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yonder

(9,631 posts)
110. Yes, I've been paying attention to that Washington St. idea.
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 04:32 PM
Aug 2019

Here's Lee Hays (of the Weavers) version:

In Dead Earnest

By Lee Hays

If I should die before I wake,
All my bone and sinew take:
Put them in the compost pile
To decompose a little while.
Sun, rain, and worms will have their way,
Reducing me to common clay.
All that I am will feed the trees
And little fishes in the seas.
When corn and radishes you munch,
You may be having me for lunch.
Then excrete me with a grin,
Chortling, “There goes Lee again!”
Twill be my happiest destiny
To die and live eternally.

Copyright 1981 Lee Hays.

Cremate, people. [View all] Goodheart Aug 2019 OP
The whole burial thing is so extremely costly, we'll see more cremations frankly because there isn't hlthe2b Aug 2019 #1
I want to be cremated, then have the ashes buried in my yard with a camellia bush planted over me. lark Aug 2019 #4
I read a book on cremation once. Ashes are not recommended to be used in gardens tavernier Aug 2019 #32
Oh no!!! lark Aug 2019 #37
I have a friend who wants his ashes thrown into the Long Island Sound. I am guessing that CTyankee Aug 2019 #40
Damn, since the St. Johns empties into the ocean, guess I'll have to see what the rules are for that lark Aug 2019 #43
I hope you will be back good as new very soon! CTyankee Aug 2019 #48
My mother wanted her ashes spread in the Hudson River dumbcat Aug 2019 #73
No lakes or streams leftieNanner Aug 2019 #83
i would like to be buried and a tree planted on top of me so as I rot, I feed the demigoddess Aug 2019 #127
That is really the first choice of both me and my husband. lark Aug 2019 #131
You just have to skip the cremation step Ms. Toad Aug 2019 #132
So my sister in law says.. she's spent her whole life mountain grammy Aug 2019 #140
I agree. MineralMan Aug 2019 #2
This is, to me, another great example of how funerals and the question of what to do with the body,, EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #38
Yes, I've been paying attention to that Washington St. idea. yonder Aug 2019 #110
They used to say that crazy old hippies like me wanted to ..... EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #146
Cremation ashes are not so easy to just throw off into the wind. Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #3
Who's going to stop you? I doubt there's a cremation ash patrol. :) Goodheart Aug 2019 #9
There is at Disney Land........... Bengus81 Aug 2019 #11
Anywhere but Disney Land Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #22
That could be an attraction at Disneyland. LuvNewcastle Aug 2019 #109
Yeah, but do you really want to send your loved one off into a place they are NOT wanted? Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #41
I don't know what you think you saw Codeine Aug 2019 #77
You made my day Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #82
Ask the Dude. progressoid Aug 2019 #33
Great scene from a great movie. yonder Aug 2019 #102
I've told my wife I want to be cremated. aikoaiko Aug 2019 #124
RIP Donny JDC Aug 2019 #128
Yes, you can throw them into the Grand Canyon. former9thward Aug 2019 #46
Ok, ok, I call uncle Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #49
Which is exactly where my ashes will be spread peggysue2 Aug 2019 #68
Well good Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #129
LOL!! peggysue2 Aug 2019 #137
You cant just toss them out the mahina Aug 2019 #86
I agree genxlib Aug 2019 #5
And the next of kin having to hear... llmart Aug 2019 #12
Yes genxlib Aug 2019 #16
I on the other hand got a huge laugh at my great aunt's viewing nolabear Aug 2019 #93
Oh my, that is hilarious! llmart Aug 2019 #100
ROFL malaise Aug 2019 #122
When my aunt died, her body was prepared for viewing at the funeral home. Grammy23 Aug 2019 #145
The cheapest disposal is donating your body to a medical school/hospital n/t malaise Aug 2019 #6
My mother yesphan Aug 2019 #31
Good for them malaise Aug 2019 #35
'Frankenstein' Science Facility StarryNite Aug 2019 #61
I don't give a damn who does what malaise Aug 2019 #64
That is exactly how I feel about it. Mariana Aug 2019 #75
Thank you! Codeine Aug 2019 #78
Way past caring malaise Aug 2019 #90
I feel the same. If nothing else, use it for cat food, if that's medically safe. eppur_se_muova Aug 2019 #85
ROFL malaise Aug 2019 #89
I probably will be cat food. As my decrepitude increases, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #126
I wouldn't care for myself however, StarryNite Aug 2019 #98
In Florida, you have to pay for preparation and transport to the facility csziggy Aug 2019 #108
Very interesting malaise Aug 2019 #113
In the packet I linked to, they might reimburse up to $650 csziggy Aug 2019 #116
Still it's way cheaper than a traditional burial malaise Aug 2019 #117
I want a really traditional burial - no embalming, no casket, no ceremony csziggy Aug 2019 #118
My mother donated her body to the cadaver lab at the medical school PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #114
That is very nice malaise Aug 2019 #115
Or the military for explosive testing. egduj Aug 2019 #141
Medical schools always need cadavers. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #7
Absolutely dalton99a Aug 2019 #8
Is there any explanation for the "Stair Step" graph line on the first chart"? EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #24
PPI is the Producer Price Index OnlinePoker Aug 2019 #29
Thanks, any idea about the very regular increases that create the stair step graph? EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #42
Annual price increases? OnlinePoker Aug 2019 #52
That's what I thought. The funeral industry has been accused of collusion in the past. EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #62
Probably the data base from which the info was taken was sampled about every 6 months. Lucid Dreamer Aug 2019 #135
Can I wait until I'm dead first? panader0 Aug 2019 #10
Then make sure marybourg Aug 2019 #56
The orbital mind control lasers Codeine Aug 2019 #79
Yup,the dough I have left will go to my second wife and my kids........ Bengus81 Aug 2019 #13
I really think that this is something personal people get to decide for themselves. Coventina Aug 2019 #14
What's the "objective advantage" of having your body slid into a file cabinet? Goodheart Aug 2019 #15
It doesn't pollute groundwater or the soil. Coventina Aug 2019 #17
Who said it personally offends me? Goodheart Aug 2019 #50
Are you being serious right now? You started a thread to complain about it. Coventina Aug 2019 #60
You can get green burials though. meadowlander Aug 2019 #84
My Aunt RobinA Aug 2019 #138
How sad the family didn't consult you in advance. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #18
Cremate me Bayard Aug 2019 #19
What? No Soylent Green option? hunter Aug 2019 #20
we have already decided to be cremated. kozar Aug 2019 #21
Never heard of turning ashes into diamonds. So looked it up...... Fla Dem Aug 2019 #30
yes,,,but kozar Aug 2019 #36
Certainly not questioning your decision. As I said, just never heard of it before. Fla Dem Aug 2019 #44
well,guess what ,Fla Dem? kozar Aug 2019 #67
I can't be buried on my land, so I told my family to flush me down the toilet. zackymilly Aug 2019 #23
DUzy malaise Aug 2019 #123
The higher predators (Wolves / Mountain lions) are starving. Boxerfan Aug 2019 #25
No, donate your body to science! ExciteBike66 Aug 2019 #26
We've made sure both of our daughters understand KatyMan Aug 2019 #27
I like that. I wonder if they do that on cruise ships going to the Greek Islands...that would CTyankee Aug 2019 #45
Now there's beauty. :) Goodheart Aug 2019 #51
Gotcha! Newest Reality Aug 2019 #28
I suppose being stuffed and mounted isn't an option. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #34
I dunno. A velveteen ocelot sounds like a good prospect. nolabear Aug 2019 #94
I'll put it in my will. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #96
Cremation just speeds up the inevitable... we all turn to dust at some point mitch96 Aug 2019 #39
The Funeral Home RobinA Aug 2019 #139
I knew a CEO who died Turbineguy Aug 2019 #47
I would like to just be put in a hole out in the woods OnlinePoker Aug 2019 #53
Here is one place whistler162 Aug 2019 #125
Alkaline hydrolysis sarisataka Aug 2019 #54
Agreed. Snackshack Aug 2019 #55
Exploding Caskets StarryNite Aug 2019 #57
Me and my wife are going to be buried using Jewish customs Mosby Aug 2019 #58
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2019 #59
Green burials are starting to come along empedocles Aug 2019 #63
I am partial to burial... I kind of hope that in five hundred years...if we are still around Thomas Hurt Aug 2019 #65
Same here... NeoGreen Aug 2019 #70
Sky burial. maxsolomon Aug 2019 #66
Here's an objection to cremation The_jackalope Aug 2019 #69
Cremation costs fuel... albacore Aug 2019 #71
De gustibus non est disputandum... nt The_jackalope Aug 2019 #72
Sorry... albacore Aug 2019 #74
I really like the idea of a sky burial. Oneironaut Aug 2019 #76
How about going 3 miles off shore with 50# weights and over you go!!! mitch96 Aug 2019 #80
My wife has instructions to cremate me and dump the ashes MineralMan Aug 2019 #81
My parents have arranged that they'll be cremated Mariana Aug 2019 #144
I want my ashes to be dumped in Lake Superior near the Pictured Rocks. dmr Aug 2019 #87
Chapel Beach? Mendocino Aug 2019 #97
Lol, you sound like my son dmr Aug 2019 #121
That is a gorgeous area, especially in fall. llmart Aug 2019 #101
Check out the YouTube channel "Ask a Mortician" LeftinOH Aug 2019 #88
🌲 Go Green Duppers Aug 2019 #91
I want to return to the earth from which I came. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #107
I want to be cremated and Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #92
Religious freedom rights sanatanadharma Aug 2019 #95
I'm a retired mortician backtoblue Aug 2019 #99
Great advice. yonder Aug 2019 #106
Am I weird that I honestly don't care much TDale313 Aug 2019 #103
Add my vote to not caring. Lucid Dreamer Aug 2019 #136
I have been an avid environmentalist all my adult life. llmart Aug 2019 #104
Okay how about creamation and have someone collect the ashes of a lot of people. If you split avebury Aug 2019 #105
I just want a big barbecue with plenty to drink Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #111
After we finished packing up my dad's apartment whistler162 Aug 2019 #112
freeze dry or compost greener. pansypoo53219 Aug 2019 #119
still legal in Vermont handmade34 Aug 2019 #120
Way more people have died than are living. I wonder where are all of those bodies? nt live love laugh Aug 2019 #130
Only a small percentage would have been buried in the first place. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #134
Mushroom suit in my backyard... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2019 #133
That is what will happen to me, sort of..... Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2019 #142
Crypts can be be fairly environmentally responsible, actually. bluedigger Aug 2019 #143
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