Burial or cremation? Which would you prefer?

26-07-2004, 01:50

I know this is a morbid question, but I'm just curious...

Russ · 26-07-2004, 01:51

......does it really matter??

26-07-2004, 01:53

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Originally Posted by Russ D

......does it really matter??

Well, to some people, yeah. This can be a really spiritual thing...

clammit · 26-07-2004, 01:58

The person in question, perhaps, wouldn't know/care/be able to ponder such a thought.

Those left behind? .. ask them.

Marge · 26-07-2004, 02:00

I defo want to be cremated, I've got this dread that I will wake up in a coffin

26-07-2004, 02:10

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Originally Posted by clammit

The person in question, perhaps, wouldn't know/care/be able to ponder such a thought.

Well that depends on your spiritual beliefs.

Jerrek · 26-07-2004, 02:27

Buried please.

greencreeper · 26-07-2004, 02:42

I've gone for a cardboard box under a tree, no religious representitives and no big fuss. I've picked Amazing Grace and Abide With Me for hymns because not only are they great songs but they're also guaranteed to get the ******* wailing

And if they fail, I've picked REM's Everybody Hurts as a nod to the cheesy modern funerals of today. For the funeral tea, I'm not too bothered (obviously) but I think everybody should be in miltary dress uniform, just for the laugh, and no buffet - a proper meal. Buffets mean food poisoning, things you can't identify and are better off not knowing, and a nightmare time trying to get asparagus and mushroom vol au vent out the carpet after hoards of people have thoroughly trampled it in. Oh and lots of booze so people can get legless and start fighting (my family make the Adamms look functional).

[edit] Oh and hun I really must have Dusty's Going Back as a nod to my sexuality. There'll be a fair few queens at the funeral I imagine.

ZrByte · 26-07-2004, 03:46

Cremation for me. If the option exists when I die I think I would like my ashes released into space "From the Stars we came, to the stars we return" .
As a non religious person I dont want a service of any kind, would like my family to through a party, sorta like a wake (spelling?) but I dont want it solom and I dont want to be mentioned in anyway if possible.

Jerrek · 26-07-2004, 07:09

Well, see, the thing is, I find cremation so ... impersonal. There is no real body if a gravestone is erected. It is just so ... empty.

orangebird · 26-07-2004, 08:53

Cremation for me please. I'm not religious, and couldn't bear the thought of rotting away in a box. And I want Marvin Gaye and Tammi Tarrells 'Aint no Mountain High Enough' and DeeLites 'Groove is in the Heart' played at the after party.

Russ · 26-07-2004, 09:03

I don't think being buried is anything to do with being religious for most people, I'd say it's more 'traditional'.

Jon M · 26-07-2004, 09:12

I think the two have very different symbolism, which is enough to put me off cremation..

I don't really care what happens.. but for those that have to deal with it when I'm gone, I'd prefer to be "laid to rest" than "burned up by flames" which would symbolise something rather hellish in my mind.

That said, I have no problem with cremation, some of my extended family have been cremated.. it's just a personal thing.

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Bifta · 26-07-2004, 09:14

Burial for me, after a 2 day wake where everyone get's rat arsed.

philip.j.fry · 26-07-2004, 09:33

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

I've gone for a cardboard box under a tree, no religious representitives and no big fuss.

Same here, nice biodegradeable coffin somewhere with a young tree planted on top after medical science has finished with my corpse.