Oooh, yes: an annual memorial tea-and-cakes run for me, please. :-)wafflycat said:No ghost bike for me, ta. I'd much rather folk went out on a jolly cycle ride round Norfolk lanes, calling in at various tea shops for tea, cakes & a gossip!
I do generally subscribe to the philosophy that funerals et al are for the living, but in this case I'm prepared to make an exception: anyone puts up a ghost-bike for me, and I'm coming back to haunt them. :-)badkitty said:I trust those who love me to do whatever they need to do to get through after my demise, and if the ritual of making the ghost bike etc helps them, then that's fine by me.
Ben Lovejoy said:I do generally subscribe to the philosophy that funerals et al are for the living, but in this case I'm prepared to make an exception: anyone puts up a ghost-bike for me, and I'm coming back to haunt them. :-)
wafflycat said:No ghost bike for me, ta. I'd much rather folk went out on a jolly cycle ride round Norfolk lanes, calling in at various tea shops for tea, cakes & a gossip!
dellzeqq said:this may just be a South London thing, but bouquets of flowers are tied to lampposts by the grieving relatives of pedestrians who are killed.
This thread got me thinking about whether I would want a ghost bike if I die on my bike, and I've come to the conclusion that it's not a decision I can make.
I trust those who love me to do whatever they need to do to get through after my demise, and if the ritual of making the ghost bike etc helps them, then that's fine by me.
It also depends on the circumstances. For example if I get taken out through no fault of my own, and my friends and family know how outraged I would be, then I hope they would do everything they could to express my outrage in my absence.
However,on the other hand, if it's my fault, I would hope that they would quietly let the entire thing get forgotten, whilst gently cursing me for being an ar$e and vowing never to do whatever I did.
BigonaBianchi said:Don't even think about it, you are gonna ride like the wind for many years to come yet