called "Burning" which could be very apt

Id like my ashes to be loaded into a 12 bore shotgun then fired point blank at Charlotte Churches crotch.

Jabberwocky thats one of funniest things i ever heard, been cryin with laughter.

Cremation for me

Now this would be a cool way to go:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_us/rocket_launch

i dont want to be buried, would rather be cremated

repeatedly poked with a hot fork?

No need for coats in hell, it's hot enough already :D

I gather those she-devils look a bit hot as well, lol.

Cremated. Then the kids can do whatever they want with me!

How about getting cremated and then have your ashes used to make a diamond.

Id rather be stuffed!! thought if being burried makes me cringe, but thought of being burnt makes me cry..so stuffed please

EATEN!

I'm anticipating turning into the elderly mad-cat woman in years to come and with no kids to rob me blind, I expect my half -or-mostly-eaten corpse will eventually be discovered long after I'm dead by the milkman, so no need for a burial or a cremation.

funerals are such an ordeal for family and friends. especially youngsters its unfair to put them through it. i'm leaving instructions for my body to be cremated in private, then my ashes returned to my family. they can scatter them wherever. i prefer wincobank hill, or rivelyn valley. it would be less traumatic and would make me happy not to put them through the stress. you ought to do the same?

I want to be one of these. (http://www.eternalreefs.com/reefs/reefs.html) :love:

But I would want to be put just off the coast of Dubrovnik or one of its islands. Then my friends can come and visit me on holiday by going for a swim. (Forum meet!) :)

And to Mikey - funerals are an important milestone in dealing with death and the cycle of life. It is ultimately crueller to try to prevent children from ever being distressed. We're too divorced from the reality of death as it is. You can only learn to deal with grief by facing it head on, not hiding away from it.

I want to be one of these. (http://www.eternalreefs.com/reefs/reefs.html) :love:

But I would want to be put just off the coast of Dubrovnik or one of its islands. Then my friends can come and visit me on holiday by going for a swim. (Forum meet!) :)

And to Mikey - funerals are an important milestone in dealing with death and the cycle of life. It is ultimately crueller to try to prevent children from ever being distressed. We're too divorced from the reality of death as it is. You can only learn to deal with grief by facing it head on, not hiding away from it.

no we'll disagree on this. we're not talking about death but the pantomine we have to endure to satisfy some god or believe. my method is much kinder to all concerned. coming to terms is a personal thing. nothing to do with black ties and wet cemetries and a dark damp hole in the ground.

funerals are such an ordeal for family and friends. especially youngsters its unfair to put them through it. i'm leaving instructions for my body to be cremated in private, then my ashes returned to my family. they can scatter them wherever. i prefer wincobank hill, or rivelyn valley. it would be less traumatic and would make me happy not to put them through the stress. you ought to do the same?

Interestingly, we have had quite a few funerals in the past few years, and my children have been to them all. I do not think that any of them were an ordeal for them, or I wouldn't have taken them. My daughter spoke at both her grandparents funerals, having prepared what she wanted to say herself, and I believe that this was part of her grieving process that was invaluable to her.

The three close family funerals we have had, have been sad, but uplifting memorials to the loved family members, we have left each funeral feeling comforted by the ceremony, rather than cast down. Perhaps it is because they have all been humanist ceremonies designed by ourselves to be a meaningful celebration of each person's life, rather than religious ceremonies which would have been meaningless to us.

I think my children would have been worse off if I hadn't let them attend, not better.

no we'll disagree on this. we're not talking about death but the pantomine we have to endure to satisfy some god or believe. my method is much kinder to all concerned. coming to terms is a personal thing. nothing to do with black ties and wet cemetries and a dark damp hole in the ground.

Well I've known two people (unrelated) who lost parents when children, and were prevented from attending the funerals because it was thought *kinder*. But both have a deep set anger and regret that that they were barred. It was well meant, but it was a mistake. They feel their grieving processes were stunted and that they should have had the right to take part. Formal ceremonies are an important rite of passage, as Hennypenny said, whether you believe in god or not.

Sometimes what people do to be kind can actually be counterproductive.