General Discussion

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)

22. Thanks for relating that story - and

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 06:27 PM

Mar 2014

It gives new meaning to the expression "All spruced up but no where to go!"

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

69 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How would you like to grow into a tree after you die? [View all] Playinghardball Mar 2014 OP

Very much so. Thanks for the link, need to check it out. uppityperson Mar 2014 #1

Wish I'd heard of this earlier. At present, scheduled to go into a columbarium. Yup, communism! freshwest Mar 2014 #2

I couldn't do that, I've avoided groups all my life. HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #10

When you see a mighty tree sprout and spread beautiful leaves over a peaceful little plot... Orsino Mar 2014 #3

John Boehner would make a great weeping willow Blue Owl Mar 2014 #4

Or an orange tree... KansDem Mar 2014 #15

That seems more practical then wasting perfectly good land snooper2 Mar 2014 #5

Looked this up. Copied. Sent to the two who will be making the decisions! oldandhappy Mar 2014 #6

Live Oak for me please. nt B2G Mar 2014 #7

My chance to really become a nut. Philly Cowboy Mar 2014 #8

A chestnut! Mariana Mar 2014 #13

Almond, obviously. CrispyQ Mar 2014 #36

I met an almond farmer once AleksS Mar 2014 #56

Cute. CrispyQ Mar 2014 #57

What a "tree-mendous" idea! KansDem Mar 2014 #9

Oof! Kber Mar 2014 #44

My grandparents' ashes fed a blue spruce in our yard. Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #11

Thanks for relating that story - and truedelphi Mar 2014 #22

:) Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #45

I want to become my kids... yawnmaster Mar 2014 #12

Gross! user_name Mar 2014 #14

Just have 'em dig you into the vegetable patch. truebluegreen Mar 2014 #42

But then who knows what else may have me! gophers, squirrels, birds... yawnmaster Mar 2014 #61

Circle of Life, baby...we need to give back. truebluegreen Mar 2014 #68

That is so very awesome. Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #16

I think I would like to be a fruit bearing tree, pennylane100 Mar 2014 #17

I'd like to be a vegetable garden Aerows Mar 2014 #18

I'm thinking Kudzu, or maybe English Ivy, but that's just me. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2014 #19

LOL Aerows Mar 2014 #20

Very good idea. Really good if it could be planted in a national park. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #21

How green is cremation? roody Mar 2014 #23

Do I have to wait until I'm dead? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #24

I'd rather give my body to science and medicine. -nt- DireStrike Mar 2014 #25

They still have to dispose of you once they're done experimenting. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 #53

I think that I shall never see onethatcares Mar 2014 #26

I'd prefer to be a diamond. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #27

I wouldn't mind pipi_k Mar 2014 #33

Isn't that what happened to people who committed suicide in Dante's "Inferno" FSogol Mar 2014 #28

Id rather be buried naked 6 ft down and a giant red wood sapling planted on top of me...more Drew Richards Mar 2014 #29

Make it ashes and a Sequoia, and I'd like that, too. LWolf Mar 2014 #30

Unless they are going to be planted in a managed tree preserve, LWolf Mar 2014 #31

Talk about having a woody mindwalker_i Mar 2014 #32

That's cool, but personally I want a sea burial - no cremating, embalming, petronius Mar 2014 #34

I'd do it. "Speaker For the Dead" comes to mind. CrispyQ Mar 2014 #35

Why do I have this image of��. Bonhomme Richard Mar 2014 #37

Trouble it that I'd probably turn into Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. Kablooie Mar 2014 #38

that's my plan frylock Mar 2014 #39

Seems a bit more complicated than necessary. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #40

Bristlecone Pine for me...at a high elevation. truebluegreen Mar 2014 #41

Nah, it might freak people out. edbermac Mar 2014 #43

I have it in my will Prophet 451 Mar 2014 #46

I put this in my paperwork as what I want done with my ashes LadyHawkAZ Mar 2014 #47

Thanks for posting this... Contrary1 Mar 2014 #48

Some Republican timber company would just come by and cut your tree down. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #49

As a wanna be artist.....I think I want to be 250+ pencils LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #50

The life pipi_k Mar 2014 #59

This is the instructions for what to do with my butt when I die madokie Mar 2014 #51

Fascinating. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 #54

wait...where do they put the rest of your ashes??? eom yawnmaster Mar 2014 #62

Hell I'm all stinking ass madokie Mar 2014 #63

I really did enjoy the imagery of your first line regarding... yawnmaster Mar 2014 #64

The first time I read about this madokie Mar 2014 #69

My ashes will be scattered over a marijuana field. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #52

There is a chapter on this in the book "Stiff" Godhumor Mar 2014 #55

I have already planned to do so Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #58

i may have to change my plan to have my body interred in a dumpster. eom ellenfl Mar 2014 #60

honestly Islandurp Mar 2014 #65

We all do, eventually. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #66

I love this! My mother passed away suddenly in October... ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #67