How do you want to go?

[Jack Daw at Work]

I think you missed your flight?

Funny.  Better this than an old-folks home.

[DonaCatalina]

[Merlin the Elder]

...The Shootist... I always felt that to be a very fitting movie for him to cap his career with. He wasn't really much of an actor, but he was a hell of an entertainer.

[kcdcchef]

the thread is how do you want to go, not how do you want to be disposed of. so, how i wnt to go? having sex. with many beautiful women.

[Baron Frederick]

Or maybe,  Shot at the age of 98 by a jealous husband?

[Bob of the Lake]

How I want to go? I didn't realize I had a choice. 

[DonaCatalina]

How I want to go? I didn't realize I had a choice. 

All wishes are heard; but sometimes the answer is no.

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

over exertion with three 21yr olds?  

*bottle of Scotch in one hand, service pistol in the other... one's to kill the pain and so is the other.*  

[angusmacinnes]

Oh I don't know about this but I think if I gotta go, going to sleep and just not waking up would be the thing.  Then there is that disposal question and I have a Volcano on Hawaii waiting on me.  Just saying. 

[DonaCatalina]

Oh I don't know about this but I think if I gotta go, going to sleep and just not waking up would be the thing.  Then there is that disposal question and I have a Volcano on Hawaii waiting on me.  Just saying. 

Yeah, I think disposal is a good word for it. Volcano, huh?
tempting, very tempting.

[kcdcchef]

I think the volcano sounds about as fun as the electric chair! A little too much pain before the end for my tastes!

[DonaCatalina]

I think the volcano is for after you're already dead.

[jackrocks]

assuming I survive parenting two teenage daughters who are 1 year apart (currently 14 and 15)..........IDK, sometimes I wonder if Im going to make it!! lol....Id like to be old...old enough to have attended my kids graduations, proms, weddings...old enough to have held my grandchildren and watched them grow...old enough to enjoy the irony of my youngest daughter parenting a teenage daughter with her exact personality:).....

I would say I want to be around long enough for these things, but not so long that I forget who I am, who my husband and children are, and become essentially an overgrown infant. My paternal grandparents lived to nearly 100...but had no idea who they were for probably 10-15 yrs before that. Thats...an awful thing, IMO.

I am not a person who enjoys, or really even understands, the American tradition of three days visitation at the funeral home misery. Ive asked my husband to do whatever is cheapest, and quickest. Just get it over with. Im not going to care what happens to my shell once Im gone, and I would rather he take my kids and use my insurance money to do something fun/adventurous/memorable, not come to stare at my shell and weep.

[mehan]

Following is a local obituary.  How I applaud this family's decision to honor their loved one.  At the end of the obit, is the husband's comment on the sympathy guest book. 



Mrs. ******* worked for nearly 30 years in Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Roanoke as registered nurse specializing in gerontology. Her death was the result of a vicious attack by a renegade pack of Miniature Schnauzers. With her bulldog, Bella, at her side, she fought gallantly. Mrs. Church had a unique sense of humor and seldom followed a path of traditionalism. She enjoyed cruising, taking tropical vacations, cooking, retail therapy and touring wineries. She made it clear to her family that they have no formal or traditional service. Therefore, in lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider sending a bottle of your favorite wine with a personal note attached. It is the family's hope that over the years they can continue to toast her memory with family and friends while re-reading the kind words. The Laker Beverage and Tobacco __________ can assist, if needed. The family will meet friends at _____________ from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2012.

*Post by her husband on the funeral home guest book*

My sincere thanks to everyone who has been supportive during this difficult time. Jen's cancer was difficult and vicious. Her humor has been what has kept both of us going for the last few years. Most people understood exactly what we meant by our metaphor and found the levity it was meant to create. Cancer is no way to die. Some have taken our story literally. I am saddened that they did not know us well enough to understand. My family is celebrating Jennifer's life in the manner to which it was lived; with humor and laughter.

[Merlin the Elder]

I think that obituary is really terrific. It gives me an idea of how I want to write my own, and I do want to write my own. Nobody knows me as well as I do.  I've already told Nim that one of my life insurance policies is to be used for a wake.