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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 5, 2020 20:24:48 GMT
Personally, I don't want anyone to come to whatever serves as my funeral. I'm thinking I'll get torched. I'm not even interested in an obituary. So I'm certainly not interested in a funeral derge. Why put any surviving folk through this " traditional " nonsense ? Have them donate some $$$ to something, or their time, or at most -- if ya really really " remember " me and wanna toast that memory ? Raise a glass of whatever you like to drink most and spend a scant second and as few words as possible : " Here's to you, Matt. Hope there's something on the other side. "I rather agree, just a good excuse for a party, can't have enough of those. Taking up valuable space with cemeteries while putting our bodies in expensive boxes in the Earth while the nutrients can't even enrich the soil. Feed the pigs, Deadwood style. Personally I agree with both of you. I don’t want a funeral, but I thought this was a good subject for a thread. One of my thoughts in past times was to throw a ‘funeral’ party for yourself while your alive so you can enjoy it. Then when you do die no one has to inconvenience themselves to come to a sad (not saying everyone will be sad at mine😏) event.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Mar 5, 2020 20:31:26 GMT
I don't want an actual funeral either. Just something involving 20,000 people and a pyramid.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 5, 2020 20:35:53 GMT
I'm really torn between Wagner and Freddy Fender.... Nah, I know what I want, but don't know if my executor will manage to scrape up the eight awesome sopranos as well as the symphony orchestra:
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Post by howler on Mar 5, 2020 20:48:43 GMT
I don't want an actual funeral either. Just something involving 20,000 people and a pyramid. Yes, something small, quaint & inexpensive, no fuss...like the 1st Emperor of China. Humility is the word.
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Post by demented on Mar 5, 2020 21:45:21 GMT
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Post by MatthewGMK on Mar 5, 2020 22:02:40 GMT
I rather agree, just a good excuse for a party, can't have enough of those. Taking up valuable space with cemeteries while putting our bodies in expensive boxes in the Earth while the nutrients can't even enrich the soil. Feed the pigs, Deadwood style. Personally I agree with both of you. I don’t want a funeral, but I thought this was a good subject for a thread. One of my thoughts in past times was to throw a ‘funeral’ party for yourself while your alive so you can enjoy it. Then when you do die no one has to inconvenience themselves to come to a sad (not saying everyone will be sad at mine😏) event. Hmmm ... we few did kinda' ruin the " fun " in ... ahem ... " funeral " ... and this topic. A better thought occurred to me though, something a relative did : We should ALL donate our bodies to science.That way we don't have to worry about the cost of a hole in the ground or a bonfire. I guess the coroner rifles your wallet, sees " donor " Xed out on your DL, and before you know it a couple guys in medvac suits show up, toss you in the back of a pick-up, and off you go to the nearest scientific facility to see what part of your brain made you collect swords .... B-)
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Post by seth on Mar 5, 2020 22:23:29 GMT
Personally I agree with both of you. I don’t want a funeral, but I thought this was a good subject for a thread. One of my thoughts in past times was to throw a ‘funeral’ party for yourself while your alive so you can enjoy it. Then when you do die no one has to inconvenience themselves to come to a sad (not saying everyone will be sad at mine😏) event. Hmmm ... we few did kinda' ruin the " fun " in ... ahem ... " funeral " ... and this topic. A better thought occurred to me though, something a relative did : We should ALL donate our bodies to science. Just be careful who you donate it to: www.sciencealert.com/an-elderly-woman-s-body-was-donated-to-science-and-then-her-son-found-out-the-truth
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 5, 2020 22:36:18 GMT
Oh. Cool idea. Wonder how much my heirs and assigns could get from the DOD directly, or better yet, hustle a bunch of my fellow tameshigiri addicts. Watch the classifieds..."Scratch and dent sale on 'treeslicer'"
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Post by seth on Mar 5, 2020 22:41:28 GMT
Oh. Cool idea. Wonder how much my heirs and assigns could get from the DOD directly, or better yet, hustle a bunch of my fellow tameshigiri addicts. Sounds like a new career opportunity.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Mar 5, 2020 22:50:18 GMT
Or donate your body to tameshigiri practice. At least your friends can have a real blood sword
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 5, 2020 22:52:04 GMT
Oh. Cool idea. Wonder how much my heirs and assigns could get from the DOD directly, or better yet, hustle a bunch of my fellow tameshigiri addicts. Sounds like a new career opportunity. Yup. One could always auction shares in advance, what they call a pre-need plan.
I figure we better get off this subject before the mods need changes of underwear.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 5, 2020 22:58:09 GMT
Or donate your body to tameshigiri practice. At least your friends can have a real blood sword Yeah, but given the way some people are so picky about sword orders and stuff, sure enough some whiner would chip their katana, and try to sue the estate.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Mar 5, 2020 23:31:47 GMT
Or donate your body to tameshigiri practice. At least your friends can have a real blood sword Yeah, but given the way some people are so picky about sword orders and stuff, sure enough some whiner would chip their katana, and try to sue the estate. Oh yeah, good point about the liability I'll stick with a simple pyramid burial and settle for the 5 ton sarcophagus
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Post by howler on Mar 5, 2020 23:53:29 GMT
Yeah, but given the way some people are so picky about sword orders and stuff, sure enough some whiner would chip their katana, and try to sue the estate. Oh yeah, good point about the liability I'll stick with a simple pyramid burial and settle for the 5 ton sarcophagus And the several dozen concubines and assorted slave labor entombed alive to keep you "comfortable" on your journey through the afterlife, sort of a mad emperors equivalent of a night light for a child.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Mar 6, 2020 0:12:51 GMT
One would be ashamed to enter eternity without proper staff to attend to one's self.
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Post by howler on Mar 6, 2020 0:29:53 GMT
One would be ashamed to enter eternity without proper staff to attend to one's self. A harem that is not larger and more robust than past rulers is an insult to any self respecting megalomaniac. Like the "mine shaft gap" scene in Doctor Strangelove you cannot have a "harem gap" with the other rulers in the afterlife.
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 6, 2020 2:14:56 GMT
Wow, from funeral music to harems in the afterlife. Didn’t see that one coming.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 6, 2020 8:49:59 GMT
One would be ashamed to enter eternity without proper staff to attend to one's self. IMHO, you should provide for this like a proper Pharaoh rather than a chieftain of the southern barbarians. Anyway, slaves are less expensive than commissioning frescoes and inlaid golden statuary to magically come to life and do your bidding. You wouldn't want your fellow Shining Ones to consider you a cheapskate. You might not get invited to the Friday night hounds-and-jackals games.
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Post by mrbadexample on Mar 6, 2020 13:59:48 GMT
I want the Dropkick Murphys to play a live set at my funeral, but Warren Zevon’s Mr. Bad Example will be featured regardless. As you can probably tell, I like that song.
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 8, 2020 15:43:14 GMT
Well, it looks like this thread has run its course, as it should. I want to thank everyone that participated. And thanks for introducing me to some new (to me) artists and songs. It was a fun thread as I intended it to be. Still say I didn’t see it going from music to harems in the afterlife. But that’s how it goes sometimes. 😏
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