What do you want on your tombstone?

[Mr Nobody]

Mine?
"For God's sake, look behind you!"

But yeah, I'll be up in smoke (assuming I don't get vaporised without even having time to think 'What was that flash?' first ), so...hm.

 

[Dana Jean]

My dad was cremated. He and my mom had pre-arranged, and paid for everything a few years back. His ashes were split into 4 small vials and one slightly bigger vial. Mom took one to his home town where they had a memorial service and scattered his ashes in the river. He now has a plaque next to his parents there. The other small vials were scattered at various river spots where he liked to canoe/bird watch. I posted a pic of one in the hometown thread. I have the vial from that location in my guest room next to his leather cap. Mom still has the biggest vial. When she passes, we'll do the same and I will have both of their big vials. I haven't yet decided if I will keep them, but the tree idea that Lepp and Grandpa mentioned is nice and I may look into that. In death, as in life, to each his own. It's the differences which make us special.

They have necklaces you can put cremains in. And, I have a girl friends who travels A LOT. I always told her when I died, I was getting her a necklace so she could take me on her travels with her and her family.

 

[Lepplady]

If I had a headstone, and if they're close enough to read the small print, it would read:

Get off my face.

 

[Ebdim9th]

We have several generations buried in the same large cemetery so I guess that's where I'll go, unless I'm put to work in an alien labor camp in a nearby star system and there I die .....

 

[danie]

I love Louis C K's views on everything, especially death.
Warning: Every other word is a bad word.

 

[Maddie]

I love Louis C K's views on everything, especially death.
Warning: Every other word is a bad word.

holy

Spoiler: badword

sh!t

that was dam

Spoiler: badword

f*cking

hilarious!!!

 

[Tery]

They have necklaces you can put cremains in. And, I have a girl friends who travels A LOT. I always told her when I died, I was getting her a necklace so she could take me on her travels with her and her family.

I have one of these...

... with some of Mom's ashes inside. Whenever I travel, she comes along.

I won't have a tombstone but I'd want people to remember the last line of ELP's version of The Great Gate at Kiev: "There's no end to my life, no beginning to my death - death is life."

 

[Dana Jean]

I have one of these...

... with some of Mom's ashes inside. Whenever I travel, she comes along.

I won't have a tombstone but I'd want people to remember the last line of ELP's version of The Great Gate at Kiev: "There's no end to my life, no beginning to my death - death is life."

I love that. Beautiful on both counts.

 

[Scratch]

To heck with that. Take me now. I love adventure. As a matter of fact, one of the things I thought of saying on my stone is "The one who has the most fun before they die wins. Your turn."

 

[Maddie]

To heck with that. Take me now. I love adventure. As a matter of fact, one of the things I thought of saying on my stone is "The one who has the most fun before they die wins. Your turn."

Scratch youre sooo funny, my favorite one was .... 'I wish you were here'.

 

[Neesy]

Don't know a lot about the funeral industry - and I haven't made any arrangements yet for my own burial - the idea of donating organs or donating your body to medical science sounds appealing at this point
I would kinda like to die suddenly (not that I have a choice!)

 

[Blake]

Peggy Lee- 'Is that all there is?'

 

[Ebdim9th]

Don't know a lot about the funeral industry - and I haven't made any arrangements yet for my own burial - the idea of donating organs or donating your body to medical science sounds appealing at this point
I would kinda like to die suddenly (not that I have a choice!)

We have a local commercial for a coin shop where this guy Dave (our station manager, of course) who calls in to get a 'get out of the dog house' gift for his wife. The Valentine's one has her opening an envelope and it's for "A cemetery plot? A cemetery plot?!" And so he gives them his usual call for something to make up for his fail to the missus.

 

[not_nadine]

I'll never forget when my sister was arranging for our mom. She said she coughed, and was asked, "How have you been feeling?"


Then a sales pitch.

 

[twiggymarie]

"Dangit...I was hoping for a pyramid."

OR

"When living men my tomb do view,
Remember well, there's room for you.."