JonMc

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We are currently having an argument about funeral arrangements and particularly the different types of coffin. Apparently it is dearer to have a recyclable coffin rather than a solid oak one.

I can just imagine the guys in the funeral parlour whipping you out of the coffin before they fill in the hole, and then sell it on to the next poor sod who dies

But more importantly, what would you want to be buried in - for me a carbon fibre coffin

Lee247

I want to be burnt. So they can please themselves
It may take a week or so to put our the flames due to the alcohol content in my body, but hey ho. I won't mind

Tam the bam

They can throw me in a wheeley bin when I pop it, like I'd care lol Or cremate me using dole sponging lame arsed gets as fuel

Lisawrx

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Same here.

Even if I wanted to be buried, I couldn't give two hoots what it was in. Whatever was cheapest personally, so people weren't anymore out of pocket than they had to be.

Timwinner

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I dont care about an eco friendly one, It can be made out of petrol, Sainsburys bags and those things that hold 6 packs together.
I suppose it would be a cheap and easy option. I am sure the people I leave behind can have more fun with the money they save on a coffin then I can have in a nice shiny rose wood one.

If I had the cash I would get frozen, and come back and take over the world!!!

Lisawrx

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After my life so far, I don't think I'd want to come back.

mart360

Unless things have changed dramatically since i was last involved so to speak.

Coffins came in many guises/ materials.

The cheapest was veneered chipboard, it then moved through various solid types. Elm, Oak etc..

Then there were a few "eco" varieties Cardboard, & fibreglass based. (neither of which were great sellers at the time)

Then came the more elaborate coffins, with decorative mouldings / panels, - same materials, just outward appearance was different.

Then was the caskets, these were generally solid woods, again in differing finishes / appearances.

Lastly we used to get the odd American casket from overseas, whilst highly decorative & shiny, they were unable to be used due to UK burial laws.

(there made from Ally, so not biodegradable)

I saw the other day, that one of the larger funeral places is now doing wicker coffins, ( different i suppose)

Cost wise... thats another ball game altogether


Mart

vindaloo

Tobacco? It's natural and biodegradable.

borderlinechris

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funeral pyre on a boat would be nice, but maybe bit expensive.....

yoza

I will have this one, accompanied by the Jaws theme tune as they lower me in....

David Lock

Did you hear about the chap who died who had a really nagging wife?

He asked for his ashes to be scattered over the living room carpet

dl

HankScorpio

Medical donation then incinerated.

I haven't contributed to the advancement of the human race at all, might as well let some trainee doctors have a poke around.

Coffin Dodger

I'd quite like to have what they do in some parts of S.America, just chuck your body out on a rock and let the Condors eat it

Except in the UK it would be crows and magpies pecking out my eyeballs, maybe a bird of prey or two if I were really lucky

powerwrx

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http://theshoegame.com/wp-content/up...-95-coffin.jpg

Leslie

I can't even bring myself to think about it!

Les

Avi

Get the missus to dig a hole in the back garden and lob me in it. Perfectly legal, don;t even need a coffin. You just have to mark the spot on the deeds of your house

Torquemada

I plan on coming back as a zombie anyway, no rest for the wicked

mart360

Not quite as simple as it sounds lol

You have to meet certain requirements before you can just lob them in lol

(water table & available depth, are two i recall)

The big kicker is it will seriously affect the resale value of your house lol


Mart

Lee247

M444GY

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i want a seethrough coffinn

Timwinner

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The more I think about it the more I might try for a stripper body style coffin, about 20% bigger than me so I can fit inside.
On my back inside a stripper for the rest of time!!!!!

Prasius

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About what Mart said about Wicker coffins - the place I have my plot chosen and paid for is a woodland burial place. They offer all nature of biodegradable coffins including wicker, but I'm going in cardboard.

tarmac terror

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The wife wants me cremated and my ashes used to make an egg timer.

I did eff all in the kitchen when I was alive so she wants to get something useful from me when i'm dead.