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Why dad's eco-funeral went horribly wrong
Daily Mail ^
| 8th June 2006
| CLAIRE WALLERSTEIN
Posted on 06/30/2006 4:41:30 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat
Are you sure this isn't from the Onion?
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:50:04 PM PDT
by
Huntress
(Possession really is nine tenths of the law.)
To: robowombat
How much would it have cost to rent a wood chipper for an hour or so?
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:51:55 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(The fact that they can't find Hoffa is proof that he never existed.)
To: Huntress
No, the Daily Mail is just like that. It frequently reads as though it were 'The Onion'. A recent lead article was 'Stripped of our inhibitions - the women who stripped naked and learnt to love their bodies'
To: robowombat
My mother and I, both animal lovers, didn't mind, but my brother found this shockingly disrespectful to the human dead. How did these free spirits ever raise such a speciesist?
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:56:32 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: Huntress
Maybe we could all chip in and get this for Algore.
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:56:45 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: robowombat
What total idiots. In any other case, I'd say they got what they deserved, but this is a final resting place so that might not be appropriate.
I dunno about "green" funerals, but I know many an undertaker who refuses to be embalmed and hermetically sealed caskets inside in those whatchacallits big metal boxes (?) because gases develop and bodies tend to, well... A good read (seriously, a good read) is "Caring for the Dead" which tells the truth about funeral ripoffs and the laws in each state.
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:58:53 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: robowombat
My wish is to go "green" as well but the desires of the living take precedent, so who knows.
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:59:03 PM PDT
by
mcshot
(Enemies pouring through our gates and others holding office under false pretenses.)
To: robowombat
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posted on
06/30/2006 5:01:28 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(FR doesn't suffer fools lightly.)
To: robowombat
Caveat emptor.
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posted on
06/30/2006 5:02:29 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(There are only a few absolute truths in life, the rest are just opinion.)
To: robowombat
For a 'service' we kept things simple and personal and free from religion... How very enlightened of you.
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posted on
06/30/2006 5:12:08 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(http://dailyterroristroundup.blogspot.com/)
To: robowombat
Put a walnut in their mouth before you bury them and then you don't have to worry about planting a tree. The ancient Celts would do that with walnuts, acorns etc.
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posted on
06/30/2006 5:12:32 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
(If the intelligence agencies can't find the leakers how can we expect them to find terrorists?)
To: robowombat
Claire, you're about as sharp as a bowling ball.
You want a green funeral with no frills, and yet you want the services of a professional funeral home. Which is it Claire? We buried my mother's ashes ourselves, and we brought our own shovel to plant the tree. Because the cemetery is an unmanaged one, we went ourselves to water the tree if it needed water. The things she wants cost the bucks she didn't want to spend.
To: robowombat
I hadn't anticipated, for example, having to ring the gravedigger while my father was still alive (just), so that the man would be able to dig the hole in time. I was sobbing so uncontrollably that I had to call back three times.This part cracks me up a bit... She thinks it was bad for her, imagine how dad felt!
Dad: I'm not dead yet!
Claire: You'll be stone dead in a moment!
Dad: I think I'm getting better!
To: robowombat
One more reason I will request cremation and dispersal of my ashes. No need to have my family be tied to a specific spot for remembering or honoring me.
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posted on
06/30/2006 5:25:28 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(There's 3 kinds of people in this world...those who know math and those who don't.)
To: robowombat
"Green funeral? We got those!"
To: gov_bean_ counter
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posted on
06/30/2006 6:57:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: robowombat
Time to start the "Mafia Green Funeral Service".Not only can MGFS provide the cardboard, bamboo casket, a moss-lined woven willow nest or even a sack.
We can also offer the classic rolled up carpet,the individually separated ziplock bags and our most popular the 100% re-cyclable crushed car block.
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posted on
06/30/2006 7:28:24 PM PDT
by
managusta
(corruptissima republica plurimae leges)
To: robowombat; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
You know you'll go to h-ll for laughing at this, but you'll laugh anyway.
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posted on
06/30/2006 11:59:22 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
To: BenLurkin
For a 'service' we kept things simple and personal and free from religion -I thought being "green" was a religion.
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