I’ve told the progeny to spread my ashes in whatever nice natural location they would like to visit. I suspect they’ll choose some other place though: Creepy.
Many decades ago, my girlfriend’s dad, who (I now know) was depressed, used to say that when he popped his clogs, we should chuck him over the fence. His wife pointed out that the neighbours might not be too keen, but he wouldn’t have it.
Final arrangements are generally an obsession of children, who don’t want the hassle of making decisions after parents die. Parents generally couldn’t care less, they’ll be dead anyway..
If you are cremated, at least have some of your ashes in a columbarium or plot. First, scattering ashes is messy, and second, somebody, someday, is going to want to visit your grave.
Hubby’s sister wanted her ashes thrown off a mountain near her home; the wind kept blowing them back into her kid’s faces. Same thing with scattering them at the seaside. They end up in somebody’s back yard.
I hope to be wound up in either a sleeping bag or a plastic tarp and placed in the truck of a Cadillac under the hot Tennessee sun. https://fac.utk.edu/
Pre-arranging your funeral is the best thing you can do for your family. It prevents squabbles among them, takes the stress of which casket, where to bury, and can we afford it. My father pre-arranged AND paid in advance. When he died the account had accrued enought to pay for the funeral and lunch for the entire family. We did add to his arrangements an honor guard. That was the most memorable funeral of all of the family’s funerals. It was misty, taps was played in the background, and the honor guard from the nearby military base stood at rigid attention. My husband thanked their leader and later received a thank you note from their superior.
My dad always loved the beach; he was a ‘shark tooth whisperer’. Over the decades he collected quart sized pickle jars full of sharks teeth he had found. I got some of his ashes when he died this spring. I looked for a unique spot for him while at the NC Outer Banks this summer. The aquarium had a HUGE outdoor model of a mammoth sharks tooth, in a beautiful area with a view of the Sound. Some of his ashes are sprinkled there :-). My sister absolutely loved it.
Stairsteppublishing is right. We’ve prepaid for everything. Brad wants his ashes scattered at the rodeo grounds, which I’m pretty sure is illegal. I told my friend, who will be handling this chore in case Brad goes first, to just drop the plastic bag in the trashcan by the door as she leaves the facility.
The unfortunate thing about so many people choosing scattering these days is the absence of memorialisation. Anyone trying to do family tree research in the future will have no cemetery markers to glean info from.
If Covid is on a death certificate, FEMA has a program that will reimburse funeral costs up to $35,000 to the person who pays the funeral costs. Google “Fema covid funeral”.
Mom and dad here will probably outlast most of us in this life, thanks to the fact that they live in the comic book world. And if you are a comic book hero, you can even die, and then magically come back later on, to make more money for the author(s) of that hero.
jagedlo about 3 years ago
So Earl wants to be Trigger?
LastRoseOfSummer 1 Premium Member about 3 years ago
I want to have mine scattered at the Wine Shoppe.
Charliegirl Premium Member about 3 years ago
It’s the library/coffee shop for me!
Macushlalondra about 3 years ago
Next question: Have you made out your wills yet?
comicjunky Premium Member about 3 years ago
I don’t care, I won’t be there!
Leojim about 3 years ago
I like Earls style.
sirbadger about 3 years ago
Swallowed whole by a giant crocodile.
Algolei I about 3 years ago
Flung screaming into the Sun, please.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
I’ve told the progeny to spread my ashes in whatever nice natural location they would like to visit. I suspect they’ll choose some other place though: Creepy.
Cornelius Noodleman about 3 years ago
Just dig a hole in the back and stick me in it.
Zykoic about 3 years ago
Fossilization. Stoned for eternity.
juicebruce about 3 years ago
Nice comeback Earl ;-)
iggyman about 3 years ago
Already pocked out!
Frank_Lecanto about 3 years ago
Cremated and kept in an urn engraved “Kiss my ash.”
andrew5 about 3 years ago
Many decades ago, my girlfriend’s dad, who (I now know) was depressed, used to say that when he popped his clogs, we should chuck him over the fence. His wife pointed out that the neighbours might not be too keen, but he wouldn’t have it.
Doug K about 3 years ago
May Earl’s sense of humor live on in his family and friends.
cubswin2016 about 3 years ago
Lou Grant wanted to be put in the garbage with his hat on.
EuroHomer about 3 years ago
Final arrangements are generally an obsession of children, who don’t want the hassle of making decisions after parents die. Parents generally couldn’t care less, they’ll be dead anyway..
Skeptical Meg about 3 years ago
I like the idea in The Burial Waltz.
Dani Rice about 3 years ago
If you are cremated, at least have some of your ashes in a columbarium or plot. First, scattering ashes is messy, and second, somebody, someday, is going to want to visit your grave.
Hubby’s sister wanted her ashes thrown off a mountain near her home; the wind kept blowing them back into her kid’s faces. Same thing with scattering them at the seaside. They end up in somebody’s back yard.
bigplayray about 3 years ago
My ashes are to be scattered at a Baseball diamond. ANY Baseball diamond!
bittenbyknittin about 3 years ago
When I asked my dad that question, he said, “I don’t care. I won’t be there.”
ajr58(1) about 3 years ago
Stuff my ashes in a fireworks rocket and fire it over the ocean
Redd Panda about 3 years ago
Dump me in the woods. Let the raccoons and skunks nibble on my juicy tidbits.
‘’juicy tidbits’’ what a great name, for a cat food brand.
Wirepuncher about 3 years ago
My sisters friends shot her husband last week. They loaded some shotgun shells with his ashes and went trap shooting.
ANIMAL about 3 years ago
Always with the JOKES.!!
Diat60 about 3 years ago
You know, we keep hearing about Opal and the fabric store, but have we ever seen a strip with her at a sewing machine actually making something?
SchipLvr about 3 years ago
Obviously, somebody has been giving it some thought.
Frank_Lecanto about 3 years ago
Tan me hide when I’m dead, Fred,
Tan me hide when I’m dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde,
And that’s it hanging on the shed.
TMMILLER Premium Member about 3 years ago
I hope to be wound up in either a sleeping bag or a plastic tarp and placed in the truck of a Cadillac under the hot Tennessee sun. https://fac.utk.edu/
Nougat about 3 years ago
Anyone who vacuums is going to be in for a surprise
FassEddie about 3 years ago
Electrocuted in the shower while hiding from a jealous husband.
stairsteppublishing about 3 years ago
Pre-arranging your funeral is the best thing you can do for your family. It prevents squabbles among them, takes the stress of which casket, where to bury, and can we afford it. My father pre-arranged AND paid in advance. When he died the account had accrued enought to pay for the funeral and lunch for the entire family. We did add to his arrangements an honor guard. That was the most memorable funeral of all of the family’s funerals. It was misty, taps was played in the background, and the honor guard from the nearby military base stood at rigid attention. My husband thanked their leader and later received a thank you note from their superior.
mistercatworks about 3 years ago
After stuffing, he wants to be an installation at the museum of stereotypes.
Zebrastripes about 3 years ago
I want to be free to be me…scatter my ashes to the wind….
jsimpso1 about 3 years ago
There’s a coincidence. Two comic strips referencing La-Z-Boy today https://www.gocomics.com/onebighappy/2021/09/01
emftoots still causing mischief Premium Member about 3 years ago
My dad always loved the beach; he was a ‘shark tooth whisperer’. Over the decades he collected quart sized pickle jars full of sharks teeth he had found. I got some of his ashes when he died this spring. I looked for a unique spot for him while at the NC Outer Banks this summer. The aquarium had a HUGE outdoor model of a mammoth sharks tooth, in a beautiful area with a view of the Sound. Some of his ashes are sprinkled there :-). My sister absolutely loved it.
Holilubillkori Premium Member about 3 years ago
Cremation all the way..
Queen of America about 3 years ago
Stairsteppublishing is right. We’ve prepaid for everything. Brad wants his ashes scattered at the rodeo grounds, which I’m pretty sure is illegal. I told my friend, who will be handling this chore in case Brad goes first, to just drop the plastic bag in the trashcan by the door as she leaves the facility.
kathleenhicks62 about 3 years ago
Smart alec, but reasonable to me.
wongo about 3 years ago
Immersed in a vine vat !
jr1234 about 3 years ago
Throw mom on top of pile of her fabrics in the back yard and burn baby burn
zeexenon about 3 years ago
As for us … victims in the next Anaconda movie.
blunebottle about 3 years ago
The unfortunate thing about so many people choosing scattering these days is the absence of memorialisation. Anyone trying to do family tree research in the future will have no cemetery markers to glean info from.
Lightpainter about 3 years ago
Little known reimbursement program:
If Covid is on a death certificate, FEMA has a program that will reimburse funeral costs up to $35,000 to the person who pays the funeral costs. Google “Fema covid funeral”.
I need to help my mom apply.
SKYSWIM about 3 years ago
Mom and dad here will probably outlast most of us in this life, thanks to the fact that they live in the comic book world. And if you are a comic book hero, you can even die, and then magically come back later on, to make more money for the author(s) of that hero.
Jeffin Premium Member about 3 years ago
Some of us urn for immortality.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 3 years ago
She should know better than ask Earl a question like that.
w16521 about 3 years ago
Opal probably wants to buried in her bunny slippers too.
Ukko wilko about 3 years ago
I’m just going to make a reservation at the crematorium, and make an ash of myself.
BWR about 3 years ago
I want my headstone to read ‘Yeah I’m dead, but at least I don’t have to go to work tomorrow.’
Orcatime about 3 years ago
People get scattered (and vacuumed up) at Disneyland all of the time.
pbr50138 about 3 years ago
I want to be put in a Nam Vet USMC urn.