We will all need to address this at some stage

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
14/02/2008 16:57

At some stage we do not know when we are all going to have to decide what to do with our/ our loved ones remains once they have died.



How would you like your remains disposed of ??



Here are a few of the many ways any thoughts on which way you would like to go ? I do rather like the idea of being frozen with liquid nitrogen then shaken to dust someone could then mix this with paint and I could be immortalised in a painting!!



I may have been no oil painting whilst alive but in death I would surely be remembered.





Mummification (practiced by the ancient Egyptians)

Natural predation by jhator (or sky burial) in Tibet or exposure on the Towers of Silence as practiced by the Parsi community

Burial at sea

Medical research

Ritual cannibalism

A few people, such as the economist Jeremy Bentham, have had their dead bodies stuffed. This is a very rare practice. Human remains of archeological or medical interest are often kept in museums and private collections.



Soap made from human corpses



Burial in an eco-cemetery

lesleyd



Joined: 05/06/2007
Posts: 265

Message Posted:
14/02/2008 17:14

Hi Nige

What a subject...lol but yes its very true that we all need to think about these things, well I decided years ago that I want to be beried at the pet cemetery what better company could I wish you be lay next to.

Regards Lesley

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
14/02/2008 17:57

Hi Nige

According to my Will I have elected to be burned. As its not the practice in N.Cyprus then I suppose it'll have to be a bonfire in the garden then spread the ashes over the garden. Better make sure I don't die between May and September though because of the fire restrictions

Karen

Gooses


Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 60

Message Posted:
14/02/2008 19:45

Got to be medical science.. with all this cellulite to work on they will definately be able to find a cure and I will become immortal as the woman who set all others free!!!!!!



or failing that keep my ashes in a box at Lords so I can rest in peace watching the cricket...