have you given any thought to your own funeral ?

[crete]

ive chosen the hymns to be played at my funeral, do you think this is being motbid ?

[crete]

motbid ??? morbid.

[Ctrak]

Erm. Yes.

[ummmm]

Not until Stewey said he wanted 'good riddance' played at his. Made me think about it then. Had forgotten all about though until you just reminded me....hmmm...back to youtube

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, i suppose its only morbid if your not dying yet. If you know your gonna die in a couple of weeks, then i dont think there is anything wrong with planning...

[Pippa68]

Not morbid at all crete ~ I reckon my one fear is Mr P or other members of my family playing The Birdy Song at my funeral!

So I have stipulated the tunes to be played at mine. I don't care if I am burned, buried or chucked in the sea...but the tunes have to be right ;o)

[Pippa68]

..and I have to be dead first, thank you very much.

[Champagne]

I've already decided that I'm going to be late for my own funeral. I'm late for everything you see. Only a handful of people would get the joke. :o)

[stewey]

I would like to be carried out with the pallbearers keeping in step with Gene Krupa's drum solo in "Sing Sing Sing"!

[redcrx]

no its not morbid. I think its nice to be able to plan what youd like your family to arrange and saves your family having to worry if theyve made correct decisions. My partner and his sisters were in a state when their dad suddenly passed and it was difficult for them to agree on some aspects of funeral as they were so upset.

[Octavius]

The only �real� thought that I have given to it, is that I want everyone to be downright bloody miserable. None of this cheerful, celebrate the life, happy clappy lets have a beer and some nibbles nonsense. I want mourners weeping and throwing themselves at my coffin, I want people to miss me and be sorry for the fact that I am gone and will never 'be' again. I want them to notice the empty space that I have left behind and hope for the life of them that I won�t come back and haunt them for past misdemeanours against me.

And I want Everybody Hurts by REM repeated ad infinitum.

Or is that too morbid?

[4getmenot]

yes I've got a whole list of songs, who I want to get my jewellery and diaries and what I want to be wearing and things to be put in my coffin. The reason for this is I have had far too many friends pass away young and sat there thinking, they wouldn�t have wanted this song at all, (usually what the girlfriends chosen) Its not morbid its just how you would like to be remembered.

[drchasuble]

My Uncle had Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life played at his.

I'd like Jerusalem played at mine.

And I'd like the Darth Vader music played as my coffin is being wheeled in.

[4getmenot]

yes I've got a whole list of songs, who I want to get my jewellery and diaries and what I want to be wearing and things to be put in my coffin, and who's carrying it. The reason for this is I have had far too many friends pass away young and sat there thinking, they wouldn�t have wanted this song at all, (usually what the girlfriends chosen) Its not morbid its just how you would like to be remembered.

[ummmm]

I think I'd have to go for 'cigarettes and alcohol' because that's probably the reason I'll die prematurely....

[crete]

maybe aberitis ummm

[smudge]

I don't think talking about your own funeral is morbid - I just hope I've got a few years left before my time's up!

I'm so glad that I 'lightheartedly' chatted to Mum & Dad before they died & us siblings knew exactly what they wished for on their departure.

Incidentally, I was perusing YouTube a few days ago & found this - it really made me cry! I'd hate to leave this world knowing I owed anyone an apology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYV0XIHNS4

[ummmm]

I was looking at that thinking 'what's aberitis?'

You'll miss me when I start venturing out the house again

[Curlylox2006]

I don't think it is morbid, crete. Death will happen to every one of us, I don't think there is any point avoiding the issue. I want "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed.

[4getmenot]

Yep I have a list of songs, who gets jewellery, who carries my coffin, who gets my dairies, what I want to wear and what goes in with me. The reason for this is I have had far too many friends pass away young and sat there thinking, they wouldn�t have wanted this song at all, (usually what the girlfriends chosen) Its not morbid its just how you would like to be remembered.