On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:50:24 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Not to long ago I read a news item about a teenage buy who died
>> tragically and the family had set up a Go Fund Me account to raise money
>> for his funeral. They were aiming for $35,000. You can have someone
>> cremated and buried for under $4000. You have to wonder why a family on
>> welfare would expect 9 times that much.
>
>IMO, this entire funeral thing is all bullshit. Even $4000 just
>to creamate a body is nonsense. These funeral ppl are just way
>overcharging and playing on your emotions.
>
>They are preying on the sad family & friends people big time!
>
>Ever look into the process of embalming? Not for the queasy ones
>here.
>I would never want that done to my worthless body.
>
>Hey...the person that you knew and loved is DEAD. Not still in
>that body.
>Just toss them in a hole in the ground and say goodbye.
>
>The funeral rituals are the biggest scam ever and it only works
>because the grieving ones are so sad and want the best possible
>send-off. At their time of total grief, they pay whatever.
>
>If I ever have to "off myself" (only due to final days of extreme
>pain from a deadly problem), I'll take a boat out to sea, tie an
>anchor around my foot, shoot myself to fall overboard. No funeral
>costs for my daughters. Funerals are such a scam and a wierd
>ritual that most people seem to need. Not for me. I don't need or
>want a headstone in a cemetary that no one will ever visit
>anyway.
>
>BAH - HUMBUG
>
>Bottom line.....Death sucks and God got that one wrong.

Drowning would be a horrible way to go! Just find a friend with
diabetes and beg a vial of insulin from them. You'll just go gently
into the night if you're not diabetic. I have that on good authority
from a doctor friend. Most inconsiderate thing to do, gun to head,
horrible sight.