Burial or cremation? Which would you prefer?

[Chimaera]

Cremation for me!
All my wishes have been written down and stored with my will - made 7 years ago so my ex wouldn't get his hands on my dosh!
My Dad's funeral was awful - he didn't leave a will and had never said what he would like at his funeral - it was really hard trying to do things as we all thought he would have wanted them. So mine has been planned down to the last detail! Shame I won't be there to enjoy the party - it should be good!
And my Dad has a plaque and a lovely yellow rose bush which is kept very neat and tidy in the City of London Crematorium - so I go there to pay my respects and have a chat when I want to.

Burial for me. But i want one of those tv Head stones that i saw on here a while ago telling everyone who comes to visit me that they are standing on my knackers

[Theodoric]

What about immortality?

Cremation for me i'd like my ashes scattered not sure were though

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Theodoric

What about immortality?

No thanks. I'm 27 and I've had enough already

I'd love a New Orleans style funeral followed by a cremation.
However perhaps it would be better to leave the money to be spent on a wake.

Maybe a tomb. Yes that's it i'm going to have a tomb

[Marge]

Originally Posted by kronas

i also dont think drowning you sorrows is a good idea, there is nothing to celebrate really, just think/talk about the person who you have just lost....

I got absolutely drunk as anything at my grans wake and would expect the same of everybody whilst I'm shovelling coal down below

[Stuart]

I've gone for cremation. For music I want "Smack my Bitch Up by The Prodigy" and Live & Let Die by Wings.. Mainly because they are not really that appropriate..

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by kronas

btw i also dont think drowning you sorrows is a good idea, there is nothing to celebrate really, just think/talk about the person who you have just lost....

Generally, drowning your sorrows isn't a good idea. However, in regards to funerals, I like what some Irish do. They do not mourn the passing of a person, rather hold a wake to celebrate their life. I think that is a nice way of doing things. Of course, being Irish, drink (particularly Guiness) comes into it slightly..

[Xaccers]

give me the cheapest disposal possible (do dustbin men take bodies?) and spend the rest on having a great time.

Originally Posted by scastle

Generally, drowning your sorrows isn't a good idea. However, in regards to funerals, I like what some Irish do. They do not mourn the passing of a person, rather hold a wake to celebrate their life. I think that is a nice way of doing things. Of course, being Irish, drink (particularly Guiness) comes into it slightly..

Just a little too much stereotyping there scastle.

Not everyone, north and south of the boarder drinks stout. Thanks very much.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

I got absolutely drunk as anything at my grans wake and would expect the same of everybody whilst I'm shovelling coal down below

Sounds like a fantasic euphemism

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze

Just a little too much stereotyping there scastle.

Not everyone, north and south of the boarder drinks stout. Thanks very much.

True, but all the Irish people I know do...

And, unless I am very much mistaken, lots of drinking does often go on at Wakes (whatever the drink).

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by scastle

True, but all the Irish people I know do...

Curious, because I don't know a single irishman (or woman) that drinks it. I've seen plenty of tourists with a pint of it but no-one else, just about everyone I know drinks Harp or Smithwicks.

It really depends who the wake was for, my g/f's mothers wake had no drinking, she hated drink and everyone respected that, we had a pint or two at the meal after the funeral but it wasn't like one of them there gypsy wakes where they drink solidly for 48 hours then burn the house to the ground.