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#41
10-27-2007, 01:13 AM
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Re: If you died today....
It'd thoroughly pissed me off if I had a boring/sad/oh god oh god why funeral with the crappy chairs and the coffin and some kind of preacher saying some incoherent metaphysics.
If it could be like half-Viking funeral with a flaming ship sailing into the horizon/ half rave party, I think my survivors would appreciate it more. 
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#42
10-27-2007, 01:32 AM
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[ QUOTE ] Or the grieving process is somehow cheapened or lessened for the living? [/ QUOTE ] i think it is. obv it is still sad that they died, but it seems strange grieving the death of someone who wanted to die. [/ QUOTE ] No.
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#43
10-27-2007, 04:13 AM
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Re: If you died today....
The topic reminds me of the last episode of "Band of Brothers", when the narrator tells us that after the war, George Lutz returned home to Providence, RI and spent the rest of his life as a handyman--and when he died, over 1600 people attended the funeral. That always blew me away.
As for me, my wife has strict instructions to dispose of my remains in the least expensive way possible. I told her that if she spends thousands of dollars for a casket, I'm going to come back to haunt her. Seriously, if she wheeled out my carcass with the trash on Thursday morning, that would be OK with me.
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#44
10-27-2007, 11:08 AM
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Re: If you died today....
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[ QUOTE ] Or the grieving process is somehow cheapened or lessened for the living? [/ QUOTE ] i think it is. obv it is still sad that they died, but it seems strange grieving the death of someone who wanted to die. [/ QUOTE ] lol as if it was some rationale decision on their part. funerals should adapt depending on who died. if a 20 yr old kid dies from suicide, you mourn what could have been, how they could have gotten past these issues and lived a happy life, etc. this is a life that ended tragically and it doesn't matter that it was suicide. if a 100 year old guy dies, however, it doesn't exactly make sense to stand around, screaming to the heavens "WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIM?" Instead, you celebrate their life.
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#45
10-27-2007, 11:25 AM
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Re: If you died today....
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The topic reminds me of the last episode of "Band of Brothers", when the narrator tells us that after the war, George Lutz returned home to Providence, RI and spent the rest of his life as a handyman--and when he died, over 1600 people attended the funeral. That always blew me away. [/ QUOTE ] that's weird you mentioned that...that part in Band of Brothers about Luz is exactly what i was thinking of as i read the first few replies of this thread. just got finished watching that series right through for about the 10th time a few days ago. such an amazing series.
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#46
10-27-2007, 11:44 AM
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If you want a lot of people to show, have a 10k freeroll at the funeral.
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#47
10-27-2007, 12:39 PM
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Re: If you died today....
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[ QUOTE ] I think it's a huge imposition to ask of those in mourning to entertain and put on a happy face for an audience. [/ QUOTE ] yeah because it's totally customary for next of kin to do a little tap dance, or some vaudeville prior to the eulogy. [/ QUOTE ] No, but it is totally customary for people to buy an $8000 casket, coordinate a wake and ceremony, drop everything in their life and book a flight and hotel across the country, and then stuff their kids into a black suit. Which is exactly why I don't want one either. It just makes the lives of the living a pain in the ass on my behalf for a week.
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#48
10-27-2007, 12:51 PM
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Re: If you died today....
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I think it's a huge imposition to ask of those in mourning to entertain and put on a happy face for an audience. [/ QUOTE ] yeah because it's totally customary for next of kin to do a little tap dance, or some vaudeville prior to the eulogy. [/ QUOTE ] No, but it is totally customary for people to buy an $8000 casket, coordinate a wake and ceremony, drop everything in their life and book a flight and hotel across the country, and then stuff their kids into a black suit. Which is exactly why I don't want one either. It just makes the lives of the living a pain in the ass on my behalf for a week. [/ QUOTE ] exactly. Then they have to coordinate meals and sleeping arrangements, and referee fights and buy new clothes. It gets ridiculous.
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