What do you want done with your remains?

[KansDem]

Poll question: What do you want done with your remains?

There was a time I only wanted to be placed in a coffin and put in the ground protected by a very durable vault. Cremation was not an option! Now, however, I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered. I don't even want my ashes stored in an urn, just scatter me over some far away place, like the ocean or rugged mountain terrain (picturesque, or course).

So how about you?

Also, indicate whether you want or don't want services, and whether the services are to be religious or secular.

[kanrok]

1. I want to be buried next to Anna Nicole Smith and her son...

[teriyaki jones]

5. Good one! Thanks for the laugh! n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Don't laugh. There was a bidding war for the burial plot next to

(Paul) Jackson Pollock, the artist, in a small graveyard in Easthampton, New York not long ago. Seems that even after death, you are famous vicariously by whom you are closely positioned.

[wuushew]

2. Donation to science or cremation

cemetaries are the second worst waste of land after golf courses.

[CTyankee]

50. A man I knew willed his body to the Yale Medical School here in New Haven.

His wife, a devout Catholic, was upset but he explained it to her by saying "I always wanted to go to Yale!"

I think of that guy when anybody says they're going to donate their remains to science.

[katsy]

3. Cremation and -

ashes pressed into a diamond.

[Quantess]

39. I want that!

Creative, and, your "remains" would surely be passed along as an heirloom.:thumbsup:

[katsy]

47. Hell Yes!

http://www.lifegem.com/index.aspx?bannertype=yahootext&bannermessage=cremation

And 'ya get to pick your color.



:hi:

[ComerPerro]

4. I vote "not my problem", lol

[Bjornsdotter]

6. What I told my kids

......take my body to the city, put me on a bus stop bench with a newspaper in my lap and let the city take care of me.

Seriously...no service, cremation, scatter the ashes over Limhamn harbor.

Cheers

[Quantess]

7. Don't get mad at me for thinking this....

I think cemeteries are a waste of real estate.

It is completely unrealistic to have a piece of land, --however small the plot of land is-- to be forever dedicated to a deceased person. We just don't have that much land on Earth!

[dkofos]

Not to mention how your remains will be treated in 20 -30 years

[Quantess]

28. Exactly. After 20 or 30 years, when nobody remembers you

and nobody cares about "your memory" that much anymore, don't be surprised when and somebody comes up with a more cost effective use of land, and builds a shopping mall over the defunct cemetary.

[lapislzi]

62. I totally agree!

It also irks me the amount of money spent on the dead. If they can burn me in a used refrigerator box at the town dump (after all useful organs and tissue have been harvested), they should do that.

[stillcool]

8. I want to be cremated...

and my ashes are none of my concern. No service..I'll go out the way I came in..alone, and without fanfare.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Non-stop, no detours, no piss stops.

[johnaries]

10. Other. Donation.

If it's no longer serving me, perhaps it can serve someone else.

[dkofos]

12. Crematate me and scatter me.

And I have found one of the most beautiful and
remote places in Colorado to scatter my ashes.

[goclark]

38. My 93 year old aunt insisted that she wanted her body donated

to Medical Science.

When I notified the Office in her state and gave her name, I was shocked that the person that answered the phone started crying.

When she was able to get the words out, she told me that my Aunt had been her favorite teacher!

She immediately went to the top administrator and assured me that they would be HONORED to receive her body.

I was so pleased because my Aunt was brilliant and wonderful! She was firm that she wanted her body donated and what a beautiful decision that was on her part.

Soon after that my Mom needed to have a Cornea Transplant and it was as if my Aunt gave her body so that others could be inspired to give to my mother.

My Aunt was my hero and I have it written in my Trust that I want to have my body donated and no urn, just scatter me.

The family plot that would have been for my aunt we gave to my uncle who died 2 years later. His immediate family did not have the money to bury him and it worked out beautifully.

[DemReadingDU]

73. Nice story, thanks for sharing

I'm leaning towards donating too.

[laylah]

76. me too!

but I am thinking Craig and the other promoters of Telluride Bluegrass wouldn't like my idea :rofl:

Jenn

[Norquist Nemesis]

13. Already instructed the kids, cremate and take a vacation to Maine

or somewhere on the coast near a lighthouse. Toss the ashes to the wind and go have fun!

They told me to write it down. LOL! (It was during that whole Schiavo thing.)

[Madspirit]

14. I want to be compost. n/t

[terip64]

26. My 16 year old son wants the same thing. This was topic at supper last night!

He wants to be part of the circle of life.

[Madspirit]

37. Don't tell him...

He has something in common with a 52 year old woman. <g> He's right, it's the circle of life. I want to be part of an apple tree or a giant sequoia.
Lee

[terip64]

52. He is an old soul and a great thinker...

if only he would do his homework and hand it in. Alas, I ask too much...

[northzax]

15. well, after the rabis ferrets are done with me

I can't imagine there will be much left. but I would like to be consumed in a feast attended by all my friends and family.

of course, if I am really lucky, I will be doing something so cool that they will never find my body.

seriously, cremation creates greenhouse gasses. I suggest going with composting.

[wuushew]

20. You could always build a co-generation crematory

generate heating steam or electricity with the same fire.

[Dogmudgeon]

16. Freeze me head when I'm dead, Fred ...

It's cryonic suspension for me, baby!

:evilgrin:

--p!
(Temporarily plagued with compnter problems)

[htuttle]

17. I've always been interested in the idea of a sky burial

But I don't think I could have one arranged here in the states.

[Zavulon]

18. I'll go with casket and vault.

Who knows, if we have another ice age and a few thousand years in the future another civilization reaches out technological level, they could discover me and others and do some DNA magic.

[mak3cats]

19. Other - donation

My dad donated his body to science. The way he described it was "After I die, I'm going back to school."

The only service I want is a party; if I'm in good enough financial shape, I'll leave a provision for it in my will.

[nomo]

24. I'll just live forever

Problem solved.

[bdamomma]

49. me too, but I wouldn't want to have Alzheimers!!

[Bunny]

21. Cremation. Divide my ashes up amongst my next of kin (if they

want them)then put the ashes in a stunning urn, surrounded by flashing lights if possible. Barring that, I think perhaps the Jeremy Bentham treatment would suffice:





PS - I really must apologize for the frivolity of my post - perhaps it's more suited for the Lounge? :shrug:

[Igel]

22. Other.

No embalming, just put me in a pine box and bury me. I don't even care if the grave's marked--just bury me deep so that others can be buried above me (conserve ground).

But since I'll be dead, I don't think I'll much care what happens to me.

[The2ndWheel]

23. Rotated in various positions between

Congress, the Pentagon, DARPA, the NSA, the CIA, and the White House.

Time for the heart of modern day imperialism to finally smell what they've been causing for a couple hundred years(or a few thousand, since America is nothing more than the continuation of the project of empire that has been shaping history).

[rock]

25. I'm dead in this scenario, right?

Then I don't care.

[KansDem]

27. Cremation and ashes scattered....

I thought perhaps over the Pacific Ocean. As for services (if any)--secular. I thought maybe a get-together with my closest friends and some fine 18-year-old Scotch. And cigars, too!

[Der Blaue Engel]

29. Cremated, with a niche in the San Francisco Columbarium

http://www.neptune-society.com/columbarium.shtml

[tammywammy]

30. Donated to science

When you're donated I think they cremate you in the end, and they can scatter my ashes as they wish.

If I continue to be a nice person, I hope my family has a little memorial service. They can talk about good times and eat some good food.

[soothsayer]

31. Dragged to the woods and eaten by wolves

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. I don't care

What I've told my family is do whatever is the cheapest. Don't worry about how I feel about it, because I'll be long past caring about such matters.

Burial ceremonies are for the living, as are burial plots. Without intending to be disrespectful to my loved ones, I don't want them to feel compelled to go through all that mess.

[Mz Pip]

33. Green burial

No casket, no cript. I want it to be like what they did with Nate on "Six Feet Under."

No religious services, but I might like it if someone threw a festive memorial service for me with lots of food, wine and good music.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[uppityperson]

34. Donate bits to others, cremate and put under a tree.

Fruit tree would be nice, or perhaps a nut tree. Seriously. And yes, it is a joke but also I am serious. Recycle me.

[mnhtnbb]

35. I'd rather not think about it. I do know I want friends and family to have a GIANT party.

[damntexdem]

36. I don't care, so long as:

1) it's not too expensive.
2) it doesn't hurt the environment.

[Czolgosz]

40. predation

[unpossibles]

compost here as well. I'd rather feed a tree or food crop

I am an organ donor too, so some of me will be used that way as well.

I don't think my wife was keen on my idea of being taxidermied and propped up on the couch...

[baldguy]

41. It does not matter. It will be nothing but an empty shell.

[bleedingheart]

42. I want an elaborate tomb, to be mummified and to have all my

worldly possessions surrounding me.

Then....thousands of years from now...people will discover my tomb and wonder...who was she...and put me in a display case in some museum of the future....

Now...that is what I want.

[Buns_of_Fire]

67. Or, as Steve Martin once sang...

Now when I die,
Don't think I'm a nut...
(Tut, Tut, Tut, Tut)
...Don't want no fancy funeral,
Just one like ol' King Tut
(Tut, Tut, Tut, Tut)

(Alternatively, I've always liked the Lou Grant approach: Just put my hat on and set me out by the curb.)

[gravity]

43. Donate it to science

I think this is the best thing to do, and has the most benefit to society since my death could help save more lives in the future.

[H2O Man]

44. Other.

Cremation, and then my ashes spread in our driveway on a slippery winter's day.

[AZBlue]

45. Cremated and added to a coral reef to help rebuild the ocean.

They can take human ashes and add concrete to create a coral reef that will help the oceans. That's where I'm going!

[MyNameGoesHere]

46. Buried at sea : I wanna be fish food. n/t

[nolabels]

57. Flake or cubed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_food

Maybe whole, with the aid of some cement boots even :shrug:

I hope it's just hygienic, the idea of being hollowed out by fly maggots above ground is kind of repulsive to me. Really shouldn't matter in the long run, consciously being gone is all that would probably matter anyway :crazy:

[MyNameGoesHere]

59. Actually have been to many sea burials.

it is kind of cool. Weight ya down and dump ya. Cremating stinks the place up and no way i would waste real estate on some gaudy above world monument. At least this way i can add back to the food chain.

[Submariner]

83. Chum the Grand Banks?

I was thinking of starting a business of sea burials where the best fisheries habitat is available.

The family says goodbye at the pier, and I would take Uncle Ernie out to the Georges Bank cod grounds and run him through a leaf shredder, ala Fargo. That way the tiny pieces are available to the fish fry.

[buzzard]

48. I want them to go back to University.n/t

[laruemtt]

51. left in the woods to be

part of the food chain. waste not, want not.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

53. Other.

Fava beans and a nice chianti.

:hide:

[Le Taz Hot]

77. . . .

:spray: :rofl:

Best DU response ever!

I'm STILL laughing!

[Marr]

54. I want to be duct-taped to giant missile and fired into space- and I want a

note pinned to my chest that says, "I've been waiting for you".

I should look really gnarly by the time our future space cadets accidentally stumble upon my drifting corpse. Bet I'll scare the hell out of them.

Anyway, yeah- that's what I want.

[lapislzi]

55. Use whatever you can. Get rid of the rest.

Don't use up any real estate on behalf of my remains. Don't spend a lot of money (spend none if possible). Throw a party. Put my ashes in a box, or don't. Whatever you want. Funerals are for the living. The living can decide what to do to commemorate my death (other than to follow my instructions not spend a lot of money on my remains!).

[Individualist]

56. Cremation and urn for my cat

When I die, I'll be placed in a casket and vault with the urn containing my kitty's remains in my arms. No services of any kind.

[PreacherCasey]

58. Cremated, scattered. I find the idea of rotting away with a suit on morbidly hilarious.

O8)

[madokie]

60. My plan is to be cremated then my ole stinking ASShes placed in the ground with a tree planted

thereupon. no funeral, no preaching, with my spirit left to roam free.

[Contrary1]

61. I told the family to have me cremated...

With the money saved from not having a burial plot, headstone, etc., they are to throw
one huge party/picnic.

Toward the end of the day, I want a pilot to sky-write "That's all folks!" with my ashes.

[Sammy Pepys]

63. Currently I'm lined up to be donated to science. n/t

....

[GoneOffShore]

64. Cremated and scattered

Some ashes with my favorite cat in the backyard of my house, the rest in various places in France - banks of the Seine, Luxembour Gardens, a Champagne vineyard.

[ljm2002]

65. Would prefer burial, no casket...

...would like to feed a tree.

[leftofthedial]

66. cremation

ashes dumped in baked beans at annual GOP summer picnic

[elehhhhna]

68. Toss the ashes into the sea at sunrise on Grand Cayman, preferably

at Rum Point. Play "more Than This" and "Everlong" and it'll be a job well done.

[we can do it]

69. I Have Asked For My Partner and Best Friends To Take My Ashes & Scatter Them In My Favorite Places

This way they can go to a few beautiful places with some of my savings, much nicer than a funeral. My partner will keep a teeny bit in a cool little art object.

[Greyhound]

70. Other, first give any still useful parts to those in need, preferably poor

people that can't buy their way to the top of the list, then I don't care. Burn it, blowing it up might be entertaining, I question the usefulness of mine as fertilizer, due to the toxic content that doubtlessly permeates it. Maybe I could be used in an A & P class.:shrug:

[Czolgosz]

71. donated for use in another sequel to Weekend at Bernie's

[ourbluenation]

72. fish food - that's me!

[B Calm]

78. I have always said spread my ashes out on Bass Lake in Wirt, MN

[NaturalHigh]

74. Other...

as in "Who cares? I'm dead." Personally, I would like to be dragged out into the forest so some animals can have a feast.

[Tyler Durden]

75. Donate the organs you can, then a VERY LARGE EXPLOSION.

I always wanted to go out with a "bang."

[sutz12]

79. Other......I don't really care.

Whatever is cheapest and easiest for those left behind. As a vet, I imagine I'll end up in Tahoma Cemetary, cremated and in a niche.

[Mark E. Smith]

80. My ashes thrown out the window of a speeding car on the 210

I find the thought that I might get
in somebody's eye empowering.

[NashVegas]

81. I Want to Be Worm Food

And continue the cycle.

[DemExpat]

82. Me too, or freeze dried and scattered to the wind.

Appears to be a new technique in Scandinavia of freeze-drying the body, which appeals to me more than the cremation. Always have preferred cold to hot temperature-wise....:silly:

DemEx