cut-of-jib 0 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 When you die, which do you want to be - burned, buried, or something else? I want to be burned and then sprinkled on my favourite lake in Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I don’t care. Really not important to me. Anyone still around that wants something to visit on a regular basis can decide what to do with me. I respect their right to that and concede that it is a sad and sensitive occasion. However if no one has any preferences then I would just a happily be put in the boot of a pink Cadillac dropped from a heavy lift helicopter onto/into anything that takes their fancy at the time. Or perhaps I could be sent down with the next concrete block of yellow cake that a nuclear power generating country delivers to the depths of the Atlantic. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Dead = don't care. Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk in Chance 0 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Burned. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 But I have a funny story about ashes. I was up on 1 of my favorite mountains in Canada just before moving to Japan 1 year ago. I had hiked up there with my father and we were watching the sun set. Beautiful night. I was sitting right on the peak and put my hand down to run it through some interesting looking sand. What's this? Little chunks of white. Hmm. That's interesting. Go in for closer insepection. Yup. That's gray dust/sand with little chunks of white stuff. Now the wheels started turning. This isn't native to this mountains geology. What the ****. No it couldn't be. But waite a second. It's ****ing human remains. Some nimrod had dumped ashes on the summit. No they hadn't thrown them into the wind like a normal person. They had dumped them into a little depression on the very top of the mountain. This is a very popular mountain which is why I had hiked it in the evening. It's not unusual to find dozens of people along the trail with maybe 20 or 30 near the summit. Would not want to be downwind of the ashes and get a mouthful of grandpa. This is the mountain. Mount Cheam in South Western BC. Right on the summit. Bastards. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 There's a pretty funny scene at the end of an anotherwise hopelessly boring Jeff Bridges film involving ashes getting blown in his face. But where ashes get blown is something of an old saw anyway. At least they didn't make grandad walk up there to die like in the film 'Ballad of Narayama'. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Burned with my ashes thrown from somewhere in Hawaii, maybe Haleakala on Maui, or Kailua Kona on the big isle. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Quote: At least they didn't make grandad walk up there to die like in the film 'Ballad of Narayama'. That doesn't sound like an interesting movie. Why did they make him walk up the hill? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 It's an interesting movie. It has a retarded guy shagging a dog in a barn, then getting it on with an old lady before she climbs the hill to die. It's compulsive watching. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Quote: It has a guy shagging a dog in a barn. It's compulsive watching. Nice Ocean. Nice. Sound as interesting as your buthole snake Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Not just a guy Touque, a retarded guy. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 At the end of the film, the retarded guy is happy because it starts snowing and his grandma on the mountain will die quickly and not suffer. And soon he will be able to go snowboarding again. Can we change this topic to "Burned or buried or left on the mountain for the crows" please? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I'm just having a little fun manipulating what Ocean said. The heat is making me crazy. May have to find a dog and then send the old tea lady up the hill. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 when i die, i wanna be an organ donor or donate my body to science or whatever. then they can burn the remains and sprinkle 'em somewhere. when i was younger i wanted was thinking the place would be off a hillside on st. john but now i dunno. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Isn't it more than a little egotistical to want your ashes sprinkled somewhere 'special'? You want to pollute the world even after you're dead by having somebody fly to Hawaii or wherever just to perform a completely meaningless ceremony? Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 I don't really give a shit... Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 What is the Japanese take on Organ donation? And back in your home country are you an organ donor? I am Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 I've never thought about it. When and why do you think of these things? Hmm. Link to post Share on other sites
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