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By *am sampson OP Man
over a year ago

cwmbran

Just saw a funeral cortege and the hearse was a motorbike with sidecar - what would you like as an alternative to a tradditional funeral

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

Friend of ours owned a haulage company, his coffin went on a flat bed truck

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By *ady n the trampCouple
over a year ago

Chudleigh

would rather my kids went down the auctions and bought a old wardrobe for a £10 dug a big hole and bury it with me in it. cost of funerals today is tremendous and its money that could be lefy for my kids and grandchildren

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By *ovedupstillCouple
over a year ago

mullinwire

i want a viking funeral on a longboat, pushed onto a local lake, and set fire to.

never bloody happen, though, with elf n safety and rules n regs now though.

probably just end up with the usual bullshit one with some bloke who doesnt know me talking about me

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By *am sampson OP Man
over a year ago

cwmbran

"would rather my kids went down the auctions and bought a old wardrobe for a £10 dug a big hole and bury it with me in it. cost of funerals today is tremendous and its money that could be lefy for my kids and grandchildren

There is a place near me where you can get buried in a willow casket in the middle of woodland

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

+ 1 it's criminal what they charge these days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I honestly couldn't give a stuff what happens at my funeral as they're only for those left alive to say goodbye anyway. When I die this body becomes nothing more than an empty carcass as what makes me the person I am evaporates into the Ether the instant I expire - my kith and kin can do what they want with it.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

Above all, I would want my family and friends to party and celebrate my life rather than be upset. I most certainly would not waste money on vanity items...

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

If you die and noone pays the bill do they dig you back up again?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

pickled and put in a big jar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sorry but this is fuckin depressing, Realy nice forum lol

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By *am sampson OP Man
over a year ago

cwmbran

leave your body to medical science and after 2 or 3 years your family get you back all nicely cremated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just put me in a cardboard box in a forest and plant a tree on me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i want a viking funeral on a longboat, pushed onto a local lake, and set fire to.

never bloody happen, though, with elf n safety and rules n regs now though.

probably just end up with the usual bullshit one with some bloke who doesnt know me talking about me"

I always wanted the same after seeing it in the old Kirk Douglas film.

A few weeks ago someone in Cornwall who wanted the same had built a 4 foot remote control model of a long ship, he had his ashes on board and the family set the boat alight as they pushed it out to sea.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

im goin to medical science llf they can try an figure out how i worked awe them yrs llf cos even i still dont know whits goin on lol

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
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over a year ago

My Own Little World

A friend of mine wanted a cardboard coffin (not as bad as it sounds) for his mum, going all green and environmentally conscious, but it cost twice as much as the old fashioned pine box !!

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By *atcherofmyballsMan
over a year ago

hereford

A local man was asked why he wasn't at his brothers funeral "coz he won't be at mine" was his reply

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

everyones gettin burnt nowadays. The price of a plot to shove you in , could put a house on it.

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Just saw a funeral cortege and the hearse was a motorbike with sidecar - what would you like as an alternative to a tradditional funeral "

Dont know if it was the same one but there was one up our way yesterday.

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By *am sampson OP Man
over a year ago

cwmbran

"Just saw a funeral cortege and the hearse was a motorbike with sidecar - what would you like as an alternative to a tradditional funeral

Dont know if it was the same one but there was one up our way yesterday."

fair bit of distance between us - must be a few about

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

love those african ones that are made to look like what ever the family want ive seen fish or boats or aeroplane shapes

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

was at one yesterday of a close friend and it was a humanitarian service.

was lovely, they chose poems/songs instead of bible readings/hymns.

the lady from the humanitarian society was great.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me and my hubby wont be having a church service, just going to be taken to be cremated.

We are both atheists and we dont believe in traditional funerals and also think they are a waste of money too.

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

"was at one yesterday of a close friend and it was a humanitarian service.

was lovely, they chose poems/songs instead of bible readings/hymns.

the lady from the humanitarian society was great."

My dad had a humanist service held at the crematorium. He always said he was a member of 'the church of wheelbarrow' (only went when he was pushed

)so a religious service wouldn't have been appropriate.

The humanist service was lovely. The woman conducting it came to my mum's house a few days before and asked about my dad, any anecdotes that summed him up as a person and music that we'd like on the day.

The grandchildren wrote little poems about their grandad and my sister read out a poem she liked called 'Fathers'. The whole thing was personal, moving and even had people laughing at times. That's the kind of send off I'd like.

E x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

". He always said he was a member of 'the church of wheelbarrow' (only went when he was pushed

That's ace - I like that (a lot)

My dad wants a full jazz band at his, walking in front of the cortege, playing solemn songs to the grave and then upbeat numbers away from the cemetery.

Not thought about it myself - I am hoping I will be considerably past caring by that point.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't want all that religeous dirge, it's soooo depressing

My dad was an atheist, but my mum arranged a 'Christian' service.... all that 'praise be' stuff just makes me cross, to me it has nothing to do with real life and the person....it's kinda surreal really.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Be horses that take me xx

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you

had a humanist service for my beloved mum in law,my eldest played the sax,but my youngest had only just started palying the trumpet,she could only play once in royal davids city,so she did that,it was April, lol

but its the type of think Mum would have loved

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

"had a humanist service for my beloved mum in law,my eldest played the sax,but my youngest had only just started palying the trumpet,she could only play once in royal davids city,so she did that,it was April, lol

but its the type of think Mum would have loved"

It's details like that which make a humanist service so much nicer - so personal. Your mum in law would, indeed, have loved it x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A guy I went to uni with wanted to be cremated - then his ashes rolled up and smoked by his mates! Mind you he was the biggest stoner I've ever met!

Personally I'd love to be buried at sea! I'd be a lovely snack for a passing whale!

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By *am sampson OP Man
over a year ago

cwmbran

"Be horses that take me xx"

I recently saw an old horse drawn hearse for sale would have come in handy for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone know if it is legal to get a burial at sea?

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

"Anyone know if it is legal to get a burial at sea?"

Don't think it is ... but ashes can be scattered over the briny

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"was at one yesterday of a close friend and it was a humanitarian service.

was lovely, they chose poems/songs instead of bible readings/hymns.

the lady from the humanitarian society was great.

My dad had a humanist service held at the crematorium. He always said he was a member of 'the church of wheelbarrow' (only went when he was pushed

)so a religious service wouldn't have been appropriate.

E x"

Humanist .... that is the word, for the life of me I couldn't remember and I said humanitarian.

thank you, it allows me to research more about them. Was very special

thanks x

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By *r and mrs sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

BOLDON COLLIERY

"Anyone know if it is legal to get a burial at sea?"

yes it is but you need the paper work

Apart from the Death Certificate itself, certain documents are also required in order to obtain a licence for burial at sea, e.g. a Certificate of Freedom from Fever and Infection (available from the deceased’s GP or most recent doctor); a Notice of Intention to Remove a Body out of England (obtained from the Coroner) issued in exchange for a Certificate of Disposal (authorised by the Registrar of Deaths)

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By *rs and mr sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

Boldon

"Anyone know if it is legal to get a burial at sea?

yes it is but you need the paper work

You can tell you were a funeral director lol

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By *entscotscplCouple
over a year ago

falkirk ish

well me (mr cents) dont want tears, flowers, all i want is peeps to have a party and say if he was here now he would enjoy this.

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford

"Anyone know if it is legal to get a burial at sea?

yes it is but you need the paper work

Wouldn't it be easier to become head of Al-Quaeda ( spelling

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

think id like to be stuffed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bungee jump straight into the whole after the odd bounce or seven I spose

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"think id like to be stuffed"

Nice of you to throw that random 'lets meet today' request in there Karen.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

You can stuff me anytime wishy, id even put a david cameron face mask on for you

I was actually thinking about that stuffed cat hpc put on the other day lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You can stuff me anytime wishy, id even put a david cameron face mask on for you

I was actually thinking about that stuffed cat hpc put on the other day lol"

You wanna be turned into a helicopter? Blimmin heck, you're determined to be ridden one way or another aren't ya!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"You can stuff me anytime wishy, id even put a david cameron face mask on for you

I was actually thinking about that stuffed cat hpc put on the other day lol

You wanna be turned into a helicopter? Blimmin heck, you're determined to be ridden one way or another aren't ya!

At least id make youtube and get my 15 minutes of fame

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