Death rituals.

[Clivoris]

I have been to a few tangi recently and got talking to a few Aunties and Uncles about the different ways people do the funeral thing. Seems to me that here in NZ we are able to be pretty flexible with funeral arrangements. I'm a bit of a mongrel-breed myself and have been to some marvelous "celebrations" of a persons life that seem to incorporate elements of many cultures. Long may it continue.
With my whanau, this developed into a discussion about the funeral arrangements we would prefer. To their credit, my wish to be fired out of a cannon with dynamite stuffed up my arse in order to be vaporised at altitude was given due consideration. I'm not a totally insensitive though. Mourners (both of them) will be given umbrellas.
So...do any of our KBers have special funeral rites in mind?

[u4ea]

Just a couple of my favourite tunes and cremation as that is as close to sending me off in a burning boat Im gunna get!!oh and a shitload of alchahol!!

[Paul in NZ]

Ouch!

Good mate going through the last gasps at the mo so much on my mind... Sigh!

OK - I wish I had religion because then i would not have to worry but the fact is.. I do! Basically, not really believing in the gospels I turn to saint Bob (Dylan) and others and from that I reckon we are ALL pilgrims on the same road. What i hope is my mates that go before me will wait for me but really - if they have to move on a bit its cool!

As for the rites? Warren Zevon said it best - 'Keep me in your heart for a while'..... If one person cries at MY funeral my life will have been a success...

[Clivoris]

Just a couple of my favourite tunes and cremation as that is as close to sending me off in a burning boat Im gunna get!!oh and a shitload of alchahol!!

Don't give up on the burning boat mate. I think our mate Colapop could be keen on a longboat with all the trimmings.

Ouch!

Good mate going through the last gasps at the mo so much on my mind... Sigh!

OK - I wish I had religion because then i would not have to worry but the fact is.. I do! Basically, not really believing in the gospels I turn to saint Bob (Dylan) and others and from that I reckon we are ALL pilgrims on the same road. What i hope is my mates that go before me will wait for me but really - if they have to move on a bit its cool!

As for the rites? Warren Zevon said it best - 'Keep me in your heart for a while'..... If one person cries at MY funeral my life will have been a success...

Me too. Good mate is paying for a cigarette addiction at the moment. I can't work out whether it's better to know when your time is up or to be suprised. Nothing wrong with Saint Bob either. Lately I have been attending the Church of Cash and Waits (Johnny n Tom).

[Babelfish]

I had two favoured exits:
a. sent on my way via burning boat
b. top of mountain on a pyre

Either way I'm toast

[chanceyy]

hmmmmmmm have not given it much thought .. as I will be dead anyhow I will not care how many ppl may mourn me .. guess those who feel I may have positively contributed to their lives might miss me .. others will celebrate that I have gone ..


but all in all as long as those who know me well & know how I live my life, remember my philsophy that then its all good .. if there are any useful bits then donor is way to go .. other than that cremation & scatter my ashes

[MidnightMike]

At the end it would have to involve my body/coffin being taken along to wherever on the back of a bike, (be it a trike or something) followed by a trail of bikes behind that, it would be a perfect send off.

[Clivoris]

hmmmmmmm have not given it much thought .. as I will be dead anyhow I will not care how many ppl may mourn me .. guess those who feel I may have positively contributed to their lives might miss me .. others will celebrate that I have gone ..


but all in all as long as those who know me well & know how I live my life, remember my philsophy that then its all good .. if there are any useful bits then donor is way to go .. other than that cremation & scatter my ashes

Come on girl. The least you deserve is an escort of bikes and horses. I'm a donor boy too but it can be a touchy subject with my Mum. There's no avoiding death and I'd be stoked to be able to improve someones health if any of my bits are useful. I have to admit to being a bit creeped out by the skin harvesting thing though. Guess it wont matter if I'm being vaporised at 200 metres.

[Toaster]

Clivoris the 'red mist'... nice.

Knowing me, I'd probably be running late for my own funeral.

[chanceyy]

Come on girl. The least you deserve is an escort of bikes and horses. I'm a donor boy too but it can be a touchy subject with my Mum. There's no avoiding death and I'd be stoked to be able to improve someones health if any of my bits are useful. I have to admit to being a bit creeped out by the skin harvesting thing though. Guess it wont matter if I'm being vaporised at 200 metres.

just saying it like it is Clive .. those who I have impacted on their lives & the friendships that have been built over time .. they can come .. others if they think they have to come then so be it ..

most of the time funerals can be quite trite .. we say all of these nice things about ppl once they are gone but can never tell them how much they mean to yourself while they are still alive ...

something I try to let ppl know while they are still here .. how much I appreciate them for just being them

sure I would love to have my animals there .. over the yrs they have been my sanity .. & now bikes do the same thing as well ..

[SARGE]

aint gonna be enough left of me to bury or burn

end of the day , the funerals are for the people left behind.. dont matter what you do with whatever is left ..grind me up and smoke me for all i care

[Clivoris]

something I try to let ppl know while they are still here .. how much I appreciate them for just being them

sure I would love to have my animals there .. over the yrs they have been my sanity .. & now bikes do the same thing as well ..

I'm working on letting peeps know the good shit too.
Without trying to be morbid, if I'm still around when you pop your clogs mate I'll do my best to get on a horse.

[chanceyy]

I'm working on letting peeps know the good shit too.
Without trying to be morbid, if I'm still around when you pop your clogs mate I'll do my best to get on a horse.

thanks honey ..

[Biff]

I updated my will only a month or so ago, and my wife was most pleased to see that I kept my wish to be catapulted into a lake in the will, while Monty Python's Always Look At The Bright Side of Life was being played.

In fact I've already received tentative approval from the local authorities to allow my wishes to come true. Problem is it'll cost quite a bit to haul my dead arse to a small town in Albania, where an old contact of mine is the current mayor. The lake in question is lake Ohrid.

Although, to his credit, he did say that if I die during his term in office he'd happily fudge the necessary documentation in order to show that the box/coffin/crate in which my remains were being imported contained meat to be processed for animal feed (to save money). Fingers crossed nobody fks up and I do actually end up as Fido's supper.

Although the chances of it actual happening are quite remote I'd imagine.

[Mr. Peanut]

I want to be buried under a Kauri tree.