Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
#1
Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
Talking to a friend, who is looking after his elderly parents,
He said "that life is a good play with a very poor 3rd act! Getting old is miserable, undignified and generally grim!"
My reply was "I thinks Clarkson's got the right idea, go out in some spectacular and/or weird way, that gives your relatives a great conversation point".
so for me.......
SKI JUMPING EXTREME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p1QrlRqqHg
He said "that life is a good play with a very poor 3rd act! Getting old is miserable, undignified and generally grim!"
My reply was "I thinks Clarkson's got the right idea, go out in some spectacular and/or weird way, that gives your relatives a great conversation point".
so for me.......
SKI JUMPING EXTREME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p1QrlRqqHg
#2
Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
mmm I don't know if I would want to die in an extrordinary way - that sounds too painful.
I'll slip away after a few bevvies having some horizontal action i think
I'll slip away after a few bevvies having some horizontal action i think
#3
Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
die making love to a beautiful woman would be OK.
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Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
It would be extraordinary to die painlessly, without a long illness, or sudden trauma. To die at peace with one's family and friends, no words left unsaid, no half arsed arguments left hanging in the air. No one would argue over the funeral arrangements, everyone would have a good time at the funeral tea and think lovely thoughts of me. Noone would be left behind riddled with guilt and anguish. MOH, if he lived after me would be comforted by the memories and supported by friends.
#5
Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
It would be extraordinary to die painlessly, without a long illness, or sudden trauma. To die at peace with one's family and friends, no words left unsaid, no half arsed arguments left hanging in the air. No one would argue over the funeral arrangements, everyone would have a good time at the funeral tea and think lovely thoughts of me. Noone would be left behind riddled with guilt and anguish. MOH, if he lived after me would be comforted by the memories and supported by friends.
#6
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My father's mum did it right.
She was in her mid-80's and had in the past had a small stroke that mainly affected her word-finding, but from which she totally recovered. After that my parents brought her to our home town where she bought a little house and within a short time was totally engaged in a new social circle ... so much so that we had to make an appointment if we wanted to see her!
One morning, some few years after moving into that new home which she took such pride in, we had a call from her neighbour to say he'd looked out of his window and spotted her lying on the lawn.
She had just mown the lawn and finished clipping the edges when she dropped dead from what turned out to have been a massive stroke. There was an inquest as it was a sudden death of course, and the coroner said that there had been no sign of movement after she'd fallen, and death would have been pretty much instant. She lived life right to that last moment and died doing something she loved.
Cheers Granny!
She was in her mid-80's and had in the past had a small stroke that mainly affected her word-finding, but from which she totally recovered. After that my parents brought her to our home town where she bought a little house and within a short time was totally engaged in a new social circle ... so much so that we had to make an appointment if we wanted to see her!
One morning, some few years after moving into that new home which she took such pride in, we had a call from her neighbour to say he'd looked out of his window and spotted her lying on the lawn.
She had just mown the lawn and finished clipping the edges when she dropped dead from what turned out to have been a massive stroke. There was an inquest as it was a sudden death of course, and the coroner said that there had been no sign of movement after she'd fallen, and death would have been pretty much instant. She lived life right to that last moment and died doing something she loved.
Cheers Granny!
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My gran recently passed away and also did it right. She has been in a home for the past 7 years with vascular dementia and was highly thought of by all the carers as she was such a lady with a kind word or funny story for everybody whenever she could. She would only have a day in her bed if she was feeling ill after the age of 95, and up until the two weeks before she died, the longest she ever had in her bed was a couple of days.
She had porridge every morning, and a whisky and warm milk every night before bed along with numerous cups of tea and bits of cake through the day along with her main meals. In her 7 years in a home she was visited virtually every day by family. She celebrated her 100th birthday back in December, with her children, grand children and great grandchildren by her side along with all the in laws.
She passed away two weeks ago tomorrow, and the cause of death on her certificate? Old age. We should all be that lucky.
She had porridge every morning, and a whisky and warm milk every night before bed along with numerous cups of tea and bits of cake through the day along with her main meals. In her 7 years in a home she was visited virtually every day by family. She celebrated her 100th birthday back in December, with her children, grand children and great grandchildren by her side along with all the in laws.
She passed away two weeks ago tomorrow, and the cause of death on her certificate? Old age. We should all be that lucky.
#8
Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
Talking to a friend, who is looking after his elderly parents,
He said "that life is a good play with a very poor 3rd act! Getting old is miserable, undignified and generally grim!"
My reply was "I thinks Clarkson's got the right idea, go out in some spectacular and/or weird way, that gives your relatives a great conversation point".
so for me.......
SKI JUMPING EXTREME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p1QrlRqqHg
He said "that life is a good play with a very poor 3rd act! Getting old is miserable, undignified and generally grim!"
My reply was "I thinks Clarkson's got the right idea, go out in some spectacular and/or weird way, that gives your relatives a great conversation point".
so for me.......
SKI JUMPING EXTREME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p1QrlRqqHg
A total burnup on re-entry would be pretty decent. No need for a box.
#9
Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
Does anyone remember the Monty Python film where the subject is chased over a cliff by a group of topless female cyclists???
Now that would be good, except for the going over the cliff part. Instead, I think a heart attack brought on by extreme exercise with said female cyclists might not be the worst way to go!
Now that would be good, except for the going over the cliff part. Instead, I think a heart attack brought on by extreme exercise with said female cyclists might not be the worst way to go!
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Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
I have had a most vivid and colourful recurring dream, over the past ten years, where I fall into a terrible industrial machine (pistons, cogs and gyrating fly-wheels, etc). I think the machine kills me. My ex-Zinka claimed it is my death wish and death fantasy. I think it was influenced by Charlie Chaplin's film, Modern Times. Given the choice - I could imagine this dream-death meeting my fearful expectations of being "extraordinary."
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I have had a most vivid and colourful recurring dream, over the past ten years, where I fall into a terrible industrial machine (pistons, cogs and gyrating fly-wheels, etc). I think the machine kills me. My ex-Zinka claimed it is my death wish and death fantasy. I think it was influenced by Charlie Chaplin's film, Modern Times. Given the choice - I could imagine this dream-death meeting my fearful expectations of being "extraordinary."
I would say that there is a good possibility of this!
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Re: Given the choice, What extraordinary way would you die?
climbing out of the seat of my paraglider at cloudbase
one last freefall .................................
one last freefall .................................
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die laughing I say
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It would be extraordinary to die painlessly, without a long illness, or sudden trauma. To die at peace with one's family and friends, no words left unsaid, no half arsed arguments left hanging in the air. No one would argue over the funeral arrangements, everyone would have a good time at the funeral tea and think lovely thoughts of me. Noone would be left behind riddled with guilt and anguish. MOH, if he lived after me would be comforted by the memories and supported by friends.
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