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Remains to be seen….

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  • MikM Away
    MikM Away
    Mik
    wrote on last edited by
    #11

    There is a lot of talk about closure and finality. Personally, I have never had any trouble believing someone is dead. Seeing their makeup caked corpse never helped in any way. Quite the opposite. I'd prefer to remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

    I also never found a spouse or family member who said the funeral reduced their grief.

    I think there is a value in gathering to reconnect after a death, especially in the case of the death of a spouse. You have been connected to the community as a couple, and now that has changed. Renewing those connections as a single person seems valuable.

    Myself, I'm entertaining the idea of being wrapped around a newly planted tree. I'd much rather my descendants see and visit a living, helpful, beautiful tree than some cold stone.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • JollyJ Jolly

      Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.

      You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.

      I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

      Doctor PhibesD Offline
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      Doctor Phibes
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      #12

      @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

      the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues

      Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...

      I was only joking

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

        the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues

        Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...

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        Jolly
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        #13

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Remains to be seen….:

        @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

        the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues

        Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...

        Leave a note for Jane.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • MikM Away
          MikM Away
          Mik
          wrote on last edited by
          #14

          The 'head nun'. Huh. Here I always thought it was a nurse.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            mark
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            #15

            People are strange.

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            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
              #16

              Maybe she was a nurse with a bad habit...

              I was only joking

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                Copper
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                #17

                It needs music

                Link to video

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                • JollyJ Offline
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                  Jolly
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #18

                  If you use a coffin to view the remains at a funeral home, in many (if not most) states it is illegal to re-use that coffin at the funeral home for the next deceased.

                  Some enterprising individuals will buy those, decontaminate them, reconfigure and reline them, then sell them as couches, chairs, etc.

                  Google up "coffin couches".

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.

                    You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.

                    I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

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                    #19

                    @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                    I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                    Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • LuFins DadL Offline
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                      LuFins Dad
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                      #20

                      When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                      Link to video

                      The Brad

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                        Catseye3
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                        #21

                        I kind of like the idea of being sheparded off by those guys somebody posted a few months ago, the pallbearers who danced while holding the coffin.

                        Now, I wonder what music I want them to dance to . . . ?

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                          When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                          Link to video

                          George KG Offline
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                          George K
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                          #22

                          @LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:

                          When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                          If these guys aren't available...

                          alt text

                          I want the Brahms Requiem send off - live of course.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                            I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                            Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #23

                            @jon-nyc said in Remains to be seen….:

                            @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                            I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                            Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”

                            Would be LOPA down here, and that's above my pay grade....

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                              Link to video

                              JollyJ Offline
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                              Jolly
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #24

                              @LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:

                              When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                              Link to video

                              They fly.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • George KG George K

                                @LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:

                                When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                If these guys aren't available...

                                alt text

                                I want the Brahms Requiem send off - live of course.

                                Catseye3C Offline
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                                Catseye3
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #25

                                @George-K said in Remains to be seen….:

                                I want the Brahms Requiem send off

                                Not me. I want something like 'Thriller' or "Stayin Alive' or 'Dancing Queen' or 'Jump' or 'Money for Nothing' or . . . gads, there are so many great choices.

                                Guess I can't die.

                                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #26

                                  Link to video

                                  or how about....

                                  Link to video

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • JollyJ Offline
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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #27

                                    It is appointed unto man once to die and then The Judgement.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • JollyJ Jolly

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:

                                      When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                      Link to video

                                      They fly.

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                                      Renauda
                                      wrote on last edited by Renauda
                                      #28

                                      @Jolly

                                      I’m sure there plenty of tunes out there for that one too.

                                      Elbows up!

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                                        Larry
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                                        #29

                                        When you have a fat black woman with yellow hair who is suffering from dwarfism making the style statements, who are we to question her taste......

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                                        • MikM Mik

                                          There is a lot of talk about closure and finality. Personally, I have never had any trouble believing someone is dead. Seeing their makeup caked corpse never helped in any way. Quite the opposite. I'd prefer to remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

                                          I also never found a spouse or family member who said the funeral reduced their grief.

                                          I think there is a value in gathering to reconnect after a death, especially in the case of the death of a spouse. You have been connected to the community as a couple, and now that has changed. Renewing those connections as a single person seems valuable.

                                          Myself, I'm entertaining the idea of being wrapped around a newly planted tree. I'd much rather my descendants see and visit a living, helpful, beautiful tree than some cold stone.

                                          LarryL Offline
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                                          Larry
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #30

                                          @Mik said in Remains to be seen….:

                                          There is a lot of talk about closure and finality. Personally, I have never had any trouble believing someone is dead. Seeing their makeup caked corpse never helped in any way. Quite the opposite. I'd prefer to remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

                                          I also never found a spouse or family member who said the funeral reduced their grief.

                                          I think there is a value in gathering to reconnect after a death, especially in the case of the death of a spouse. You have been connected to the community as a couple, and now that has changed. Renewing those connections as a single person seems valuable.

                                          Myself, I'm entertaining the idea of being wrapped around a newly planted tree. I'd much rather my descendants see and visit a living, helpful, beautiful tree than some cold stone.

                                          I used to say "bury me head first up to my waist and use the crack of my ass for a bicycle stand" but the closer that day comes the less I am committed to the view.....

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