It could simply be a case of oldest boy being off on an open-ended journey to darkest Antarctica, or something, and "Of course I'll take care of that for him till he gets back, I'll make sure it has the best of treatment--until, you know, he gets back."
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2006 2:48:00 pm PDT #3048 of 10001
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sarameg - Aug 16, 2006 2:53:19 pm PDT #3049 of 10001
Erin, suggest the body farm! (that forensics place they use to study decomp.) He might even get to be put in a tree! (Actually, I vaguely recall hearing something about them having more bodies than they needed.)
Maternal grandparents were both boxed and plotted. Paternals went to science, I think. I know for sure grandpa did and we didn't do any burial or ashes for grandma. My parents and I will probably do the same. Somewhere in my piles of stuff, I have my parents when-we-die docs -from when I had PoA when they went to Peru. Dunno about brother, but given his field, I'd say he'd likely do the same. Oooh, something to ask next time we talk!
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 2:55:00 pm PDT #3050 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Plastination!
Strix - Aug 16, 2006 2:55:44 pm PDT #3051 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
If he converts to Judaism at the last minute he could get out of being enbalmed (I think).
Hmm. He's pretty pissed at God. But I don't think you have to actually LIKE God to be Jewish. He might balk at the circumsicion though.
Although he was born in 1940, so I suppose -- ACK! JUST REALIZED THINKING ABOUT FATHER'S PENIS' STATE OF BEING.
Must. Bleach. Brain.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 2:56:00 pm PDT #3052 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Damn, dudes, they are plotting our bodies!
Strix - Aug 16, 2006 2:57:19 pm PDT #3053 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Erin, suggest the body farm! (that forensics place they use to study decomp.) He might even get to be put in a tree! (Actually, I vaguely recall hearing something about them having more bodies than they needed.)
Hey, not a bad idea...We'd still have to pony up for a headstone, but he might dig that idea.
I think Mom might put her foot down, though. Assuming she outlives him.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 3:00:05 pm PDT #3054 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
We dudes are all doomed.
Strix - Aug 16, 2006 3:04:43 pm PDT #3055 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey, don't yell at me, Gus. I'm just honoring my father's twisted, penny-pinching mistheopic wishes.
sarameg - Aug 16, 2006 3:08:16 pm PDT #3056 of 10001
I just had the most awful thought: what my dad would totally totally love is if, after donating his corpse to science, we showed ourselves to truly be his children and watch whatever it is they do. Noooooooo!
He is so totally and completely fascinated by that stuff. This is man who asks to have procedures done while he's awake so he can watch (hand rebroken and pinned, knees roto-rootered, reconstructive surgery on his FACE, um, other stuff .) He doesn't watch surgeries on tv or anything, no, what fascinates him is seeing how he works. Luckily, all his surgeons have found this fun and give him extra commentary.
Yeah, he's weird. OTOH, mom tells me he is incredibly bawdy going in and out of anesthesia so maybe having him awake is best.
Strix - Aug 16, 2006 3:11:13 pm PDT #3057 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Heh. Probably best, yeah. I saw a flash of my dad's testicles when he was getting out of bed after his triple bypass, and my God, I think my eyes actually spun around 8 times in .0001 seconds trying to look away.