Until now, I had always thought that when I die, I'd want to be buried. I've never liked the idea of being incinerated and then having my bones crushed up into powder. However, after reading an article about what happens to your body when you're 6 ft under the ground, I've been thinking twice about it.
Apparently, nearly half of all exhumations that occur, report completely waterlogged graves filled with icy-cold, putrefied and stagnant water. The bodies inside the coffin do not fare well. The thought of my body lying in a smelly, cold and flooded grave for several centuries does not endear me to the thought of being buried.
Then I was reminded about the fact that Princess Diana was buried on a small island surrounded by a fairly deep lake. Which would almost guarantee that the late princess's body is currently decaying in a waterlogged grave in rural Northamptonshire.
So it's for those reasons, that I think I would rather be interred in a crypt or chriogenically frozen and possibly be revived in a few centuries from now when the technology to do so becomes available.
A photo of an exhumed body from a waterlogged grave after just 2 years (Not for the easily squeamish)
Anyone got any thoughts on what they want done with them after they die? Yes, it's a fairly morbid subject - but an interesting one nevertheless.
Buried or Cremated?
It's never something I've cared about - whether I'm a pile of ashes, left to rot on the street, or decaying in a waterlogged coffin, I've kinda passed the end game by that point 
How tactless Luke.lukey wrote:It's never something I've cared about - whether I'm a pile of ashes, left to rot on the street, or decaying in a waterlogged coffin, I've kinda passed the end game by that point
Anyway, we actually placed my Mum's ashes outside a Summerhouse next to the lake she wanted to paint by. She hasn't been washed away by floods, but I'm sure it wouldn't matter if she was.
Jamie: Don't go for the guaranteed DEAD option. You might not be. Why wake up in a CSI fridge, or worse, a Funeral Director's cart on the way to the crem?
I've decided it's best not to die!
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Spencer For Hire
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I know I shouldn't have clicked, but curiosity got the better of me.Jamez wrote:A photo of an exhumed body from a waterlogged grave after just 2 years (Not for the easily squeamish)
He actually looks in much better condition than I'd have have thought. His skin is a surprisingly healthy colour, and doesn't look as rotten as I'd have thought.
Nice.
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onetrickpony
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I'm personally not fussed, i mean lets get with the real world while were still here - its not going to make a blind but of difference when your dead. I've always wanted to die, before i die. If i knew i didnt have long left i would try and get close family to announce i had died, hold a funeral etc and see if anyone comes out of the woodwork to get their hands on my money.
What money?onetrickpony wrote:If i knew i didnt have long left i would try and get close family to announce i had died, hold a funeral etc and see if anyone comes out of the woodwork to get their hands on my money.
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onetrickpony
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Well i hope to have some money by the time i die 