This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Adder

Now that the public memorial, is there hope that this will be the last day of ridiculous, incessant MJ coverage?

I have somehow missed almost all of the coverage. Without even trying.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I have somehow missed almost all of the coverage. Without even trying.

I find that really hard to believe. You never turn on the cable news networks? Never visit any online news sources?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I have somehow missed almost all of the coverage. Without even trying.

2. I watched exactly 5 minutes of it. Ridiculous. Almost as silly as that nine day Reagan funeral a few years ago.

But it does underscore the need to have a will in place, at any age. I want strict instructions specifying that anyone who dares eulogize me, or sing a stitch of any goddamned weepy shit at my funeral be taken to the parking lot and beaten with blackjacks. There'll be escrow monies placed aside to cover the costs of having thugs at the ready.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Adder

Now that the public memorial, is there hope that this will be the last day of ridiculous, incessant MJ coverage?

It might not be so incessant, but the entertainment shows and magazines like People, US, etc. are good for another couple weeks. And there is still more "news" to come on the drugs in his system/home, control of the estate, and what Debbie Rowe might do WRT the kids.

Do you remember when Princess Diana died? I'm guessing this will be at least that much, perhaps more.

[J. Fred Muggs]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

2. I watched exactly 5 minutes of it. Ridiculous. Almost as silly as that nine day Reagan funeral a few years ago.

But it does underscore the need to have a will in place, at any age. I want strict instructions specifying that anyone who dares eulogize me, or sing a stitch of any goddamned weepy shit at my funeral be taken to the parking lot and beaten with blackjacks. There'll be escrow monies placed aside to cover the costs of having thugs at the ready.

I'm set. Pine coffin, bagpipes, lots of whisky for the guests. [I'd rather be put on a raft and set on fire and pushed to sea, but don't think one can get permits for that]

Anyone have funeral plans that are interesting (or would subject you to ridicule).

TM: "I've special ordered a canopied round coffin and will be lowered into the ground to 'Wind Beneath My Wings' sung by a boys choir."

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by J. Fred Muggs

I'm set. Pine coffin, bagpipes, lots of whisky for the guests. [I'd rather be put on a raft and set on fire and pushed to sea, but don't think one can get permits for that]

Anyone have funeral plans that are interesting (or would subject you to ridicule).

TM: "I've special ordered a canopied round coffin and will be lowered into the ground to 'Wind Beneath My Wings' sung by a boys choir."

I've told my family I want to be cremated. I'm not sure if I've also mentioned that I'd want my ashes scattered in a part of the back pasture we call "The Island."

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Adder

I find that really hard to believe. You never turn on the cable news networks?

Very rarely.

Originally Posted by Adder

Never visit any online news sources?

Sure, but I haven't clicked on any links related to his death. I think the only thing I've read is the Quincy Jones interview posted by TM.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I have friends who aren't lame people who quote song lyrics, and they lurk here sometimes. I think it would be a shame if one of them was about to start posting here, but then decided not to because they thought the place wasn't friendly to people who think it lame to quote song lyrics.

You had me until you got to the part about your having friends. It's a stretch.

eta: Scrolling, posting, etc.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by J. Fred Muggs

I'm set. Pine coffin, bagpipes, lots of whisky for the guests. [I'd rather be put on a raft and set on fire and pushed to sea, but don't think one can get permits for that]

Anyone have funeral plans that are interesting (or would subject you to ridicule).

TM: "I've special ordered a canopied round coffin and will be lowered into the ground to 'Wind Beneath My Wings' sung by a boys choir."

I'm a bit of a traditionalist about such things. In my family, when someone dies, everyone gets together, drinks a lot, mends any rifts in the family, drinks some more, fights over the details of the mass/service/visiting hours/wake/burial/immolation, tries to figure out what religion the deceased really was when it really counted, drinks more, fights over the memory of the deceased, and threatens violence. If no one actually comes to blows, then at least one pair of people pledge never to talk to each other again. After the funeral, everyone spends the time until the next funeral or wedding trying to mend the rifts, which persist until we're next drunk together.

It's simple, but it works. The best, though, is when we get an accordian. So I'm going to have an accordian.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

What did you think? It's a fantastic city, isn't it?

my new favorite city in europe- and the bike wine thing was great. our exchange student's family took us on our own route, and it was very very cool.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally Posted by J. Fred Muggs

I'm set. Pine coffin, bagpipes, lots of whisky for the guests. [I'd rather be put on a raft and set on fire and pushed to sea, but don't think one can get permits for that]

Anyone have funeral plans that are interesting (or would subject you to ridicule).

TM: "I've special ordered a canopied round coffin and will be lowered into the ground to 'Wind Beneath My Wings' sung by a boys choir."

I had something pretty simple and understated in mind. Simple, non-religious, brief funeral with a no-dress up rule, plenty of food and drink, and a large, 6' X 8' color poster of me in my youth, smiling and giving the finger.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Adder

Now that the public memorial, is there hope that this will be the last day of ridiculous, incessant MJ coverage?

Not a chance . . . autopsy report and will going through probate or whatever it does in California.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by J. Fred Muggs

I'm set. Pine coffin, bagpipes, lots of whisky for the guests. [I'd rather be put on a raft and set on fire and pushed to sea, but don't think one can get permits for that]

Anyone have funeral plans that are interesting (or would subject you to ridicule).

TM: "I've special ordered a canopied round coffin and will be lowered into the ground to 'Wind Beneath My Wings' sung by a boys choir."

My boyfriend has requested the "on a raft, set on fire (by flaming arrows) and pushed to sea." I told him I'd see what I could do.

A friend's husband was burried in his Bentley somewhere in Idaho.

My dad has requested the fourth movement of Beehtoven's 9th Symphony and Tom Petty's "Breakdown" (live version from [i]Pack Up The Plantation[/url].

The Displaced Dog's ashes are sitting on my fireplace mantle. I wouldn't mind having mine and his scattered together at the ranch. Or made into a painting by a friend of ours whose medium is cremations.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

I had something pretty simple and understated in mind. Simple, non-religious, brief funeral with a no-dress up rule, plenty of food and drink, and a large, 6' X 8' color poster of me in my youth, smiling and giving the finger.

My ceremony will start with a ritual burning of the negatives of the naked pictures of Atticus's sister, so his family can quit worrying if they'll be misused, and so Shape Shifter and you don't just agonize over who'll inherit them , and you can all just focus on your grief.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

My boyfriend has requested the "on a raft, set on fire (by flaming arrows) and pushed to sea." I told him I'd see what I could do.

Why not do it? What are they going to do, arrest him?