Frederick Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I now wonder where these sites will be . just how "open " they will be to the population ?...If like in Inda on a river bank perhaps ... Windsor I think would be a good place they have a big park the Thames flowes through to dispose of what does not get consumed by the fire ...Big Asian popluation close by . fits the bill perfectly .http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7021722.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I thought you enjoyed the smell of bacon cooking - humans are known as long pigs to cannibals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Wont bother me Dog ... I do know what burning bodies smell like ... Next move I expect will be from Zoroastrians for a Tower of Silence to lay their followers out on a grid for the vultures ... Shame Fred Didnah dropped so many chimneys we may have been able to accomodate them ..Perhaps somthing on the roof of a multy storey car park will do for them . . We are a bit short on vultures but buzzards kites crows and magpies may be able to help out ...wont strip a body in 2 hours like a flock of vultures though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I am sure in spirit Fred would love to light the pyre stand back and say "Didya like that?".The imprisoned naked rambler on becoming a Sadhu could come and do what some Sadhus do...Self edited for those of a weak disposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Used to be commonplace during the witchtrials..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]Used to be commonplace during the witchtrials.....[/quote]Whichtrials were they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Why post this on Living FRANCE ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 [quote user="NormanH"]Why post this on Living FRANCE ?[/quote]because it's in "Other Topics" which some folk interpret as being "Other Topics" not "Other Topics about living and working in France" (smileys still not working then)( I agree with you Norman - it should be the latter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Well, if this muppets dream comes true, I guess that this practice will increase dramatically.[:@]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Perhaps the OP should have read the article in question?"To comply with the Cremation Act 1902, the judges said that the ceremonies would merely need to take place within a building, which, to meet Hindu spiritual requirements, could be a roof supported by pillars or a walled structure with no roof.Lord Neuberger said: “Contrary to what everyone seems to have assumed . . . it seems to us that Mr Ghai’s religious and personal beliefs as to how his remains should be cremated . . . can be accommodated within current cremation legislation.”" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I knew what you meant, Norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegwini Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 [quote user="Bugbear"]Well, if this muppets dream comes true, I guess that this practice will increase dramatically.[:@][/quote]Well Bugbear- the Muppet is Muslim and they go in for burial I think. I don't mind Hindus, although I think this issue of cremation is potentially a problem if we, as usual, compromise to the demands of minorities.But, what he is saying is so scary! A grim future for any country if they increase their numbers as he hopes. A backward step for Britain to be in the control of people with that faith. I note so many people oppose what he said on this link.TegwiniTegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 [quote user="Tandem_Pilot"]Perhaps the OP should have read the article in question?"To comply with the Cremation Act 1902, the judges said that the ceremonies would merely need to take place within a building, which, to meet Hindu spiritual requirements, could be a roof supported by pillars or a walled structure with no roof. Lord Neuberger said: “Contrary to what everyone seems to have assumed . . . it seems to us that Mr Ghai’s religious and personal beliefs as to how his remains should be cremated . . . can be accommodated within current cremation legislation.”"[/quote]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/348771867_a727778903.jpg?v=0 This is a "Shamshan Ghat " The application for to build one in Northumberland was opposed as it was not in a fully enclosed building Now the appeal court has said that pillars and an open roof constitute a building for the purpose of Hindu cremations ..I imagine they want to build platforms and stairs next to a river to follow their beliefs . Newcastle Council are not happy on emission grounds ...I would expect that as the law in one EU state now permits these cremations other EU states will follow ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Health and Safety have not had their say yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 They are going to offer an open cremation for £500 instead of the £2.000 it normally costs ...all welcome regardless of faith ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I have always disliked undertakers they are expensive and insincere in my opinion.£500 is a reasonable price for a funeral - but I would offer it cheaper if you supply your own pile of pallets and half a gallon of unleaded.The major problems with Hindu au revoirs is the lack of alcohol at the wake but the food is brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I don't like the smell of crematoriums. Maybe they could fit up some kind of huge extractor fan over this one.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I have never noticed a crematorium smelling - however the stink of burning bodies is unpalatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I have attended a number of Sikh and Hindu funerals and it is customary at the end of the ceremony to stand outside the crematorium and wait until you can see smoke issueing from the chimney before you leave. Of course, I understand that this doesn't coincide with what we think happens.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Trunk Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I want to be cremated when I hand in my dinner pail, and I would much prefer to be sent up on a pile of logs than in the clinical atmosphere of municipal crematoria. Do I have to be a Hindoo, or can anyone join? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 A more altruistic, and perhaps cleaner, send-off, would be to give your body to science. Not only does it benefit others, but it is by far the cheapest option.http://www.aphp.fr/site/actualite/mag_donducorps.htmThere are lots of other sites on that topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 A friend of ours left his body to science but when the day came science didn't want his body [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Why not leave your body to somebody you really don't like, it then becomes their problem. [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I quite fancy, when my time comes, to have a Viking send off. Pushed out in a long-boat on our Plein D'eau covered in Bois de Chauffage and the Mayor firing a Flaming Arrow.[:-))][:D][:D]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 [quote user="5-element"]A more altruistic, and perhaps cleaner, send-off, would be to give your body to science. Not only does it benefit others, but it is by far the cheapest option.http://www.aphp.fr/site/actualite/mag_donducorps.htmThere are lots of other sites on that topic.[/quote]You may like to think again if you knew what happened to these bodies.My elder brother went to medical school at St. Johns Oxford, as part of the course they all had a cadaver - one bright spark cut of a certain male appendage - later he sewed it to the crutch of his trousers and paraded around Oxford on a night made merry with drink.As you would expect the Police appeared - he ripped the appendage off - threw it down and ran leaving a very puzzled copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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