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lunchbag
May 3, 2008, 9:49 PM
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Two things are certain in life, death and taxes. So, I was wondering if anyone has made a special request for their remains when they depart from this life. I recently informed my wife what I wanted. Half of my ashes are to be scattered at my local surf break during a paddle-out ceremony by my surf crew. The other half is to be placed on top of devils tower, a grand memorial for a climber. I know that I will be joining others already there.
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atg200
May 3, 2008, 10:04 PM
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Do you really have to put your dust on top of Devils Tower? I like to eat lunch there from time to time and don't want dead people seasoning on my sandwich.
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lunchbag
May 3, 2008, 10:29 PM
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Try my grit, you might like the taste but I can't speak for the others. 100% organic with no artificial ingredient added.
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yak
May 4, 2008, 12:44 AM
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I think funerals are overpriced...I've told my family and mates that I don't want no fancy funeral, i'll be happy with a backyard bonfire/cremation, beer provided but bring your own marshmellows!
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kyleshea
May 4, 2008, 2:43 AM
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throw me to the wolves!!!
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stonefoxgirl
May 4, 2008, 3:27 AM
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Pretty natural burial, - no crazy expenses.
Just feed me to a tree.
Then go party and celebrate my life.
http://naturalburial.org/index.php
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blondgecko
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May 4, 2008, 3:33 AM
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Chop me up and give the pieces to whoever needs them.
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traddad
May 4, 2008, 3:41 AM
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She says "wake up, it's no use pretending"
I'll keep stealing, breathing her.
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open,
Naked as we came
One will spread our ashes 'round the yard
She says "If I leave before you, darling
Don't you waste me in the ground"
I lay smiling like our sleeping children
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open,
Naked as we came
One will spread our ashes round the yard
-------Sam Beam
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reno
May 4, 2008, 4:19 AM
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blondgecko wrote: Chop me up and give the pieces to whoever needs them.
Then take what's left over, give it a Viking funeral (a canoe on an alpine lake, some scrap construction lumber, kerosene, and a match will do) and start drinking.
That's my final request.
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bender
May 4, 2008, 4:46 AM
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the friends and family are so overworked and under wrought i hate to add to burden them with workload
im probably just gonna crawl into the chaparral for the critters to gorge
baring that the john doe nobody knows will be quite sufficent
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blondgecko
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May 4, 2008, 10:40 PM
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Build me one of these:
A great big phallic symbol forever pointing up at the vagina of the Milky Way. Now that's what I call a memorial!
(This post was edited by blondgecko on May 4, 2008, 10:41 PM)
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clausti
May 5, 2008, 2:08 AM
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blondgecko wrote: Build me one of these: [img]http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/photos/289603652_F6ccD-L.jpg[/img] A great big phallic symbol forever pointing up at the vagina of the Milky Way. Now that's what I call a memorial!
whatever part of science needs me should get me, after the people who need my organs get what they can use. make me a cell line, at least.
" this experiment was first done in HeLa cells, and then replicated in Clausti cells. "
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limeydave
May 6, 2008, 12:54 AM
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j_ung wrote: blondgecko wrote: A great big phallic symbol forever pointing up at the vagina of the Milky Way. ...but never quite closing the deal. 
Must be catholic
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blondgecko
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May 6, 2008, 1:16 AM
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clausti wrote: blondgecko wrote: Build me one of these: [img]http://blondgecko.smugmug.com/photos/289603652_F6ccD-L.jpg[/img] A great big phallic symbol forever pointing up at the vagina of the Milky Way. Now that's what I call a memorial! whatever part of science needs me should get me, after the people who need my organs get what they can use. make me a cell line, at least. " this experiment was first done in HeLa cells, and then replicated in Clausti cells. "
That's a cool idea. I've heard that the mass of cells cultured since the creation of the HeLa line now far outstrips what poor Henrietta herself weighed. With 82 chromosomes, they're also considered by some to be a new species, Helacyton gartleri.
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dr_feelgood
May 6, 2008, 1:16 AM
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I want a big ass funeral pyre and a keg for when I die.
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blondgecko
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j_ung wrote: blondgecko wrote: A great big phallic symbol forever pointing up at the vagina of the Milky Way. ...but never quite closing the deal.
Well, absolutely! After all, it's all about the journey, not the destination.
Edit: Or, to put it another way, the Universe is a frigid bitch, but that's a big part of what makes her so attractive!
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camhead
May 6, 2008, 1:35 PM
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I just want to make sure that my body, by the time it is half-rotted, will be used for some kind of wacky practical joke, because there are a lot of good jokes that you can do with a corpse. That will be awesome.
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j_ung
May 9, 2008, 1:42 PM
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blondgecko wrote: j_ung wrote: blondgecko wrote: A great big phallic symbol forever pointing up at the vagina of the Milky Way. ...but never quite closing the deal. Well, absolutely! After all, it's all about the journey, not the destination. Edit: Or, to put it another way, the Universe is a frigid bitch, but that's a big part of what makes her so attractive!
Warning: Cross-thread humor imminent.
Or she's a Lesbian (TM). 
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"What does Reincarnation mean?"
A cowpoke asked his friend.
His pal replied, "It happens when
Yer life has reached its end.
They comb yer hair, and warsh yer neck,
And clean yer fingernails,
And lay you in a padded box
Away from life's travails."
"The box and you goes in a hole,
That's been dug into the ground.
Reincarnation starts in when
Yore planted 'neath a mound.
Them clods melt down, just like yer box,
And you who is inside.
And then yore just beginnin' on
Yer transformation ride.
"In a while, the grass'll grow
Upon yer rendered mound.
Till some day on yer moldered grave
A lonely flower is found.
And say a hoss should wander by
And graze upon this flower
That once wuz you, but now's become
Yer vegetative bower.
"The posy that the hoss done ate
Up, with his other feed,
Makes bone, and fat, and muscle
Essential to the steed,
But some is left that he can't use
And so it passes through,
And finally lays upon the ground
This thing, that once wuz you.
"Then say, by chance, I wanders by
And sees this upon the ground,
And I ponders, and I wonders at,
This object that I found.
I thinks of reincarnation,
Of life and death, and such,
And come away concludin': 'Jay,
You ain't changed, all that much.
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May 9, 2008, 3:00 PM
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blondgecko
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epoch wrote: "What does Reincarnation mean?" A cowpoke asked his friend. His pal replied, "It happens when Yer life has reached its end. They comb yer hair, and warsh yer neck, And clean yer fingernails, And lay you in a padded box Away from life's travails." "The box and you goes in a hole, That's been dug into the ground. Reincarnation starts in when Yore planted 'neath a mound. Them clods melt down, just like yer box, And you who is inside. And then yore just beginnin' on Yer transformation ride. "In a while, the grass'll grow Upon yer rendered mound. Till some day on yer moldered grave A lonely flower is found. And say a hoss should wander by And graze upon this flower That once wuz you, but now's become Yer vegetative bower. "The posy that the hoss done ate Up, with his other feed, Makes bone, and fat, and muscle Essential to the steed, But some is left that he can't use And so it passes through, And finally lays upon the ground This thing, that once wuz you. "Then say, by chance, I wanders by And sees this upon the ground, And I ponders, and I wonders at, This object that I found. I thinks of reincarnation, Of life and death, and such, And come away concludin': 'Jay, You ain't changed, all that much.
*sniff*
That was beautiful!
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camhead
May 11, 2008, 7:57 PM
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blondgecko wrote: epoch wrote: "What does Reincarnation mean?" A cowpoke asked his friend. His pal replied, "It happens when Yer life has reached its end. They comb yer hair, and warsh yer neck, And clean yer fingernails, And lay you in a padded box Away from life's travails." "The box and you goes in a hole, That's been dug into the ground. Reincarnation starts in when Yore planted 'neath a mound. Them clods melt down, just like yer box, And you who is inside. And then yore just beginnin' on Yer transformation ride. "In a while, the grass'll grow Upon yer rendered mound. Till some day on yer moldered grave A lonely flower is found. And say a hoss should wander by And graze upon this flower That once wuz you, but now's become Yer vegetative bower. "The posy that the hoss done ate Up, with his other feed, Makes bone, and fat, and muscle Essential to the steed, But some is left that he can't use And so it passes through, And finally lays upon the ground This thing, that once wuz you. "Then say, by chance, I wanders by And sees this upon the ground, And I ponders, and I wonders at, This object that I found. I thinks of reincarnation, Of life and death, and such, And come away concludin': 'Jay, You ain't changed, all that much. *sniff* That was beautiful!
isn't that Baxter Black?
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wanderlustmd
May 11, 2008, 11:21 PM
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Pour my ashes between Amanda Peet's breasts.
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