Ok, we agree that goldfish just get flushed down the toilet, but what about your faithful dog, what will you do to him when he kicks the bucket and goes to the great chasing the cat's place in the sky?
My main dog is now about 8 years old, got a few grey hairs already, ok not as many as me but he has a few which my girlfriend pulls out for him to keep him looking his best, got to keep the bitch happy and attracted to him anyway I reckon that all being well he has about 5 years to live, Rottweillers don't have such a great life span as other dogs so I have decided that when he dies he shall have a budhist ceremony, yep the full works, nice coffin, pall bearers etc, 3 days stuck in the temple with his best portrait on top of the coffin, loads of Monks praying for him and all that palaver, obviously when the small white fluffy dog dies that can just be slung in a hole and covered up.
I realsie that my main dog isn't budhist but he doesn't actually know that so he wont mind, anyway what the fok else can you do with a dog that weighs 60 kiloes?
Here is a nice article from the pattaya mail.
Patcharapol Panrak
A funeral was held on August 22 for an elephant said to be 104 years old, with monks called in to say prayers at the graveside and a rush on the buying of lottery tickets containing the numbers 104.
Pang Dokmai, long renowned for her great age, passed away quietly at about 8 a.m. August 22 at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, where she was being treated at a 200-rai area set aside for the care of ailing elephants.
Nong Nooch director Kampol Tansatcha and staff arranged for Pang Dokmai’s immediate burial, digging a grave of 4 x 4 x 4 meters with a backhoe and inviting four monks from Nong Chabtao Temple to pray and perform funeral rights.
Pang Dokmai had been a star at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden for many years, having been one of the first to provide a service there for tourists.
Mahouts and staff gathered at the graveside as the backhoe lifted Pang Dokmai to her final resting place, and bananas, sugar cane and flowers were placed in with her. A herd of some 20 elephants nearby were heard to trumpet loudly as a sign of grief during the funeral.
On a more corporeal level there was a rush on lottery tickets bearing the numbers of the deceased elephant’s age, punters hoping 104 will prove to be auspicious during the next draw.