Terrapin Tables

Do you have to buy 6 at a time?

Aside from the fact that the whole concept of sticking a body in a box and then sticking that box in the ground is kind of a odd notion to begin with, my favorite part of the article is the fact that you can sign up to receive e-mail alerts about caskets.

Yeah, burials seem like a big waste of time, effort, and real estate to me. My grandfather started a mini-argument with Bob when he stated he wanted to be creamated, then spread out at sea, a wish brought about by his time in the Navy and his feeling that all the water in the world connects, so he'll be travelling the world forever. Pretty cool. I can see my Dad trying to counter this wish, and then I big protracted battle as I try to make it happen, so that should be fun.

Sorry to get off-topic. What are everyone's dying wishes? I want my rotting, fetid corpse drug through the street behind a pair of three-legged donkeys. Just so, when the smell fades and the birds have eaten whatever chunks of me fall off, everyone sees death is no big deal.

I want to be cremated. No waste of real estate, and the nutrients in my body will go back into circulation- not like when you're burried in a concrete vault and a lead-lined casket. The other option I'd consider, which my brother has already said is his wish, is to donate my body to science, so people like Michelle can cut me up and learn how to save lives. Either way, I'm an organ donor, so parts of me will go to other people.

Same with me - I'm an organ donor, but haven't decided on whether or not to donate my body to science or to get my ass cremated. The science thing is probably the right way to go, since I don't really care what happens to my body after death. But Michelle said fat people are a pain to cut up, so if I keep on drinking like I do, I'll just go with cremation, and then people can use my urn as a maraca (the pins in my ankle won't burn) before throwing my ashes into the nearest lake/park/bong.

i know that i'm on vacation but i'm partaking of the free internet service at this fine hotel and i ran across this post. i, too, am an organ donor and would like to be cremated. i would say i'd like to give my ashes to my sister but after this trip i'm beginning to think that'd be a bad idea. i think it costs the same to be cremated or placed in a "box" - does anyone know that info?

I think it's free to be cremated if you have enough lighter fluid.

According to The Big Lebowski, cremation's the cheapest way to go. And movies are reputable sources of information.

To add to my earlier post, if I do get cremated, I really don't care what gets done with the ashes- scatter 'em, keep 'em in an urn, dump 'em in the ocen, whatever Irma feels like doing.