Kilted Burial?

[Oldhiker]

Personally I don't plan on going !!

I want to be a burden to my GGGgrandchildren. I plan on wearing out my kilts so nothing left to bury or give away.

[xman]

I plan on wearing out my kilts so nothing left to bury or give away.

[LANCER1562]

Lyle1,

I have given my family the same instructions. As far as I am concerned, once I'm gone, my body is just waste and what do you do with waste? You burn it and dispose of it.

I do plan to be around long enough to walk both of my daughters and eventually my granddaughgter down the aisle. Although, by the time my grandaughter is ready to get married, she may have to push my wheelchair down the aisle. Yes, for their weddings, I will be kilted if that is what they want on that day.

[MacAngus]

I would like to have an open casket wake both sides open just not the top.
However I would be buried in a cheap MacDonald tartan kilt because they cut the back of the jackets and back of the kilts to dress you easier before putting you into the casket.

[joecool]

I would like to have an open casket wake both sides open just not the top.
However I would be buried in a cheap MacDonald tartan kilt because they cut the back of the jackets and back of the kilts to dress you easier before putting you into the casket.

Would they really have to cut the kilt? It would almost be easier to just slide it underneath you, or better yet, lay you on top of it when they put you inside, then just buckle it up! Problem solved!

[BoldHighlander]

When I was younger I use to say that when I was old & ready to die, just leave me with my battle knife in grizzly bear country & I'll fight a good death

My uncle (an ex-Navy man & 1st generation American w/ Norwegian parents) wanted a 'viking' funeral....I suppose there are enviromental regulations against it. My mother works for the county health dept & told me that the state has stopped people who wanted to spread ashes over the Puget Sound for "health reasons".

Anyhow, if I could get away with it I'd like a kilted 'viking' funeral

[Bugbear]

I used to make ceramic urns for people's cremated pets; they were sculptures of the pet. Another artist did the glazing.

Never made one for a person, though.

[NewGuise]

My aunt had Alzheimers for a long time, and turned strangely hateful, especially toward my mother. Once upon a time, after dealing with a question about her from one of my kids, I said that – should I ever get like that – I’d like to be taken on a long walk into grizzly country and told just to keep walking. Smeared with honey, maybe. My then 10-year-old son nodded solemnly and said, “sure, Dad, we’ll do that for you.”

But no, not in a good kilt.

[thescot]

Just be glad it wasn't a piper. Those pipes would have gone in nicely.

[Detroitpete]

No siree Bob--I plan on using every bit of this body up before seeing what happens next. Just cremate me, set my urn near the keg, kiss my wife and lift a glass. Remember time catches us all so run hard