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    Self-penned obituaries are now very popular and some would say a way for you to have the last word on your life. Most obituaries are usually written by a friend or a member of ones family, but is the self-written obituary a way for you to express yourself after you fall off your perch?

    A old mate of mine kicked the bucket last week and his self written obituary appeared in the local rag. He had given it to the funeral director to pass on and I have to say that I don't believe half of what in it.

    Is this not morbid, and a way of bragging and promoting yourself after death?
    I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
    Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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    Originally posted by jembo View Post
    Self-penned obituaries are now very popular and some would say a way for you to have the last word on your life. Most obituaries are usually written by a friend or a member of ones family, but is the self-written obituary a way for you to express yourself after you fall off your perch?

    A old mate of mine kicked the bucket last week and his self written obituary appeared in the local rag. He had given it to the funeral director to pass on and I have to say that I don't believe half of what in it.

    Is this not morbid, and a way of bragging and promoting yourself after death?
    no need to cry
    don't waste your tears
    my life was great
    all happy years
    Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by quinner View Post
      no need to cry
      don't waste your tears
      my life was great
      all happy years
      Joe,you forgot to mention the gulls.
      I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
      Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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      • #4
        It's been quite a trip

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        • #5
          Originally posted by jembo View Post
          Joe,you forgot to mention the gulls.

          jembo..They can't read...
          Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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          • #6
            Its all about control lol.....when yer dead yer dead and who gives a crap about the Obit lol...

            Mind you ive seen some lying whoppers of obits lately..."so and so was the best husband/wife ever...my soulmate, loved them so much....etc etc....they seem to forget we can remember their dramatic lives together hehehe.....i often wonder what the dear deceased would have written lol

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            • #7
              Originally posted by jembo View Post
              Self-penned obituaries are now very popular and some would say a way for you to have the last word on your life. Most obituaries are usually written by a friend or a member of ones family, but is the self-written obituary a way for you to express yourself after you fall off your perch?

              A old mate of mine kicked the bucket last week and his self written obituary appeared in the local rag. He had given it to the funeral director to pass on and I have to say that I don't believe half of what in it.

              Is this not morbid, and a way of bragging and promoting yourself after death?
              All the rage now. ...to organise the whole caboodle yerself. ...everything from order of events card.....to hymns. ...prayers..... get someone to read out your farewell from the box....and yer fave song to accompany them on the way out the crem.

              i think its the way te go......

              What ye call the best crematorium in the world. .?.....The crem de la crem. ..Boom Boom.
              We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View Post
                All the rage now. ...to organise the whole caboodle yerself. ...everything from order of events card.....to hymns. ...prayers..... get someone to read out your farewell from the box....and yer fave song to accompany them on the way out the crem.

                i think its the way te go......

                What ye call the best crematorium in the world. .?.....The crem de la crem. ..Boom Boom.
                Will you promote yourself to Admiral?
                I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
                Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by jembo View Post
                  Will you promote yourself to Admiral?
                  Of the fleet.
                  We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View Post
                    Of the fleet.
                    Will you fit into a barrel of Brandy....
                    Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by quinner View Post
                      Will you fit into a barrel of Brandy....
                      Wotchamean .?...I am a barrel of brandy...
                      We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View Post
                        Wotchamean .?...I am a barrel of brandy...
                        Stop..You're KILling me.....
                        Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by quinner View Post
                          Stop..You're KILling me.....
                          Leave him alone joe....he's pickled
                          I google because I'm not young enough to know everything.
                          Nemo Mortalium Omnibus Horis Sapit

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by jembo View Post
                            Leave him alone joe....he's pickled
                            jembo..he knows how to stave off remarks.........He played with his hoop until he was 19...
                            Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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                            • #15
                              if no one can say anything nice about you after you are dead, what is the point of blowing your own trumpet?

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