what do you want sprinkled into your grave???

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.newser.co...into-grave.html

NEWSER) – Not even death can come between a man and his Doritos. Arch West, the Frito-Lay marketing exec credited with inventing the chip brand, died last week at age 97, reports the AP, and his Oct. 1 graveside service will feature the chips he dreamed up after stumbling upon a San Diego snack shop that was frying up tortilla chips in 1961. His family intends on "tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn," it said in a statement. NPR reminds us that there are now 23 different Doritos flavors available in the US; no word on which ones will grace the grave.

[Pete C]

[Dan Gould]

Just see that its kept cleaned.

[alocispepraluger102]

and dry

[BeBop]

Ground up Charlie Parker 78s (only ones that had been unplayable before grinding).

[Pete C]

Just see that its kept cleaned.

All right, make mine Blind Lemon Lik-m-aid.

Edited September 26, 2011 by Pete C

[jazzbo]

I won't care. I won't be there.

[alocispepraluger102]

this stuff will evaporate; so too shall i.

[cih]

[alocispepraluger102]

i think i know her. a little goes a long way.

[Leeway]

I wouldn't want anything sprinkled, but I think it would be a good idea to bring some big books (Dickens or Tolstoy or Melville, maybe) and some big CD box sets, just in case you have a lot of time on your hands.

[paul secor]

I don't want a grave. I just want to be sprinkled somewhere.

[jeffcrom]

I don't want a grave. I just want to be sprinkled somewhere.

Same here. I've told my wife that, if it's not too much trouble, I would like some of my ashes to be discreetly scattered on Decatur Street (or elsewhere in the upriver side of the French Quarter) in New Orleans.

[AllenLowe]

my only orders are to get me out of Maine. I do not want anything left in this god-forsaken place.

[Jazzmoose]

I don't want a grave. I just want to be sprinkled somewhere.

That's my plan right now, assuming my real desire of having my body thrown out for the wolves is impossible.

[A Lark Ascending]

Interesting programme on the radio about this a few days back. The general consensus was that leaving specific instructions about how you want to be sent off or be buried/cremated was essentially a vanity project. Funerals being for the living to grieve and adjust to the loss; the person being dispatched isn't even there. So why make people who are already shattered have to deal with a bunch of specific instructions?

Made sense to me.

Sprinkled, shaken, stirred - it's all the same to me.

[jazzbo]

But the flip side to that is that if you make your intentions known this saves a lot of wear and tear on those you leave behind at a time that they don't need to be trying to conceive of let alone arrange your funeral.

I agree that anything of an elaborate nature etc. can be narcissistic overkill.

[danasgoodstuff]

Oh bury me not on the lone prarie...

[ValerieB]

Interesting programme on the radio about this a few days back. The general consensus was that leaving specific instructions about how you want to be sent off or be buried/cremated was essentially a vanity project. Funerals being for the living to grieve and adjust to the loss; the person being dispatched isn't even there. So why make people who are already shattered have to deal with a bunch of specific instructions?

Made sense to me.

Sprinkled, shaken, stirred - it's all the same to me.

makes sense to me, too. love your last line. LOL

[A Lark Ascending]

But the flip side to that is that if you make your intentions known this saves a lot of wear and tear on those you leave behind at a time that they don't need to be trying to conceive of let alone arrange your funeral.

Very true.

[ValerieB]

well, if we're talking about sprinkling something, my vote would be for truffles!!

[alocispepraluger102]

Interesting programme on the radio about this a few days back. The general consensus was that leaving specific instructions about how you want to be sent off or be buried/cremated was essentially a vanity project. Funerals being for the living to grieve and adjust to the loss; the person being dispatched isn't even there. So why make people who are already shattered have to deal with a bunch of specific instructions?

Made sense to me.

Sprinkled, shaken, stirred - it's all the same to me.

makes sense to me, too. love your last line. LOL

freshly ground meadowlark--i'll pass, thank you

[Chicago Expat]

Hm, down here in the south, we actually spell it with a 'y', but it's pronounced the same way. We usually sprinkle cheese over it, maybe a handful of salt. At some of our finer dining establishments, they'll sprinkle some white gravy over the brown, but you gotta order that special like.

[Chuck Nessa]

my only orders are to get me out of Maine. I do not want anything left in this god-forsaken place.

You can do that yourself, right now. I'm not stopping you and none of my friends are stopping you. If you can name the names of folks stopping you, I will see what I can do. Geez!

Get in your friggin' car and drive some direction other than East!

[Christiern]

Three weeks away from 80, I have never been to a funeral and I don't want to make my own the exception.

I don't care where they sprinkle me, because—like Lonson—I won't be there, and those who might care will have me in their memory.