TWINKLE
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I think you should idun!
Good song by the way - and yes it's very expensive to die in France[:(]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQsGeKN6qk
Could maybe someone beautiful and clever like Clair or Russethouse make a new thread called 'Songs you want at your Funeral'
Please? x
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Weedon! I would sing it for you but then, that would mean....
Here are the lyrics
Le Temps Qui Reste
Combien de temps...
Combien de temps encore
Des années, des jours, des heures combien?
Quand j'y pense mon coeur bat si fort...
Mon pays c'est la vie.
Combien de temps encore...
Combien
Je l'aime tant, le temps qui reste...
Je veux rire, courir, pleurer, parler,
Et voir, et croire
Et boire, danser,
Crier, manger, nager, bondir, désobéir
J'ai pas fini, j'ai pas fini
Voler, chanter, parti, repartir
Souffrir, aimer
Je l'aime tant le temps qui reste
Je ne sais plus où je suis né, ni quand
Je sais qu'il n'y a pas longtemps...
Et que mon pays c'est la vie
Je sais aussi que mon père disait:
Le temps c'est comme ton pain...
Gardes en pour demain...
J'ai encore du pain,
Encore du temps, mais combien?
Je veux jouer encore...
Je veux rire des montagnes de rires,
Je veux pleurer des torrents de larmes,
Je veux boire des bateaux entiers de vin
De Bordeaux et d'Italie
Et danser, crier, voler, nager dans tous les océans
J'ai pas fini, j'ai pas fini
Je veux chanter
Je veux parler jusqu'à la fin de ma voix...
Je l'aime tant le temps qui reste...
Combien de temps...
Combien de temps encore?
Des années, des jours, des heures, combien?
Je veux des histoires, des voyages...
J'ai tant de gens à voir, tant d'images.
Des enfants, des femmes, des grands hommes,
Des petits hommes, des marrants, des tristes,
Des très intelligents et des cons,
C'est drôle, les cons, ça repose,
C'est comme le feuillage au milieu des roses...
Combien de temps...
Combien de temps encore?
Des années, des jours, des heures, combien?
Je m'en fous mon amour...
Quand l'orchestre s'arrêtera, je danserai encore...
Quand les avions ne voleront plus, je volerai tout seul...
Quand le temps s'arrêtera...
Je t'aimerai encore
Je ne sais pas où, je ne sais pas comment...
Mais je t'aimerai encore...
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[quote user="Weedon"]
As I am probably a lot nearer the age of falling off my perch than a fair number of you, I have given a bit of thought to what music I would like played as my (hopefully) very expensive coffin goes gliding away through the curtains. And this is it. Wish I could be there to see the reaction.
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Lovely choice of song!
I can't stop changing mine! "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead" used to be one of them!
Another one I love for those of you who speak French is this one by Serge Rianni 'Le Temps Qui Reste'
NormanH will know it if he hasn't foutu le camp de ce fil!
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Well I want fireworks and a band!
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Mr. Collins innit? Met him when he had much less hair!
Here's my song of the day
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Well thanks for that NormanH!
Ashes to ashes.....etc. for this thread then
R.I.P.
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I knew you'd like it! They were great weren't they - Les Inconnus?
Nice to see you too M'mzelle[:)]
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It's that time again!
Watch this - even if your French isn't too good - you'll get the gist of it! Very funny and so true!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH2GdDrJpKg
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[quote user="NormanH"]OK.
As usual I know nothing and will re-hibernate.
http://www.reponseatout.com/funerailles-nouvelles-regles-cremation-a-8928,102.html
[/quote]Oh for Gods sake!
Are you any relation of Ron of the Aveyron?
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[quote user="NormanH"][quote user="TWINKLE"]
[quote user="NormanH"]Ok.
Another good reason for me to stop posting again.
I try to give sensible and known information for people who live in France (The Forum is called 'Living France' ) and I am completely ignored by people who assume they will die in England.
Why are they posting here?
[/quote]Are we having a tantrum NormanH?
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No.cilostazol,
I think this thread is a bit of a joke, whereas I was trying to give practical ( and largely unknown apparently ) information for people seriously living in France for the rest of their lives.
Sorry to have intruded.
[/quote]Well it wasn't intended as a joke NormanH. I'm extemely hurt by that remark.
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[quote user="NormanH"][quote user="TWINKLE"]
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No.cilostazol,
[/quote]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilostazol
I'm confused [8-)]
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So Krusty you choose to be laid wherever you may roam?
Me too![:D]
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[quote user="Catalpa"][quote user="NormanH"](The Forum is called 'Living France' ) [/quote]
A 'Dead in France' forum would be a bit quiet.
[quote user="NormanH"]Why are they posting here?[/quote]
Because they can. [:P]
There are crematoriums (crematoria?) in France. I believe there's a very nice new and shiny crematorium in Caen (or there's due to be) for eg. Where's the difficulty in arranging it?
http://www.afif.asso.fr/english/cremation.htm
[/quote]Dead in France!
Love it!!!! A buisness idea for funeral parlours for ex-pats!
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[quote user="Quillan"]I don't really care. I don't believe in Heaven or Hell (although on an off day I feel I might be living the latter) nor reincarnation, this is it, as good as it gets. So seeing as I will be dead it won't worry me. The only people that it effects is those that out live you but then why panda to their wishes?[/quote]
Hello Quillan ye of the chilly office!
So is it just my French in-laws that make such a fuss of where they want to go when they pop their sabots? Personally I wouldn't want to have to make that sort of decision for anybody. It's bad enough losing a loved one without the dilema of deciding where they should be laid to rest.
Well it's important to me anyway. (Stamping my foot and puffing out my cheeks 'cos' you're not playing my game now!)
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[quote user="krusty"][quote user="TWINKLE"]
France or Britain?
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Anyway Twinks , why only two choices ?
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Just wrongly assumed most of you lot living in France are British ex-pats [:$]
Okay! France or Wherever You Hail From
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I don't have a clue where I'll die - it could be while I'm cockle picking in Blackpool on a holiday with my French husband (when I'm much older [:)])
I want to be buried in France even though I was born in Britain.
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[quote user="NormanH"]Ok.
Another good reason for me to stop posting again.
I try to give sensible and known information for people who live in France (The Forum is called 'Living France' ) and I am completely ignored by people who assume they will die in England.
Why are they posting here?
[/quote]Are we having a tantrum NormanH?
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You too Catalpa x
Well I obviously expect people to get on planes from all over the world to come and pay their respects to me [:P]
Why am I thinking about things like this? Maybe my Catholic upbringing.
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[quote user="woolybanana"]My ashes to be spread in the sea in Lyme Bay or on Ham Hill in Somerset.[/quote]
Is there enough of your lovely self to be spread on a bit of both of those places?
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[quote user="NormanH"]I am a member of the Association de Crématistes, and if you wish to be cremated as opposed to being buried I suggest you look into it, as cremation is far from either the norm (no pun) or automatic in France, a situation which comes from the importance of the Catholic church.
[/quote]I want to be buried thank you NormanH
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[quote user="LEO"]Hi Twinkle ,
I will let my survivors decide and, hope that I get another 20 years !
[/quote]Long Live Leo x
Where do you want to be laid to rest?
in The Complete France Post Bag
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You're right NormanH - I'm a lightweight on the forum. I do a lot of heavy /serious during the day so on the forum I like a bit of fluffiness.
Just had a look and a cremation costs around 2,600 euros including coffin, urn and if you don't want to be 'scattered' this also includes a columbarium. That's much cheaper than a burial isn't it? No wonder people are opting for this these days.