> wrote in message
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> 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.


Shooting himself in the head on his way overboard gets rid of the drowning
factor, also gets rid of the gun, and by the time the fish get done with
him, there won't be a horrible sight to see.

Cheri