Do you want to be buried or cremated when you die?

Question

Give a reason for the one you choose.

I want to be thrown in the sea when i die but cant see me getting my wish.

Answer 1

Well getting buried means I continue to take up space in a box, even though critters get a smorgasbord of crunchy human... cremated puts trash up into the air... why can't someone just throw me to the lions at the zoo or something?

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Answer 2

If you're willing to be cremated, the Neptune Society will throw your ashes at sea. It's inexpensive and was a very nice service on a beautiful day under the Golden Gate Bridge.

Answer 3

Cremated. Two reasons: 1) I really don't like the idea of my body rotting in the ground and 2) my body doesn't really need to take up any more room once I'm gone, why waste the space?

Answer 4

I wish to be cremated. Being cremated at death is cheaper than having a viewing with a casket. I want to be cremated upon my delivery to the funeral home and have a small memorial service. We did this for my mother and it was alot better for us than having a burial; like we did for my Dad. You don't have that image of them in a casket, that is one of the hardest things that I have ever had to face.

Answer 5

I'd actually like my body to be thrown into the sun, but considering the expense, that won't happen.

Barring that, I'd like to be cremated. Its not the bugs I'm worried about. Its that my body will go back to the earth sooner, rather than later. And my body won't poison the earth around it with its decay.

Answer 6

Cremated. But hopefully not too soon.
There is not enough room for everyone to be buried & also the cost of buying a burial plot if sky high.

Answer 7

Please Don't Bury Me
by John Prine

Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling!
When my soul
Went thru the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride

When I got there they did say
John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said:

Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have "em" cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get "em" out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have "em" cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my *** goodbye

Answer 8

Cremated and then formed into one of those diamonds because then in a sense i will be near enough immortal and could be made into something like a necklace (which would do my job, hang around doing nothing active ;) )

Answer 9

I'd like all my valuable protein repurposed as food. Ideally cat food, as cats are much nicer than people.

One the other hand, humans live for ridiculous amounts of time, and human meat is about what you'd expect after a long life: stringy and manky as an old rat.

In which case, burn the damn thing.

CD

Answer 10

Cremated.
I have a solution to your problem. Live near the sea, and make sure that you fall into the water when you croak.
Or marry a medical examiner or funeral home director. They could pull some strings to let you have your wish.