Go out in a more ecofriendly way!

[BTM]

Have you guys heard about this?  Apparently in addition to all the other trendy "going green" things out there, you can now get biodegradable coffins made from stuff like bamboo, seagrass, wicker willow, you name it.  

This is all news to me, but then again, I've never been on the cutting edge of much of anything.



So, instead of going to a funeral, it looks like you're going to a bizarre tea party at your grandma's house.  

Dunno, I guess it's a good thing if that's what you want to be buried in, just seems on the bizarre side to me.  Course, I always found the whole "fancy coffin" (of any type) a bit bizarre because the occupant really couldn't care less, but funerals are never really for the dead.

[SPazzo]

From what I understand, the fancy coffin only really is good for the people in mourn.  That is, the people who are paying for it and want to feel better.  I guess it has some sort of effect that you feel more at peace with the death because you got them a nice coffin.

That being said, this could have the same effect.  It makes them feel good because they think they're helping the environment.  Whether this actually does help the environment or not is another story.

[Trevor]

When I go, I want the same thing as my Dad had: family and friends around having a party on me. Little or no memorial service, just good memories.

Something else: if people want to remember me on the day of my death, they should go see a movie, any movie and remember me that way. 

[BTM]

You know, speaking of such, this is going to sound morbid, but sometimes I wish I do a Tom Sawyer and attend my own funeral.  (For those who haven't read the book, Tom and co goto an island for several days  "playing pirates" and the town, after a search turns up nothing, assumes he and his friends drowned in the river.)

I'm just curious what everyone will say about me, and wouldn't mind being there as a bunch of people (hopefully) heap praise on me. 

Why do we wait until someone's DEAD before we say good stuff about them? 

[Psycho Circus]

Why do we wait until someone's DEAD before we say good stuff about them? 

Guilt? The realization that you can longer spend time with that person, that perhaps you didn't make the effort when they were alive?

As the famous saying goes: You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

[Jack]

That wicker coffin would cave in as soon as the first bucketload of dirt from the backhoe hit it.  I don't think I'd want to live with the thought of my loved one getting a face full of crushed wicker and dirt for the rest of my life. 

[Trevor]

I'd rather go out like The Wicker Man. 

[Leah]

I'd rather go out like The Wicker Man. 

Being burned? and dying because of some weird religion? 

[Trevor]

I'd rather go out like The Wicker Man. 

Being burned? and dying because of some weird religion? 

Yessir: with all my friends singing and dancing below me singing in ye olde Eenglish. 

[Mr. DS]

I would like to become a taxidermy piece.

[3mnkids]

Whatever floats their boat I guess. I want to be cremated and I dont care what happens to the ashes.   

[Psycho Circus]

I want to be encased in a metal statue that shoots lasers. 

[InformationGeek]

I prefer a simple coffin and stuff.  Nothing too extreme or extrordinary.  In rememberance of me, everyone I liked can watch my favorite movie, Dick Tracey.  Everybody I hated can watched Frogs and Monster A Go-Go.  I'll still get them back from beyond the grave!   

[BoyScoutKevin]

My salute to poet Odgen Nash

Candy is dandy
But wicker is quicker
A pot is not

I'm not going to need a coffin or an urn, as I left instructions for me to be cremated, after I'm dead, then my remains to be scattered to the four winds: north, south, east, and west, and where my heart rests the best.

[The Burgomaster]

I just want to be lowered into a vat of beer.