Funeral cost well don't have one

Direct cremation even cheaper,about £600.

I'm booking a trip to Hawaii and gonna dive into a volcano. Get a nice trip and see the islands. No cost, except air fair.

fair, fare, hair , hare.

Following the sad departure of David Bowie, who insisted on no ceremony, and George Melly who
made do with a cardboard coffin,I've told my family that I don't want any kind of ceremony whatsoever.

zorro

Aunty....maybe they will surprise you

Some people may just want to disappear with no fuss, no funeral service and no family or friends present.

"You can have direct burial ( home to plot no ceremony )  Cost about £1000."

The body is usually collected from the place of death and transferred to the crematorium. The ashes are generally returned to the family unless otherwise specified. Personally I don't think it's wrong not to have a funeral, and when I do shuffle off - which at the moment is not on my 'to-do list' - but not sure I'd want a funeral, no fuss, no drama, although family don't feel it's right. But like making a will, it's one of those things that need to be done and put away.

zorro,how long do you expect to be standing by the volcano waiting  to die ? 

Funerals are more for the benefit of the friends and family not the deceased.  Its nice to say goodbye and can help with the grief process.

Between my kids and the HMRC ....
they've had all my dosh - so a cardboard box for me....

Lovey Cruise   Over board on the way Back ,Job Done ,If you know your time is near

If u want a funeral .Pay for it upfront instead of saving 

Les Dawson, "my wife says that when I die she's going to dance on my grave, I hope she does, I'm being buried at sea"

'Funerals are more for the benefit of the friends and family not the deceased.'

Difficult to argue with that.  Never much to be gained by the deceased in that type of situation.

Home burial is the way forward for tightwads.

Minimum 2 feet depth between coffin lid and soil makes spade excavation an option for those too mean to pay for half days digger hire.

A heart specialist died and the mourners were treated to seeing the coffin placed in front of a huge heart constructed especially for the event, as the service was ending the heart opened up and the coffin rolled into it, another heart specialist said what a great idea, I think I'll have that when my time comes, his mate next to him starts laughing uncontrollably, what's so blood funny he asks,  have you forgotten i'm a Gynaecologist.

The only thing I want to hear at my funeral is.............look it's moving!!

I thought this thread meant howard was not planning to die

Couple I know bought their own coffin on line, picked the deceased up in a van, took it to the graveyard and buried the body. Priest was ok with it, it was a first for the church.

No need to go skint over it. Just a bag of bones after all.

My Mrs is burying me in the garden and continueing to draw my pension.

Or vise verse for that matter

I intend to sleep in a wee place away from anywhere near when I die.

you could parachute into a volcano - oh what a feeling i'm dancing on the ceiling.