Quickies part 2

[onetrack]

I hate burns, they really hurt, and those crematoriums get pretty hot, they reckon. I reckon a pine box and hole in the ground is good enough for me. But I want a spot that won't be disturbed by population encroachment and I need to think up a really good epitaph to put on my headstone to make passers-by think or laugh.

 

There's some good epitaphs around, ones like "Here lies Lester Moore. Four slugs from a Forty Four. No Les, no more."

[facthunter]

I think Spike Milligan's is "I told you I was SICK".  It is said " The Graves are full of INDISPENSIBLE People."  You are but a speck of dust in a Vast Universe.. Nev

[spacesailor]

My sister in law , an ex registered nurse claimed  " she witnessed thee dead people " who weren't dead ! .( in her will, to cut her wrists to confirm death ) .

I myself am reported to have woken up in the  morgue , after being declared deceased  by my surgeon .

Imagine waking up with lid nailed shut.

Also if having a sealed  Coffin. 

Your stomach's acid with turn your body to " green slime ".

Horrible thoughts to die by . I want to stay living .

spacesailor

 PS.  :  I can live without being a millionaire. 

            I can live without flying .

              cannot enjoy life  without living. 

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PS added

[old man emu]

We know that one day each of us will die. Of course we all want to live for as long as possible, but we don't know the length of that 'long'. 

 

As for what happens to our bodies as they decompose after death, I would like to do my bit towards reducing global warming by having my carbon sequestered in the ground, not expelled from the chimney of a crematorium. 

 

I wonder how long it takes for a properly buried body's chemicals to become available to Nature.

[spacesailor]

Never

In a sealed Coffin. 

But 

ASH  fertilises immediately. 

I like writer's who live on in their works , indefinitely. 

spacesailor

[pmccarthy]

My wife could make me an urn but not a coffin.

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, spacesailor said:

I like writer's who live on in their works , indefinitely. 

The works of writers and composers only lives on if people continue to publish their works. I listen the ABC Classical every day and it was only a day or so ago that a work of the German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck was played. He is famous for the opera  Hänsel und Gretel.

[old man emu]

4 minutes ago, pmccarthy said:

My wife could make me an urn but not a coffin.

She could potter around making your urn, while you chisel out her coffin.

[facthunter]

When you rot the carbon does the same as if it's burned but slower. IF you push up daises that's another interim stage with the same final outcome. You are mostly water.. Nev

[onetrack]

Chisel? What, a sandstone coffin?? I guess if she was a mummy, a sandstone coffin would be alright. 🙂 

[old man emu]

1 minute ago, facthunter said:

You are mostly water

Are you saying that I'm all piss and wind?

[facthunter]

 A Dugout coffin??  Timber and Masonite unless you're a catholic. Nev

[facthunter]

OME I judge not lest I be judged..  Nev

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

My wife could make me an urn but not a coffin.

Usually they just make you urn, until you're in your coffin...

[pmccarthy]

I don’t urn any more, but I’m still coffin.

[onetrack]

Some wives would make you turn in your coffin! 🙂 

[spacesailor]

The men's shed ! .

Perfect for the Finnished box .  All the members could assist with your departing gift .

spacesailor