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A recent death in the family sparked an interesting conversation with my brother. When I die I have specific plans for my ashes. He thinks no one should care what happens to their body after they die, and the family should do what they want.

What do you guys think?


Do you have any specific plans for your ashes/body?

Go to a park, dig a hole, place my ashes in the hole, plant a tree.

That would be nice.

I plan on having specific plans, but I'm only 19 so it's a bit too morbid thinking about it very thoroughly now.

But knowing me it'll either be donating my body to science or something ridiculous like selling my body to necrophiliacs on eBay.

half of my ashes will be placed in a firework. The other half will be in a snow globe.

I will be euthanized by being put onto a roller coaster, but not strapped in.

OK, so I'm 64 years old. :eek: I don't give a damn what they do with my body, however as a retired member of the U.S. Air Force I do want full military honors at my funeral.

I want someone to snort my ashes and absorb all my knowledge. *nods*

Not to hijack your thread, but I just had the same sort of issue and I didn't want to create a new thread.

My grandmother died yesterday. Today my aunt mentioned to my mother that she had taken a ring off of grandma's finger that was given to her by her "boyfriend" (the general view of the family is a leech who showed up after grandpa died) anyway, this upset my sister. not because she likes the leech, far from it. but because they took it off of grandma.

boils down to my sister does not believe that you should remove items from the deceased. my aunt on the other hands believe it is ok to take the ring.


Should we leave such items on the deceased or should they be removed?




(couple of notes: The ring will be place on the railroad tracks....like I said, no one likes the guy.

other note: I didn't jump into the argument because it would have ment debating with an uncle who I will never debate with again.[a fundamentalist who believes oil can replenish itself in 75 yrs.])






also to answer your question, I hope to be burned to ashes. mainly so I dont take up needless space. whatever is done to the ashes afterward, I don't care. Also, if I have a funeral, I want "Another one bites the dust" played.

not much you can do with a body once all your organs are missing, I'd would like either to be left to post on NS or be turned into a diamond/preserved and given to an NHS raffle

edit: and Nihelm you should keep the ring on the corpse if she was wearing it when she died I think thats what she would want (I hate talking in this respectful language) maybe you should think twice about causing a rail accident as well though if its what your grandmother would of wanted....

I want someone to snort my ashes and absorb all my knowledge. *nods*

I'll volunteer to receive your knowledge. Most importantly your bank account details.
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I'll volunteer to receive your knowledge. Most importantly your bank account details.
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Well hell, if I'm dead, what do I care? You can have it!

Not to hijack your thread, but I just had the same sort of issue and I didn't want to create a new thread.

My grandmother died yesterday. Today my aunt mentioned to my mother that she had taken a ring off of grandma's finger that was given to her by her "boyfriend" (the general view of the family is a leech who showed up after grandpa died) anyway, this upset my sister. not because she likes the leech, far from it. but because they took it off of grandma.

boils down to my sister does not believe that you should remove items from the deceased. my aunt on the other hands believe it is ok to take the ring.


Should we leave such items on the deceased or should they be removed?




(couple of notes: The ring will be place on the railroad tracks....like I said, no one likes the guy.

I think it the family should to the best to honor the wishes of the deceased. Taking the ring off to put on the railroad tracks is pretty heartless and most likely nothing your grandma would want.

Well i'd like my body frozen and placed in a pyramyd for an eternity:D

Most importantly your bank account details.

but NS'ers only have debt, how else could they spend all day posting on a forum? :p

I have plans for my funeral in so much that I want it to be areligious. No priest, no pastor, no god. But otherwise, I do not care... I mean. I am an atheist so I am sure it is the end. A grave and a funeral is only to help the living to express their mourning, it has very few to do with me.

Die?? I plan on living forever!:D

Seriously, I don't know what I want. I'm still trying to decide if I want to be burned or rot away whilst bugs have at me.

Well hell, if I'm dead, what do I care? You can have it!
:D
but NS'ers only have debt, how else could they spend all day posting on a forum? :p

That's why I want bank account details and not to be a beneficiary in the will. I take the money from the loan and the family is stuck with the debt.

I'm not going to be there, so all that matters is that the people left behind do what comforts them most.

I want someone to snort my ashes and absorb all my knowledge. *nods*
Didn't Keith Richards snort some of his dad's ashes awhile back?
Edit: Well, he says he didn't, anyway.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6524661.stm

my father's ashes are in a Jack Daniels bottle, yes, my family is that redneck.

I hope to go to the body farm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Farm). I have papers to that effect.

I don't have any funeral plans, whatever makes the survivors happy, that's all.

Cremation. No funeral, no services.

If they wanted to see my ass they shoulda showed up while I was alive.

Fuckers.

I plan on being fed to a shark.

I plan on being fed to a shark.

We're planning that for you as well :)

Oh....after you're dead?

Cryonically frozen with all my assets sold and put in a trust fund. I'm not giving the damn government or any of my family a single dime...bastards. Preferably, I'd like that chamber to be stored in a pyramid with plenty of traps for future Indiana Joneses to try their luck on.

And, of course, the tomb itself would be worthless despite being obscenely well guarded in order to troll grave robbers.

I am impressed with everyone's ability to look past their own life. Honestly, i feel really weird thinking about me not being alive. But i suppose i would either give my body to science, or just be buried in a regular coffin.

I am impressed with everyone's ability to look past their own life. Honestly, i feel really weird thinking about me not being alive. But i suppose i would either give my body to science, or just be buried in a regular coffin.

as long as I die before my husband or my children I really don't care, however if one of them goes first, things start looking bleak.

as long as I die before my husband or my children I really don't care, however if one of them goes first, things start looking bleak.

I don't know myself what I want. To be the least burden on my family, I suppose.

Die?? I plan on living forever!:D


Hahahaha Fools I plan on downloading myself into a computer and going Skynet on all your asses MWHAHAHAHA!

But wait since it's a download... AKA copy, would my 'self' remain in my body?
So the orginal me would die...

I'm on the organ donor register. So it won't be all of my body that has to be disposed of anyway.

Cheapest possible funeral, I guess that means cremation. Spend it on the wake instead: free food, free accomodation and a smorgasbord of recreational drugs. Even the gate-crashers are gonna have a good time!

Before asking for a song to be played at a funeral, make sure there's a decent sound system. A cheapo boom-box in a big stone room is a really awful thing.

I'd like to have my body used in a school prank or be left in the passenger seat of my best friend's car, so that he can use it when he drives on the carpool lane...or donated to science.

I have several theories.

A. After my body is used up (organ donation or Science) they cremate me and my ashes are let out of a flying airplane, that way my ash will always be in the sky, the place where I'm always happy at.

B. If I go on life support, put me in a pod, have micro-robots maintain my body to keep it alive, and download my brain to a computer that is permanently hooked up to the Internet (and at least one MMORPG on it) so that I can surf the Internet forever, and I can still interact with people in the MMORPG program. I'd probably want the MMORPG to be Matrix Online. Of course my client would be customized so that I could use it with my mind.

I'm hoping for B mostly. :)

Hahahaha Fools I plan on downloading myself into a computer and going Skynet on all your asses MWHAHAHAHA!

But wait since it's a download... AKA copy, would my 'self' remain in my body?
So the orginal me would die...

Copycat! That was my plan first and you all know it!

Copycat! That was my plan first and you all know it!

I know, but I made it better, I thought about the body too! Hahahahahaha! I copyrighted my plan as well! Fool!

Even if it means I have to "donate" shit loads of money, my ashes will be in the same cemetery as Ben Frankin.

What? It's a good location.

Well...if I manage to make it to 100 years old, I plan to go skydiving with no chute.

I doubt there will be much left of me after that...so leave me there for the animals to clean up. :p

Should I die before that, cremation...I don't really care what is done with the ashes.

The party will be awesome. :)

1. I don't intend to die. Ever.

2. In the odd case that I do, I am an organ donor so ther won't be much left to cremate, but thats what I want (gotta get used to the flame someday.;))

3. I won't be there so I won't rally care.

4. Meh. See #1.

Edit: Oh and no funeral. I would prfer a wake celebrating my life. Preferably while I am still alive to enjoy the party.

I want to be cremated, and my ashes scattered somewhere. Probably the Pacific Ocean, because that is my great love.

Well, seeing as "ashes shot out of a cannon" has been done... :p

Really, I'd just like to be cremated and scattered in the sea, Lebowski-style, only in the right direction. Somewhere on the West Coast though - I don't want my ashes floating up and down the Jersey shore or something. ;)

Even if it means I have to "donate" shit loads of money, my ashes will be in the same cemetery as Ben Frankin.

What? It's a good location.

Mate, slip me $20 K and I'll put your ashes in the same grave as Ben Franklin. All I need is a plane ticket, a cordless drill and a funnel. Oh, and your ashes.

Mate, slip me $20 K and I'll put your ashes in the same grave as Ben Franklin. All I need is a plane ticket, a cordless drill and a funnel. Oh, and your ashes.

Thank you!!. I have just read this and laughed/spat mince pie on my monitor:D

I'd like my ashes to be scattered during freefall but I also like the option of having a trick container for them so that when they open the plane door the lid springs off and sprays everyone inside with me :D

Thank you!!. I have just read this and laughed/spat mince pie on my monitor:D

And thank you! We do all try to please in some way ... oh designer of worlds.

And we never really fail. Fjords are fucking useless, but I like them.

I might donate my body to science. I have only had one kidney for the last 30 years, it might be intersting for them to see what effect this has on other organs etc..?

I will be buried, rot, eaten by worms and bacteria, and thus return to the Circle of Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeMvRvdeC1s).

There's nothing like an eternal resting place in Germany unless you're famous.

Usually the graves are used by the next person after 10-30 years, depending where you live.

And I'm definitely not going to be cremated.

Besides, you can't really do want you want with your ashes, either - so that's no good.

And I do want a nice headstone, too.


Oh, and depending on how and when I die, I might donate some of my organs. I'm not sure about that, though, and haven't decided yet.

I know, but I made it better, I thought about the body too! Hahahahahaha! I copyrighted my plan as well! Fool!

I'm going to make my own plan, with blackjack, and hookers!

Not to hijack your thread, but I just had the same sort of issue and I didn't want to create a new thread.

My grandmother died yesterday. Today my aunt mentioned to my mother that she had taken a ring off of grandma's finger that was given to her by her "boyfriend" (the general view of the family is a leech who showed up after grandpa died) anyway, this upset my sister. not because she likes the leech, far from it. but because they took it off of grandma.

boils down to my sister does not believe that you should remove items from the deceased. my aunt on the other hands believe it is ok to take the ring.


Should we leave such items on the deceased or should they be removed?


(couple of notes: The ring will be place on the railroad tracks....like I said, no one likes the guy.



I think the wishes of the deceased should be respected. If in doubt leave it with the body.

The exception might be if it had sentimental value to someone. They might want to pass it down through the generations. That doesn't seem to be the case here.

I don't believe one should do anything to harm someone else, especially in such cases. You didn't say if the giver is still alive. If he is, and it's too late to give Grandma back the ring, I think it should be returned to him. And it should be returned in a kind and compassionate way. Such as telling him it is being given back so that he could remember the good times with Grandma.

Destroying the ring out of spite is EVIL. I'm sorry to say this about your Mother who you should also respect. Wanton destruction of something that has emotional value to someone else just to hurt them is EVIL.

I hope you can convince your Mother to return the ring to the giver. If not the ring should be sold and the money given to charity. That way the ring can be enjoyed by others and can serve the good of humanity.

I want my body disposed of as fast, inexpensive and efficiently as possible.

I think funerals are an evil torture of those left behind.

Sell everything that has no sentimental value and donate the money to charity.

Divide those things with sentimental value as evenly as possible among those that request an item.

All my organs are to be donated. After that, put to us for science. If science has no need for the perfect human specimen that I am than cremate me and drop my ashes out of a plane on to the roof of Paris Hilton's house.

A recent death in the family sparked an interesting conversation with my brother. When I die I have specific plans for my ashes. He thinks no one should care what happens to their body after they die, and the family should do what they want.

What do you guys think?


Do you have any specific plans for your ashes/body?
If the person has specific plans for their body after they die, they should be followed. If not, it is for next of kin to decide, and only if the person did not have plans.

As for me, I plan to have my body preserved at the moment of death if I die before it is possible to transfer my consciousness into a computer/artificial body. If, however, it becomes possible before I die, I have all intentions of utilizing such a process immediately so that I do not run any sort of risk of dying before it can be done.

A recent death in the family sparked an interesting conversation with my brother. When I die I have specific plans for my ashes. He thinks no one should care what happens to their body after they die, and the family should do what they want.

What do you guys think?


Do you have any specific plans for your ashes/body?

Well, I know this sounds creepy, but I plan to bury myself right below the earth's surface.

Well, I know this sounds creepy, but I plan to bury myself right below the earth's surface.

Unstable cave?

I don't know... I suppose I'd like to be buried under the field next to my house... Unmarked grave. Something simple.

It occurs to me now that getting launched into space would be awesome.

Float in me in the direction of the sun :)

no idea

want my ashes spread over the grass on the cloister garden at Lincoln Cathedral

If the person has specific plans for their body after they die, they should be followed. If not, it is for next of kin to decide, and only if the person did not have plans.

As for me, I plan to have my body preserved at the moment of death if I die before it is possible to transfer my consciousness into a computer/artificial body. If, however, it becomes possible before I die, I have all intentions of utilizing such a process immediately so that I do not run any sort of risk of dying before it can be done.

My grandpa left it for us to decide. I'd like to take some of his ashes and let them go over my DZ since that's where my ashes will be spread.

B. If I go on life support, put me in a pod, have micro-robots maintain my body to keep it alive, and download my brain to a computer that is permanently hooked up to the Internet (and at least one MMORPG on it) so that I can surf the Internet forever, and I can still interact with people in the MMORPG program. I'd probably want the MMORPG to be Matrix Online. Of course my client would be customized so that I could use it with my mind.

I'm hoping for B mostly. :)
So basicly you'd mimic the movie and really "Live" in the matrix.

I want to be cremated and then put in a little jar to be kept on top of the TV set in my living room....along with my cats ashes that I will keep when she dies...

You know to be honest, I want to be buried in one of those big ass tombs. Something eye catching, and that will make people jealous. Something like this:

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/tomb3.jpg

Only bigger!

I'm going to put my brain into a cyborg and live forever...and donate my fleshy meat body to science

You know to be honest, I want to be buried in one of those big ass tombs. Something eye catching, and that will make people jealous. Something like this:

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/tomb3.jpg

Only bigger!

And more phallic *nods*

And more phallic *nods*

What can I say...some guys are just more phallic then others. ;)