death with dignity

**nedwalk** · 21-10-2007, 01:13 PM

just lost another old mate, older than me but i know his boys, they got a call, old bill had been taken to intensive and it did,nt look good, so the call went out to find his boys [ 2 aged mid 30,s] we tracked them down, and away they went 2hours to get there, old bill asked " how long are they away?" they got there and managed to squeeze 30 plus years into a goodby, old mate bill went into a coma , passed half an hour later..
the point of this..how good was that , to hold and choose your time of passing,,, he was an ordinary bloke who to me was admirable,, i hope i have the ability in my passing to do it on my terms...

**Thaddeus** · 21-10-2007, 02:02 PM

Sad, but a good way to go.

I'd like the same, not yet obviously, but I doubt that will happen.

**Dalton** · 21-10-2007, 02:05 PM

^ Same here, no chance that I will be that lucky.

**November Rain** · 21-10-2007, 11:54 PM

We all would like that, nedwalk. I've lost my dad, my boyfriend (my son's father) & my grandfather in the last 5 years, in that order. My Dad killed himself, so I never got to say goodbye to him. My bf & granda died within weeks of each other. I got to say goodbye to bf & brought all of his friends in to say their goodbyes too. He was in a coma, but I hope he knew. We were all there, me holding his hand when he went.
Granda, I don't think I said goodbye properly. We knew he was sick, but I was caught up in bf's death & my son - I didn't realise he'd go so quickly. I regret that.
Ultimately, I think it means more to those of us who are left to mourn , than to those who die, how (& when) we say our goodbyes. They know we love them - whether we showed it in time, or not.

Condolences for your friend.

**Jet Gorgon** · 22-10-2007, 12:42 AM

Hug of condolence to you, Nedwalk. I was talking about death with an old friend yesterday. She's never lived outside of Canada, and could not grasp the concept of being happy at a funeral, like it's done in Thailand. Or maybe Ireland. Now, the catch phrase here is "celebrate the life of.." but it rings so shallow and hollow to me. Funeral at a Thai or any outdoor Buddhist temple -- now that's a party to celebrate someone's life. Gathering with mutual friends, the family and all the loved ones. That's how I want to go. And it will be a party with me as the Gorgonic angel imbibing with everyone and granting a wish for all with my snake wand.

**hooter** · 22-10-2007, 01:54 AM

I don't do death it frightens the shit out of me.

**The Basket Weaver** · 22-10-2007, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by nedwalk

just lost another old mate, older than me but i know his boys, they got a call, old bill had been taken to intensive and it did,nt look good, so the call went out to find his boys [ 2 aged mid 30,s] we tracked them down, and away they went 2hours to get there, old bill asked " how long are they away?" they got there and managed to squeeze 30 plus years into a goodby, old mate bill went into a coma , passed half an hour later..
the point of this..how good was that , to hold and choose your time of passing,,, he was an ordinary bloke who to me was admirable,, i hope i have the ability in my passing to do it on my terms...

30 years into a goodbye ? thats tough. If it were me I wouldnt know what to say.

**Cujo** · 22-10-2007, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by hooter

I don't do death it frightens the shit out of me.

You will one day, sooner or later, who knows, but you will.

**Sir Burr** · 22-10-2007, 11:38 AM

"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist".

Epicurus.

**Jet Gorgon** · 22-10-2007, 11:42 AM

Untrue, SirB. When a cherished loved one dies, death is past your doorstep and into your hearth and home.

**Sir Burr** · 22-10-2007, 11:44 AM

It is in regard to your own death.

**The Basket Weaver** · 22-10-2007, 09:05 PM

dont agree with that quote from Epicurus.

"Death is always following us, waiting to tap us on the shoulder." Castaneda.

Plus we are all in a constant state of entropy, which is a form of death.

**dirtydog** · 22-10-2007, 09:11 PM

I think we should start a dead web page, we are all gonna die and that is a fact, we could have a nice little webpage for dead members, also they could have a nice memorial that they can write themselves, infact i think I shall start on mine now, just ignore the lies about how great I was and concerntrate on the important stuff

yeah, so what if it wern't that big.........

**keda** · 22-10-2007, 09:44 PM

Death is our only comfort, for while we are here it is not.

keda

**stroller** · 22-10-2007, 10:23 PM

^ That sounds sooo sad...

Is there enough interest for a suicide subforum? Members could discuss how to assist each other and stuff.
A friend of mine (a holocaust survivor) once claimed the greatest service one could do for a friend is to stab them to death when they don't expect it.

I kept my distance from then on...

**Looper** · 22-10-2007, 11:04 PM

I like Death when he crashes the dinner party in 'The Meaning of Life'

'Who is it, darling?'

'It's a 'Mr. Death' or something. He's come about the reaping? I don't think we need any at the moment.'

Then he gets annoyed with the septics

'Shut up! Shut up, you American. You always talk, you Americans. You talk and you talk and say 'let me tell you something' and 'I just wanna say this'. Well, you're dead now, so shut up!'

no offence to the septics

**stroller** · 22-10-2007, 11:42 PM

Oh my god, the forum really is infested with anti-Americans.

This is the pits.

Moderators!

**Jet Gorgon** · 23-10-2007, 12:32 AM

I like DD's idea. We could all write our memorials and slap them in one subforum. Then if no one hears from a particular poster for awhile, we could use his/her memorial words to start a new thread where everyone could say goodbye in their own way. Then we could send the thread's contents to the dead one's e-mail address in the hopes that the family or friends are checking it. Mind, with the amount of bickering and sudden shifts in alliance here, there would likely be lots of folks with lots of codicils to their initial memorial words.

**stroller** · 23-10-2007, 12:39 AM

Such as:
...Is dearly missed and may he rest in peace.
He was quite witty a poster at times, by his own standards, managed to stay on topic from time to time and has provided much amusement for those who hadn't put him on ignore.

**dirtydog** · 23-10-2007, 12:41 AM

Maybe we should just start it of and stick all the old guys in there anyway, blackgang, peterpan, drandy is very old aswell, if they dont go for it then maybe others can write their memorials, although obviously we couldn't have stroller or ant writing blackgangs memorial, "Thank God the ****s dead " wont look to good

**stroller** · 23-10-2007, 01:09 AM

I'd pass on bg's epitaph to Dr.BOb's capable feather.
I know my limitations.

**Hootad Binky** · 23-10-2007, 02:48 AM

"That undiscover'd country from whose bourne
No traveller returns" Shakespeare

**Jet Gorgon** · 23-10-2007, 02:50 AM

Well, we can all add comments, and then it would turn into a free for all, because foes would tell the obit writer that he/she got it all wrong and the deceased was a wanklette of Panda-like proportions and then the friends would come in and whimper and lash out with their wet hankies and refute all the foe statements with some gushy crap of their own, ad nauseum. It could be fun.

I'll write my own obit. A lot of lah di da lauding and then for the finale, I'll go in for the kill, so to speak, where I tell the real dirt on what I think, unlike what I post everyday. We could also do travelogue pics too -- what will you see when your life flashes before your eyes just before you conk out for good.

**mad_dog** · 23-10-2007, 02:57 AM

People have the ability to extend their lives for certain events or dates. There was a hiuge surge in old age deaths in the months after the millenium.

**stroller** · 23-10-2007, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

the deceased was a wanklette of Panda-like proportions

"I bought her a tuna-sandwich and the feminist bitch still wouldn't spread her legs."

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