When you die..

[Raven Queen]

Inspired by the 'waste' thread. What's going to happen to your body? Will you be donating your organs?

I want to be buried. I don't like the thought of my body burning up and turning black and crumbling to ashes and all that from cremation. And I don't want to be stuffed inside an urn and placed on a shelf to be gawked at. I don't mind not having a gravestone to mark my body... In fact I'd prefer it, and none of that nonsense with embalming and coffins and funerals too. *Wonders if that's possible.

I haven't decided about donating my organs yet though.

So, what do you want done to you after you die?

Oh, and just in case: No, I do not want to hear about huge, underground crypts beneath a vast zombie fortress with a single elaborately carved sarcophagus, or anything like that. Something within your budget, if you please. :P

[Nomad]

Donate all usable organs, cremation, and buried in a friends garden. $500.00 to $600.00. Someone gets to see and/or live and I get to nourish the soil that brings happiness to my friend. Nice and efficient.

-Nomad

[TruorTupnm]

Whatever's cheapest. I'm not a large fan of paying far too much money for humans to gather and go through some needless ceremony. Cremation sounds cooler than being tossed in the ground. Who knows what would happen to my body down there, after a really long time? Well, who knows what would happen to my container of ashes after a really long time, either? oh well. I'm also not a large fan of anyone who might wish to having to drive all the way out to some cemetery to visit. I'll sit on somebody's mantle. Why not? Also, I am not such a large fan of donating my stuff to somebody. I might have hated that person, if I had known him. ::)

[ShaiGar]

Within my Will is a section stating* when my funeral is to be held, 6 weeks after my death. For the 6 weeks after my death my MSN name is to state my death, and the funeral date and URI. For those who are not in australia; there will be a list of people constantly maintained that will have plane tickets issued to them should they want to come (pfft as if they wouldnt). And anyone else is welcome. While everyone is welcome to kneel and posthumously swear fealty to my memory, there is a second list; A list of people who will be executed on sight, and then burnt as an entertainment for my wake. This list consists of people from my childhood, Planetarion forums, INTP Central forums, World Leaders, Religious Leaders.

I shall be kept in a coffin of bulletproof glass filled with 100% alcohol, naked, until my wake and funeral. My Funeral shall consist of me being lowered into my granite monument, with my works and a map of the land i had conquered before my death on the wall. Then shall come a reading of the epitath i wrote, and the Eulogy i wrote. Then shall come the burlesque dancers and a pole dance. Then perhaps other people can speak about me (with guards behind them with shotguns), on their knees of course, facing me.

My wake shall consist of the emptying of all of my caches of alcohol. My sherries, my whiskeys (including the short and longterm storage of my entire whiskey distillery in Tasmania), my wines (my vineyards longterm and short term storage), my various pubs bottleshops. Once all of the alcohol has been gathered, everybody who attended my funeral is directed to stay until all of the alcohol has been drunk (people may drink at their own pace, but wake isnt over until it is all gone). All the urine that is gathered from the attendees is to be bottled and flown over John Howards grave, and then dumped. If he is not yet dead when i die, he is to be killed.

*only if I have enough money.
If I do not then I expect nothing less than a crystal sarcophagus filled with 100% ethanol escorted around the cities of australia before being exhumed into a public cemetary, coffin visible to the masses at all times.

[Raven Queen]

Within my Will is a section stating* when my funeral is to be held, 6 weeks after my death. For the 6 weeks after my death my MSN name is to state my death, and the funeral date and URI. For those who are not in australia; there will be a list of people constantly maintained that will have plane tickets issued to them should they want to come (pfft as if they wouldnt). And anyone else is welcome. While everyone is welcome to kneel and posthumously swear fealty to my memory, there is a second list; A list of people who will be executed on sight, and then burnt as an entertainment for my wake. This list consists of people from my childhood, Planetarion forums, INTP Central forums, World Leaders, Religious Leaders.

I shall be kept in a coffin of bulletproof glass filled with 100% alcohol, naked, until my wake and funeral. My Funeral shall consist of me being lowered into my granite monument, with my works and a map of the land i had conquered before my death on the wall. Then shall come a reading of the epitath i wrote, and the Eulogy i wrote. Then shall come the burlesque dancers and a pole dance. Then perhaps other people can speak about me (with guards behind them with shotguns), on their knees of course, facing me.

My wake shall consist of the emptying of all of my caches of alcohol. My sherries, my whiskeys (including the short and longterm storage of my entire whiskey distillery in Tasmania), my wines (my vineyards longterm and short term storage), my various pubs bottleshops. Once all of the alcohol has been gathered, everybody who attended my funeral is directed to stay until all of the alcohol has been drunk (people may drink at their own pace, but wake isnt over until it is all gone). All the urine that is gathered from the attendees is to be bottled and flown over John Howards grave, and then dumped. If he is not yet dead when i die, he is to be killed.

*only if I have enough money.
If I do not then I expect nothing less than a crystal sarcophagus filled with 100% ethanol escorted around the cities of australia before being exhumed into a public cemetary, coffin visible to the masses at all times.

Damn. I knew something like this would crop up. :P

How are you going to afford the crystal?

[thegnat]

I'd donate my organs - someone told me they wanted to donate their body to science - like to cadaver labs. There's no way I'm doing that. That creeps me out. I dunno. It's not something I often toss around. Perhaps I'll be buried, perhaps cremated. I'd like to be buried near my relatives at the graveyard near the farm but I dunno if that would happen or not. Even for me that's a bit too far ahead to think about ;)

[ShaiGar]

I took that from my articles page at my website from september last year.

How do I plan on having the money? Selling solar power from my zombie fortress and a slave trade that harvests organs in PNG.

[Raven Queen]

No fortresses, NO FORTRESSES!! *Rips hair out in frustration*

Oh, and just in case: No, I do not want to hear about huge, underground crypts beneath a vast zombie fortress with a single elaborately carved sarcophagus, or anything like that. Something within your budget, if you please. :P
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[OneBadMother]

When I die, I would like several things to happen.

1) All viable organs donated. It's not like I need those anymore.

2) The flesh flayed off my bones and put under a fruit tree, preferably in an orchard. The owner of the orchard could invite people to taste the fruit of the tree, then say, "Oh, by the way, this is our very special tree..."

3) My bones to be scrimshawed with interesting personal information, like date of birth, date of death, my name, and my accomplishments and profession.

4) Have my bones interred in the skin of an alligator and placed on top of the Andes. That'll ensure good preservation. I want to utterly screw around with archaeologists if they ever find them. "What the... I wonder if this was some sort of ritual at the time?"

To save expenses I'll cut out a funeral altogether.

Fine, within my budget? Just the first two, minus the flaying. Jeez, no fun at all. :P

[Raven Queen]

Hehe, numbers 3 and 4 still sound quite feasible though... Unlike being encased in crystal. :(

And why do you want to screw with anthropologists?? I want to be an anthropologist...

[snoogit]

i should donate my body to this:

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just so that I can die with the knowledge that I'll still be freaking people out years after my death.

[mind_wander]

Really, I have not think this too far because its way too depressing. I try to see the bright side of it, what kind of positive contributions, as an INTJ?

Did I touched anyone with my INTJness and make them felt more appreciative of themselves? How many people are gonna split my "Jackpot"? [whocare less, I came into this world empty and I leave this world empty] Do I have any true friends/family/etc. who actually effect them, if I am gone?[Answer:Yes, plenty], When I die, "Its one less INTJ, in this world." Man, break out a tear :'(; now thats depressing because INTJ's are considered cool in my book.

Big Picture:
When you leave in this world. Truely, how many people do you know who will remember you by? Seriously! That is one SOB INTJ, man so cold when I am in an emotional mood. What this INTJ does not answer my calls, ha I will blow it off this INTJ funeral; happy one less off the map. Lonely INTJ........ This INTJ is so harsh towards me; at least this person is truthful.

What will be on your tombstone, if all this was in fact true?

Just some things to think about realistically. I do think about these things, what type of INTJ image are you truely giving off. Luckily, I am more on the positive side, then the listed above.

[Headstrong]

I am an organ donor, so hopefully a part of me will be alive in someone else.

As to whether I want to be burried or cremated, I really haven't thought much about it. I suppose cremation would be cheaper and easier. I'm not a big fan of (open casket)funerals, either. I went to a funeral with one of my friends to be there for him and they had his friend's casket open. I only saw it for maybe 3 seconds, but the image of her is burned into my memory. For a while, it really freaked me out...seeing her lie there.

[rwyatt365]

Aside from donating my organs, I really don't care. I will either be;

- Part of the greater consciousness of the universe and having a great time exploring the wonders therein.

- In hell, getting on the devil's nerves, asking questions.

- In heaven, getting on god's nerves asking questions.

- A ghost, scaring the shit out of whomever I please.

In either case my body could be dumped on the side of the road for all I care, I won't be needing it anymore!

[apex.predator]

Very informative article from Reason magazine about organ harvesting. A corpse is worth more than you think!

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[niffer]

Have an elabourate mourning ceremony with my body placed in a casket, and then putting it nekkid without any coverage or casket, in a hole in the ground to fertilize teh soil afterwards.

[deicruxified]

i want to be cremated as soon as possible... and my ashes scattered at a mountain peak

[deicruxified]

I am an organ donor, so hopefully a part of me will be alive in someone else.

As to whether I want to be burried or cremated, I really haven't thought much about it. I suppose cremation would be cheaper and easier. I'm not a big fan of (open casket)funerals, either. I went to a funeral with one of my friends to be there for him and they had his friend's casket open. I only saw it for maybe 3 seconds, but the image of her is burned into my memory. For a while, it really freaked me out...seeing her lie there.
in thanatology class, we had a guided visualization seeing ourselves lying in our own caskets... it's a freaky experience and a lot of people in our class cried and never attended the next meeting... not a professor's fault because we were given a warning prior to enrollment: "if you're not yet ready to know yourself, do not take this course"

[Ian]

1. Organs to whom ever needs them
2. Cremation followed by scattering, don't care where
3. No religious mumbo-jumbo

Possibly just a song played as the firey pit opens.. something along the lines of 'We Were Born To Die' by The Scissor Sisters - nothing too depressing ;o)

[Paul V]

Hm. Haven't given much thought to this, because somewhere deep down I think I'll either die peacefully of old age, or be shot/stabbed/crushed protecting someone I love.

If my organs are usable after either, I'll donate them. Let them harvest from me as much as they can.

Then, let them do with me what they want. Either throw me to the wolves, bury me or cremate me. I don't care. Whatever's cheaper for whoever is in charge of doing it. However, if it was up to me, I'd love to be buried in a place where it's always cold and snowy, as well as far away from society.

I honestly don't care who gets what after I die. I just wish I'll have enough money to make a good contribution to as many charities as I can, and for my family to be able to live comfortably after I die (I know, I know, very "Provider" of me. Blame my best friend :P).

[The Rose]

I think being an organ donor is a good thing. Why keeps my parts when someone else could use them and have their lives greatly improved.

[Laurel]

I'm an organ donor and have told my family that I want to be cremated w/ no funeral. I hope my life is celebrated instead of mourned.