What do you want done with your body when you die?

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2005-03-08 02:53am

With a subject like this, this thread might be HOS bound before long, but hopefully it won't come to that...

Anyway, many people who get to know me in real life come to the opinion that I have several loose screws in my head. Here's some proof that they're right.

When I die (which hopefully won't happen for some time now), my greatest idea is to be taken to a taxidermist and stuffed. Like the stuffed bears you find in hunting lodges or whatever. Towering on hind legs, angry look on face, looking ready to strike. Several members of my family have claimed me for their living rooms if I am ever able to pull this off.

On the (rather high) probability that I don't find a reputable taxidermist to perform my awesome idea, I have a backup plan. I'd have a Viking longboat built. I'd be dressed up in armor, horned helmet, etc, and be laid in the boat with some swords from my fairly extensive collection. Boat gets pushed out to sea, then someone standing on shore draws a bow and fires a flaming arrow at the boat. Then the pyrotechnics guy presses a button and *fwoom*, the boat goes up in flames. Then all the mourners on shore (who should also be dressed in armor and horned helmets) throw a party and drink lots of mead.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2005-03-08 03:02am

You could fire me into space and I'll burn up on reentry or plunder the stars with my pirate ghost. I did however ask my parents that if I died young, and left instructions in the will, whether they'd cook me and serve me up at the funeral in chilli or some such. They said no. But I'd be happy with a burial in upper flaming atmospherey death.

Ooh, or, TWANG ME INTO A TREE!

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2005-03-08 03:08am

I just want a nice, somber funeral. With Starship's 'Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now' playing in the background.

Thats how i want to go out, hand raised, my middle finger saluting the world as they burry me. My bird will go under like Ah-Nold's thumbs-up at the end of Terminator 2

"That funeral gave me hope." someone will say, "For if a sci-fi geek could learn humanity...maybe we can too."

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2005-03-08 03:10am

Much like CivilWarMan, when I die, I wish to have my body burned.....

but not in the Vikingish way...

I simply want to have a funueral pyre constructed somewhere high up, laid out in simple dress like I normally have on, and one or two of my favorite swords...

and I want to be burned, and the ashes are not to be disturbed by humans.

Let the wind and the animals do with my few remains as they will, while my friends and family celebrate my and thier life. No need for useless mourning.

nine out of ten, this will not get to happen though....so I'm looking at rotting in a expensive box

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2005-03-08 03:29am

On the slim chance I ever die in the next few millenia, I have instructed my minions to re-animate my corpse as some sort of lich-king, at which point I will begin my crusade prematurely to purge the Earth of all stupid lifeforms, and begin the New and Eternal Era of Jimi Hendrixism.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2005-03-08 03:41am

Serious:
Just buried

Joke:
Chopped up into burgars and taken into McDonalds, so my brother can start eating a burger, switch it for me and start screaming
"OH MY GOD! IT'S PEOPLE!!!"
And then he'll make a shitload of fucktons of money off sueing McD's and perhaps even get them closed down, making the world a little less tasty and fun but a lot healthier.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-03-08 04:13am

I want to be cremated.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2005-03-08 04:33am

Same thing that happens to other muslims. After the standard cleansing rituals a namajee-janaja is held where relatives, friends and well wishers pray for my departed soul. I get wrapped in white sheets, lowered in the grave and buried under the dirt.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2005-03-08 04:59am

Am I the only one so far who doesn't care, just so long as my (as yet unborn) children and the rest of my beloved family members are safe and out of the dreaded clutches of ze vicked north Koreans?

Medic · Post by **Medic** » 2005-03-08 05:02am

Depending on how I die, donate as much organs as possible or my cadaver to science and medicine. If not then cremation, though I'd hate to go to waste. Honestly, why should I give a fuck how my body is used after death? The only way I would be pissed off is if my dying wishes were pissed upon. Damn tradition and damn my relatives that wouldn't agree. Grief induced greed over the rights to my dead ass isn't something I'd like to leave as a parting legacy, especially when something good could come out of it.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2005-03-08 05:03am

If I do not end up dying in some quick way, like losing control of my car on a turn, home made explosives malfunctioning on the 4th, or my preferred death of going down in flames in some kind of flying vehicle with my last sight being the world spinning below as it explodes and takes me to my eternity.

Since I know those are not so likely of deaths for me, I think I would choose incineration of some form. A Viking funeral would be sweet, but does not fit me or my life so well. I think either a funeral pyre on a cliff overlooking the ocean at night would be best, or being shot into space and burning up on re-entry.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-03-08 05:51am

In my will I will devote the massive fortune I will undoubtably acquire to keeping my dying body on life support until medical science advances to the point where I can be revived, revitalized, and restored.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2005-03-08 06:29am

PFC Brungardt wrote:Depending on how I die, donate as much organs as possible or my cadaver to science and medicine. If not then cremation, though I'd hate to go to waste. Honestly, why should I give a fuck how my body is used after death? The only way I would be pissed off is if my dying wishes were pissed upon. Damn tradition and damn my relatives that wouldn't agree. Grief induced greed over the rights to my dead ass isn't something I'd like to leave as a parting legacy, especially when something good could come out of it.

That's very noble of you. It takes a hardy person to donate their body to science, even if you're dead what happens to your body is pretty gruesome.

First of all, it's not dissected right away. Can remain in storage for some time. And if it's given to schools, God help you. Your skull will be split at least 4 ways, your penis chopped at least two ways, and every inch of your body inspected and flayed. Hope you're somewhat of an exhibitionist

Post by **Broomstick** » 2005-03-08 06:37am

I want a sky burial.

Well, yes, recycle what you can - if I have usable organs upon my demise by all means parcel them out to folks who can use them. But after the funeral I'd like to be cremated and my ashes spread a several thousand feet over some very nice scenery that won't be paved over in the near future (or even distant). Dropped out of either a Max-Air Drifter or Stearman biplane.

At some point very far in the future.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-03-08 06:44am

I'd like to have my body frozen and preserved.

Plus, at my funeral I would like And Then There Was Silence to play.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-03-08 06:51am

Broomstick wrote:I want a sky burial.

Well, yes, recycle what you can - if I have usable organs upon my demise by all means parcel them out to folks who can use them. But after the funeral I'd like to be cremated and my ashes spread a several thousand feet over some very nice scenery that won't be paved over in the near future (or even distant). Dropped out of either a Max-Air Drifter or Stearman biplane.

"Hmm... where's all this ash coming from? I better get my Broomstick out."

Dear god that joke is horrible. I'm so sorry.

At some point very far in the future.

Amen. Actually what you want sounds very beautiful. And yes, if I had any usable organs I would permit them to be removed from my body and given to someone who could use them. I never really thought about that at all, but really why wouldn't you do it?

Dead_Ghost · Post by **Dead_Ghost** » 2005-03-08 07:13am

I don't really give a damn about what happens to my body. I'm dead, so why bother worrying about it? I'll probably sign a certificate, though, donating the body and organs to the Ministry of Health to use in a few years.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-03-08 07:18am

When I die, I want to be buried. In antarctica. Because I hate people. like, imagine coming back as a ghost and being attacked via some strange fetter to your grave somehow. then you gotta put up with the two old guys playing checkers for all eternity and you have to see your family come visit and shit. fuck that.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2005-03-08 07:31am

I'd like to have high strength fishing line attached to by wrists, ankles, head, and neck, and be used for puppet shows in elementary schools.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-03-08 07:34am

RedImperator wrote:I'd like to have high strength fishing line attached to by wrists, ankles, head, and neck, and be used for puppet shows in elementary schools.

That is quite possibly the most disturbing thing I've ever read...you are to be congratulated, sir.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-03-08 08:11am

Cremation.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-03-08 08:16am

I must say (after organ harvesting)the viking funeral is appealing, though I guess it would be cool to arrange for some sort of fossilisation.I remember the last time this topic came round, someone (maya, i think) said there's companies that plant a tree on your corpse, I think that would be cool.

Alternatively, donated to a hungry family.

Caius · Post by **Caius** » 2005-03-08 08:24am

my sister and I have often joked between us that whoever dies first between us gets to be mummified by the other. Using Egyptian techniques. And then put somewhere we in 500 yrs time or so people could find the body and thing we were someone important. Or at least make us important like bog mummies, and ice mummies.

But really I'd like to be cremated. Unless they have a way to keep your head alive like in Futurama.

Or maybe frozen in carbonite... (hehe)

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-03-08 08:26am

Organ donations, mind to science. Then body burned, to ashs, over Antartica, just because I don't want anyone to find me.

Faabio · Post by **Faabio** » 2005-03-08 08:30am

hmm first frozen so I can wait for my revival in the future. Then my frozen body be laid in a huge mausoleum, city of the dead, pyramid, something along those lines. as long as its a grand monument which will stand the test of time. So if I am revived i can live again or if not i still have a grand burial site thing for people to see and be awed. Kinda win-win situation. (now to get the money and influence to achieve them. a man can dream eh?).