Funerals... and the scrapping of.

[pawl]

I tried the wheely bin for my gran. Honestly, the fuss they made...

She is no waiting in the unclaimed property office for which there will be a charge of £599 per day.


The fee will be waved if the uk leaves the eu

 

[beastie]

Because it's a ritual that's so engrained that they can charge well over the odds for a box or a bunch of flowers. Is it the done thing the haggle the undertaker down a bit?

Absolutely haggling is to be done with undertakers. Think car salesman.

 

[slowmotion]

A bit off-topic. I have some "pre-existing medical conditions" travel insurance with Staysure. It's a couple of hundred quid a year for all trips as long as I don't set foot in North America. I rang them up to get a renewal quote a while ago and was "held in a queue...your call is valuable to us". The usual crap. Anyway, the muzak was OK and up-beat so I held on the end of the phone. Suddenly, it switched to some quite tasteful, sombre organ music. A human being came on the line..."Staysure Funeral Care, can I help you?"
I think they knew a lot more about my life expectancy than I did.

 

[MiK1138]

i quite like the idea of taking the body to a high ledge to feed the vultures, but i would have to settle for Aberdeen beach and a bunch of seagulls

 

[TVC]

I used to work with a proper practicing Zoroastrian who had travelled back to India with his grandparents remains to place them on the Towers of Silence. The modern problem is that the Vultures tare the meat off the bodies in the intended excarnation style, but instead of flying off to mountain perches to consume the flesh they find a convenient tower block windowcill to feed. Not nice.

 

[slowmotion]

Think you just imagined that one Slowmo.

I'm thinking of a more dignified incineration immediately after my body had been raided for donor parts... with no fecking rubber necking spectators.

I asked for my tripes to be donated too. I have a lingering suspicion that my bits will be like the "remainders" at the end of a jumble sale. Unwanted. Still, a few yards of duct tape should get my earthly remains to the oven without spillage.

 

[Arrowfoot]

I used to work with a proper practicing Zoroastrian who had travelled back to India with his grandparents remains to place them on the Towers of Silence. The modern problem is that the Vultures tare the meat off the bodies in the intended excarnation style, but instead of flying off to mountain perches to consume the flesh they find a convenient tower block windowcill to feed. Not nice.

Vultures unlike some other birds and animals consume where the meal is. They do not carry it away. If frightened or chased away, they do not take the carrion with them. They just wait nearby until it is safe to return.

 

[slowmotion]

Somebody told me that the reason that Muslims have a faint dislike of dogs is that Zoroastrians inhabited the Prophet's birthplace before Islam became more widespread, and that Zoroastrians held canines in great esteem. They had to be expunged. Is this true?

No, I'm not a UKIP fan. Genuine query.

 

[stoofer35]

We managed 10% for cash for FOW

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[vernon]

A bit off-topic. I have some "pre-existing medical conditions" travel insurance with Staysure. It's a couple of hundred quid a year for all trips as long as I don't set foot in North America. I rang them up to get a renewal quote a while ago and was "held in a queue...your call is valuable to us". The usual crap. Anyway, the muzak was OK and up-beat so I held on the end of the phone. Suddenly, it switched to some quite tasteful, sombre organ music. A human being came on the line..."Staysure Funeral Care, can I help you?"
I think they knew a lot more about my life expectancy than I did.