Gallows/Black Humor

This seems to work when I have computer or printer problems. It's worth a try......

LOL, Surf!!! Definitely something for my living will.

Catching up here, laughing at the wit & creativity. I think I'm a bit of an oddball on the funeral thing. I think sometimes that my funeral is the least interesting event in my future. People will just turn me into who they needed me to be ( often so unrelated with who I think I am...) one more time and I won't be there to get miffed (and get even?) Like going to family gathering and feeling like I'm 12 again except i have zip chance of getting in the last word.

Wonder if anyone would honor my wish to release a flock of crows....settle for magpies in a pinch.

Sophie

Surfdreams, Thanks for the laughs! The "unplug me" photo makes me think of how my husband always tell me not to unplug him, but to "yank it like you're starting a lawnmower"! (He's a diehard Seinfeld fan.) He insists that if he can no longer laugh at Seinfeld episodes, enjoy his favorite cocktail, and eat his favorite meal without it being pureed, he's ready to go. One of the conditions used to be water ski, but that one fell by the wayside shortly after his 50th birthday (when he ended up in the ER after skiing in celebration). He insists the others are absolutes.

Several thoughts that have popped over recent weeks: In cleaning out my collection of clothes for donation, I came across a really old pair of pajamas, now very soft and comfy, and I thought, "Yep, this is what I will wear when I'm cremated!" Just one more thing to add to the list of instructions. And I really think I'm going to ask my husband to plan an "invitation only" memorial service for me, if I die first. I know I will no longer be present, but honestly, I cannot stand the thought that the friends, former colleagues, and others who have left me behind would have the opportunity to "find closure" or "say their goodbyes." If they really care, then they can abide by the wish I want included in my obituary: Perform an act of kindness or craziness or whatever else would fit Brenda's personality in her memory. (I'm still working in the wording.)

I thought those cartoon/photos were pretty funny. Friends of mine posted those on their facebook pages. Everyone can "like" it when THEY post it, but when I share the post on MY  facebook page.....you can hear crickets in the quiet. Once again-- we can share these funny things here, without people thinking we're morose. 

Brendatrue- work on that wording, because it sounds great so far, and I want to steal it when you finish tweaking it.  And yes - I'll also tell my husband to yank that plug like he's starting a lawnmower!

I agree with you Jill 49 - I don't want to end up on a mantle where people have to mess with dusting me all the time. 

My husband and I both want to be cremated and I've been talking to him about being interned in the local mausoleum. We toured it today, and while he was moping around - kind of depressed - I was like a kid in a candy store. I was shopping for vaults, based on their height from the floor (so someone could reach it to put flowers once in a while), realized that there is a marble podium in the center of the cross wings, so a memorial service could be held there with a view of the speaker from any wings. Chairs could be set up in those wings (I was imagining where the chairs could go). The acoustics were amazing! No microphone would be needed. A guitar would sound awesome in there. I could skip the middleman (the funeral home) and instead leave that money to the kids to take a cool vacation, instead of paying for the funeral director to take a cool vacation.

We really do live in an alternate reality from the rest of the world, don't we? My poor husband.

Good beginning, raro. Keep writing!

Okay, continuing down the path of contemplating dying, death, and after-death, take a look at "The Lady and The Reaper," and make sure you don't stop viewing right when the end credits start. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJCFVUhghU

Loved the video, Brenda.

Loved it! ;-)

Brenda, ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!  

love the chart Brenda!!

Very funny

Love the chart Brenda---seems more reasonable to me'

Surf 

OK just a little something....I'm getting a peectomy this week, well that's not the name but u all know what it is--when they put a little teeny camera up u'r uretha so since I'll be awake, I'm going to sing R E S P E C T I know it' Aretha Franklin but it's so close.