Funerals.....

[trenner]

toss me out of a plane high over the pacific.
anyone who shows up to my funeral reception with pot luck also gets tossed out of the plane.

even the dwarfs

Especially the dwarfs.

<gimli>No one tosses a dwarf!</gimli>

[herm]

burn the body
hoist a shot of whiskey
have the pipes play amazing grace
be brave
shed no tears

[m0t0g0th]

my uncle was former navy and a lifelong diver.  and he had a super sense of humor.  in the end he surprised us all; he signed up for something with the Neptune society where they mix cremated remains with cement, create a reef pod, affix your name to it and let your family attend the.. sinking.

so we sank my uncle.  the whole family went on an August "vacation" to Florida, flipped out, rode in a boat with plentiful wine and beer, and sank Uncle Phil.  he got his color guard, even.



the idea that his last wishes included we all take some kind of maniacal vacation in his honor, and the hassles of travel distracting and driving everyone nuts, was some kind of nutty.  and fun.  and we were all asking each other "are we *supposed* to be having fun?"

[m0t0g0th]

Shoot my Body into the Sun while playing "Great Balls of fire"

Mmmm Crispy!!

you *can* be shot into space!
we were trying to figure out how to "one up" my uncle when i found that... i don't think they shoot at the sun, though.

[Manny]

Corporeally: Harvest whatever organs/tissues they can. The rest of it, donate to science.

Hell, yes. Don't waste this body when I no longer can use it. I'm sure not letting it go to waste now.   

Party. If there's anything in my bank account that won't be used for lawyers, tax agents, morticians and such, use it to buy booze.  Although, sinking has a nice sound to it...

I'm not too worried on the crying thing... 

[Le Pirate]

my uncle was former navy and a lifelong diver.  and he had a super sense of humor.  in the end he surprised us all; he signed up for something with the Neptune society where they mix cremated remains with cement, create a reef pod, affix your name to it and let your family attend the.. sinking.

so we sank my uncle.  the whole family went on an August "vacation" to Florida, flipped out, rode in a boat with plentiful wine and beer, and sank Uncle Phil.  he got his color guard, even.



the idea that his last wishes included we all take some kind of maniacal vacation in his honor, and the hassles of travel distracting and driving everyone nuts, was some kind of nutty.  and fun.  and we were all asking each other "are we *supposed* to be having fun?"

thats actually a really cool idea. I had never heard of it before

[TiNi]

burn the body
hoist a shot of whiskey
have the pipes play amazing grace
be brave
shed no tears

i cannot make it through amazing grace on the bagpipes without shedding tears,
or pretty much anything played on the bagpipes...

i'd like to be turned to ash,
and thrown into the wind...

[Grampa]

i cannot make it through amazing grace on the bagpipes without shedding tears,
or pretty much anything played on the bagpipes...

i'd like to be turned to ash,
and thrown into the wind...

no to amazing grace

yes to Mull of Kintyre ..... at my partay

[TiNi]

no to amazing grace

yes to Mull of Kintyre ..... at my partay

played on the bagpipes, right?

[Grampa]

played on the bagpipes, right?

and a flute-a-phone 

[KnightofNi]

if any of my organs or tissue are still in good enough shape to help someone else then by all means take them and allow me to live on that way. 

i have decreed that upon my timely demise there shall be a party. it would be great if the cooler was my casket so people had to get their beers from it with my body right there. hahaha.
that being too morbid for some i decided i would have a few bottles and a lot of shot glasses on a table next to me (i would possibly be propped up in a chair at said table) everyone does a final shot or 5 with me. beer is in the cooler next to the table. there will be a podium and a PA system so that if anyone wants to share a story about me, make fun of something i did, or just share their thoughts they are welcome to do it. if they start in on the sadness and make people cry, they are getting haunted.
music should be punk and metal. people can request songs that they like or that remind them of me, but don't play anything sappy or you get a poltergeist. it would be good if there was a piper present, but as i'm not good enough friends with any to have them come to my wake, it might not happen. the piper should not play anything sad, if he does, his ass is haunted.

the next morning the procession heads out to the ocean. i found a motorcycle hearse that i would like to be carried in. viking funeral commences with wherever i may roam (or other suitable song about wandering the earth)playing, and the party continues for all that want to remain and watch the fire fade away onto the horizon.

if anyone starts crying uncontrollably or refuses to have fun, you guessed it, i'm haunting their asses.

[TiNi]

and a flute-a-phone 

with kazoo back-up 

...

if anyone starts crying uncontrollably or refuses to have fun, you guessed it, i'm haunting their asses.

you'd make a great ghost! 

[triangleforge]

Feed my carcass to the local mountain lions. Go into the woods later and harvest cat scat.

Mail it to Ducatizzzz.

For his garden.

[SKOM]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9018348/

HST is my hero. 

[minkman]

My brother is a park ranger at a Civil War military park. Their long time maintenance man passed away a while back. In his will, he requested that his ashes be fired out of one of the cannon at the park. A little black powder and a big boom later he got his wish. Pretty cool I thought.

Ken