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THE UNITED CHAINS OF FIREmember
192 posts
Location: London


Posted:
When you die, what do you want to be done with your body? ie do you want to be buried or cremated etc? What do you want to headstone to say?/ where do you want your ashes to be scattered? What music do you want to be played?

for me:
If buried: I want "I'm going deeper underground" by the Jam played. On my headstone I want "A Totally looney" and on the top of the headstone I want a figurine of someone spinning fire chains (maybe with candles as the wicks?)

If Cremated: I want "Disco Inferno (Burn Baby burn" by Tina Turner (I think). I want my ashes to be spread over my enemy's head!

At either party I want there to be loads of people spinning fire and very very drunk....oh..and lots of random drug taking....or basically whatever makes you happy. And i want everyone to sing YMCA in one voice!

I don't dance. I move to music - Some dumb schmuck, Blue Peter 16/9/02-------------------This morning, I sat on the TV and I watched the Sofa


trintekmember
107 posts
Location: San Antonio, TX


Posted:
i think i want to be buried, just because i want a headstone dammit for the headstone "Don't worry... I'll be right back.."
Music: Arts and Decay - To Dust or Trik Turner - Friends and Family
and for the party, loads of music, loads of fire, loads of alcohol. In the middle of it all, i want the dj to overlay a sample of me saying something to the effect of "damn... imagine me being late to my own party..."

--trin

[ 10 October 2002, 07:35: Message edited by: trintek ]

We bleed the same blood, We cry the same tears, We have the same fears, We pass the same years, We see the same stars, Under the same skies, We pass the same time, We all live and die


master sodiummember
536 posts
Location: carson city, nevada


Posted:
if I get mine the way I want to, I'll be able to have my body creamated when they burn the man (burning man), and actually have my body inside for the burn. then everyone will go crazy spinning fire and drinking and taking drugs and alla that. but thats just me.

you can't have a war against terrorism because war IS terrorism.it's not about worshipping fire. its about making the fire want to worship you.


Jade Lynxmember
239 posts
Location: Laguna Beach, but i live in Denver, Colo, USA


Posted:
Well, what i'd like aesthetically would be too much to ask emotionally of my family/friends, and would be tres environmentally unsound to boot. BUT, it it were up to me, i'd love the supposedly traditional Viking sendoff. Get a just-bigger-than-the-body boat. Load it with firewood and soak it with fragrant oil. Load on the body, wrapped in silk and covered in flowers, get the whole thing out on the ocean, push off from larger boat and set that sucker on fire!
I would LOVE that!
Realistically, i'm looking at cremation, then having my next-older bro (if he's still alive) on a surfboard to paddle my ashes out into the ocean off of Sleepy Hollow in Laguna Beach and scatter them out there, followed by a big beach party.

Here's some other stuff copy-n-pasted from already extant MS doc:

Okay, this is not in any particular order yet, it’s just some stuff I’m thinking about what could be done when I die.

I’m going on the assumption that there will be some kind of memorial service. It’s one of the oldest human rituals, people need it to sort out their feelings a bit, to have a sense of (sorry, but) closure, and to have a space in which absolutely anyone is allowed to cry their eyes out.

Songs to play at my memorial –
Poems, Prayers and Promises - John Denver
In My Life - The Beatles
The 59th Street Bridge Song - Simon and Garfunkel
Time Of Your Life – Green Day
Imagine – John Lennon

My memorial service should definitely be held outside if possible, though I certainly wouldn’t consign people to freeze their asses off in the snow if I should happen to die in winter. If it’s indoors, then someplace elegant would be nice. (But you knew that…)
It would be nice if the service could start a bit before sunset, so that the sunset would be part of the service. I’d really like that, for the symbology and just because I love nice sunsets so much.
It would prob be a good idea for either the service or the get-together-afterwards (‘cause I guarantee you there’ll be one) to be held someplace where a fair amount of people can stay the night, since some people are gonna get stinkin’ drunk, and I’d rather not see anyone join me that quick from a drunk-driving accident.
A cool little ritual thingy that could be done would be to have a good size candle burning somewhere in the middle of things. Everyone would be given a candle (birthday candle size would be good) to light from the pillar at the start of the service. At the of the service, whoever’s talking could say something to the effect of “If you are here, it is because Jade touched your life in some way. The candle you hold in your hand is a sign of that touch. Although Jade is gone (blow out pillar candle), her touch remains with you. You can pass on that touch, that flame, to other people too, thus do those who are gone remain with us as well.”

Some people are prob gonna want to say something, and if there is an opportunity for anyone to say their bit, that would be good. If there’s a formal eulogy, I’d like for Deirdre (my best friend in the world since we were 9 years old) to give it, if she can. If not, then y’all can sort it out. I’d rather it be someone fairly close though, I’ve never really gotten the point of having someone eulogized by a stranger.

And a drum circle and a bonfire...

We got the MikeZ in the house, woot!Glue the ham, hat baby!


Goddess_Of_Pyremember
107 posts
Location: Michigan, USA


Posted:
OK this might sound morbid, but I actually have thought about what I'd "like" when I die..I am a lost romantic at heart so that will hopefully explain the reasoning for some of it.......

I wish to be cermated, I what any organs I can donate..be donated so I can serve some good after my life....... I don't want a wake, funeral, or memorial...I feel only my children have the right to grieve over my death seeing how I have no family..and no one close to me.

I'd like to be buried in a garden or under a flowering tree someplace beautiful....so if my kids wanna remember me they can sit and relax with a warm delicate breeze kissing their cheeks and imagine Its me kissing them one last time. Before I am cermated I'd like to be wrapped in rose petals and vanilla......if you knew me you would know that is so rembrant of me.I am always wearing vanilla and my favorite flowers are roses.

If a plaque was to be created I don't want my name listed just these words..
"Here is where destolation began and ended"

And all my days are trances And all my nightly dreamsAre where thy gray eye glances And where thy footstep gleams-In what ethereal dances By what eternal streams. Edgar Allan PoeThe prophet is a fool and the religious man is fucking mad, and for the multitude of your sense and your inequity, and the great hatred......NANCY BOY


LuNcHbOx...(Aka. Nathan)-un-singlemember
536 posts
Location: beneath a cloak of self-torture


Posted:
dude....
I love "trik turner"!!!!
i want to be cremated then buried....
Muwahahahahah!!!!!
*cough*....erm....
and while this is happening i want a middle finger from both of my hands sent to these people....
My dad....
and brittany spears....
Muwahahahahah!!!!!!
*again...cough....and crikets chirp in the background*

-LuNcHbOx, Aka. Nathan...Give a man to fish, and that man knows where to come for more fish...Teach a man to fish and you have just destroyed your market base...


FireMikeZLaguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US


Posted:
Jade Lynx's fire pyre is da shit!

but what i want isn't exactly legal. luckily, i have a good old friend or two who are reliable, and maybe they won't freak out at da instructions. of course it's a warm, loving thang, if ya got da feelin.

molten cheers,

~ FireMike

FireMikeZ@yahoo.com (personal messages welcome, no promo spam, please!)
Laguna, California, US


MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
I am an anatomical donor. See, I love to teach. I can't bear the thought of teaching my last lesson one day. So as I lie on my deathbead, I will know that I have one more lesson to teach.

A few medical students will dissect my body, learning human anatomy from it. My last students.

It may sound disturbing as hell to you, but having been the student (my cadaver was a school teacher), I can think of nothing that I'd like more than to give that last gift to medicine.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


Bender_the_OffenderGOLD Member
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
with the proper advances in nantotechnology and clag glue, you could 'continue' in a 'Weekend at Bernie's' manner for that adventurous touch!

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Distorted Silencemember
217 posts
Location: Melbourne


Posted:
Hrm, Id want to be cremated because coffins take up too much space, and hey, its fire.

But if I had a headstone, I'd want it to say "Smeh", "Are you happy now?" or "Bit stiff"

Music, oh the beauty, I must must must have either Radiohead - Exit music for a film, Radiohead - The Bends, Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack or Muse - Dark Shines.

You've got to move fast to beat the Devil - Your arm's too short to box with God.


fieryfiendmember
48 posts
Location: California


Posted:
Damn, I want a funny tombstone, but would rather be cremated. Besides, caskets are a rip off. Maybe it would make a nice lawn ornament. If I make a boatload of money then in my will I'll give someone my money, but on the condition they display my tombstone prominantly on their front lawn. I definantly want 'Another one bites the dust' by Queen to be played at my funeral. And that song that goes 'should I stay or should I go now'.
I read about a hypocondriac in Florida that had a tombstone that read 'I told you I was sick'. I remember reading about some lady that was buried with her car (it was a corvair). She loved the car b/c of a leg condition (I think) that prevented her from driving cars w/o a bench type front seat. The guy that invented the frisbee (actually he modified it to fly accurately) had his ashes made into a few frisbees.
Here are a couple of funny tombstones on the web:
here and here

One last note on open casket burials: Why is it that men are always buried in a suit, even if they rarely wore one, or in some cases owned one? Seems like you'd want to remember the person as they were in life. If that guy didn't own a suit, where'd they get it? It'd be funny if they rented it.

Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do


Official HoP Male Auctionhouse, Ltdmember
21 posts
Location: The Official Male HoP Auction!


Posted:
First off, we'd like to assure everyone we deal strictly in healthy, hot, incredibly sexy live merchandise which we expect to serve your many needs for a long time to come, with proper care, feeding, grooming, & for some, just a little teeny weeny discipline. . .

Then, of all people, the editor of nicey nicey philosophy HumanCafe sent us this sexy link (nothing embarassing, as he assures us, and as we've seen so far) from an Italian casket maker. The ed told us, "What a way to go!":

corpse box ups, sexy Italian style

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fluffy napalm fairyCarpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land


Posted:
I want to be cremated, then kept in an ornate, carved wooden pot. For a long time. And kept on a mantlepiece somewhere.

Geologists do it in the dirt................ spank


UCOFSILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales


Posted:
Its a bit ironic actually...but today i went to the funeral of a boy in my year..(he died 5 dys before his 18th birthday of a brain tumor)

In the funeral they played:
Gone too Soon- micheal jackson
Band of brothers music
The final song as russel crowe is dead in gladiator (the one where he walks through the door and meets his family)...

it was a very good ceremony....his coffin was carried by 6 of his closest friends. It was very moving.

FireMikeZLaguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US


Posted:
good one, Jonathan.

molten cheers,

~ FireMike

FireMikeZ@yahoo.com (personal messages welcome, no promo spam, please!)
Laguna, California, US


trintekmember
107 posts
Location: San Antonio, TX


Posted:
made an executive decision today... i like my original idea for the epitaph "Don't worry... I'll be right back.." but... depending on where i am in life when i decide to die, i thought this one was fitting as well "...Just believe in me... ..And I will be there.."

We bleed the same blood, We cry the same tears, We have the same fears, We pass the same years, We see the same stars, Under the same skies, We pass the same time, We all live and die


arashiPooh-Bah
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx


Posted:
i wish to be marinated, barbequed to a seared blackened perfection, garnished with basil, peppercorn and blue cheese, and feasted upon. i have even gone so far as to reserve body parts for certain friends and family. the -ahem- best part is so far reserved for an ex girlfriend but i am hoping that a worthy bidder shows up soon (before it crumbles to dust and falls off and then nobody gets it).
next?

-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.


FireMikeZLaguna dude
1,438 posts
Location: Laguna, California, US


Posted:
don't spill da beans, arashi! shhhh! we'll both get stopped!

may i have a bite, arashi? i'd really like that, be honored, and would savor ya.



~ Mike

molten cheers,

~ FireMike

FireMikeZ@yahoo.com (personal messages welcome, no promo spam, please!)
Laguna, California, US


poipixiemember
53 posts
Location: Brisvegas, Aus


Posted:
when i die i want to be cremated and my organs donated so i can help others (after all, they aint gonna be much use to me )

i want all the people i love, and that love me, to have a gathering on a beautiful sunny day in a field with green grass and flowers everyhwere, or in the forest, at dusk so that the sun sets during the gathering. once the sun goes down i want a huge fire to be lit in the centre of the group and everyone to dance(with or without fire) /perform/ sing/ talk/ do whatever they want to express what they are feeling. i dont care if people laugh or cry, as long as they are true to their emotions and their memories of me and the times we spent together. oh, and i want music to be playing the whole time, happy music, sad music...everything.

so just an everyday, average, ordinary funeral i guess

Love, kisses and magikal wishes

--*SaM*--


Bender_the_OffenderGOLD Member
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
lol arashi,
would'nt it be appropriate if late arrivals to your disturbingly savoury funeral be given the 'cold shoulder'? I personally find the idea of people eating one's body up and dumping it to be quite symbolic.
/flosses teeth.

still, a death is preferable to an infinity of boredom.

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MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
kerrrr...bump!

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


roarfireSILVER Member
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia


Posted:
Eep. I'm not a fan of this thread. Because I'm terrified of all things death related.



I'm thinking I'll donate some organs. The idea of being in a coffin freaks me out so cremated it would be....then maybe scattered in the river in my hometown.



To be honest it's something I've avoided thinking about!

.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.


BurdaASILVER Member
Sacrebleu
377 posts
Location: At the quiet limit, United Kingdom


Posted:
I'd like to be preserved/stuffed and put on display as the worlds greatest lover wink

Probably same as roarfire if that falls through, donated and crispened to an earthy black soot, scattered wherever my favourite place is at the time. But not to be kept on a mantlepiece in an urn. That's wierd.

Maybe shot into space if that's an option in the future, which it probably will be.

So I don't know really, sorry to waste your time.. biggrin

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polaritySILVER Member
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom


Posted:
I want to be the new Buster in Myth Busters!

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.


Deamon_LlamaBRONZE Member
member
78 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
I want to be cremated, then my ashes compressed into a diamond. I want to know what colour it will turn out, I'm hoping for red or black, but I think it'll most likely be yellow frown Then I'll ask for the diamond to be put into some piece of jewlrey that can be handed down as an heirloom, and there'll be room on it for future generations if they too want to go as I did. It would be such fun to flash that shiny around and say to people "look! there's my grandpa!"

I should donate some of my organs to something or other, but i really don't like the idea of letting other people use them, especially my eyes. My eyes are awesome, and they are mine! they are what defines me, nobody shall ever have them.

Maybe I'll just donate whatever i could have lived without anyway, as that somehow seems more appealing, so I'll give away one kidney and a single lung or something.

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No statements are true unless they can be proven scientifically.
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WooktasticBRONZE Member
the kicker of elves
371 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland


Posted:
I want my body decapitated and then quartered, for each piece to be cremated seperately, then the ashes of my head to be blasted into the centre of the sun and the rest of my ashes scattered to the furthest reaches of the earth.



Let's see somebody turn THAT into a zombie!
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ACTSILVER Member
enthusiast
318 posts
Location: I am in a world you do not want to be, USA


Posted:
 Written by: polarity


I want to be the new Buster in Myth Busters!

ubblol ubblol ubblol

I just watched the 2nd pirate show last night!

When I die I wanna be stuffed in this pose:


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Who's you buddy????

Don't hate me because I am different, hate me because I still think I am better then you!


DarkFyreBRONZE Member
HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand


Posted:
I want to be burried face down and my tomb stone to read

"they burried me face down so the whole world could kiss my ass"

May my balls of fire set your balls on fire devil


hamamelisBRONZE Member
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)


Posted:
I want someone to steal my body from the mortuary.. then have an illegal pyre in the woods.

Please?
You can bring marshmallows.
Oh, and if no-one brings firetoys, and lights them from the blaze, I'll haunt you all. biggrin

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!


If that's okay with you?


DarkFyreBRONZE Member
HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand


Posted:
sweet just let me know when you croak and I'll do my best to be there

May my balls of fire set your balls on fire devil


WooktasticBRONZE Member
the kicker of elves
371 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland


Posted:
I'm up for that too.

Man is no more than a conduit for excrement to pass through.- daVinci

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Wielder of the voice of Patrick Stewart


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