05-02-2003, 02:34 PM | #41 |
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Just a thought:
Is it okay by law to buy a coffin for yourself? I mean, before you're dead, just as a decoration in your living room for instance. Or do you need some sort of proof that the box will be buried with a dead relative in it?
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05-02-2003, 06:12 PM | #43 |
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I'm going to have a grand coffin fit for a king, and my remains will be kept in a castle tomb somewhere. Like Napoleon, or some of the Prussian kings...
I plan on having a state burial, too.
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It might be some stupid blue law thing that a funeral home may take advantage of. Coffins used to be required because the body would eventually rise out of the ground - especially if it was wet soil and stuff like New Orleans. In New Orleans that's why they store the bodies above ground - because the coffins used to even rise out of the ground.
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In terms of needing a coffin for the funeral - you can just use a board and lie the body out on that. I'll have to ask my friend in Canada - because her grandfather was cremated.
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Italian funerals can also be fun. After our family funerals everyone attending the funeral is invited to have dinner at an italian restuarant. We rent out one of the banquet halls and everyone gets to eat, joke and talk.
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I don't really care what happens to me after I die. I'll be dead. I won't complain. But if I'm creamated, I wouldn't really want anyone to keep my ashes. Just brush me under the rug.
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