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jonlumb
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Zippy
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I don't see any problem with that, people choose to remember the dead in their own way. It'll be a permanent way of being close to their son, it's nice to see parents caring that much about a child tbh!!
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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okenobi
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I'm gonna quote the father What's your take, Jon?
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F_A_F
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It's a bit random, but I guess as long as the son didn't mind. I've always fancied having my useful bits removed as a donor, and the rest of me chopped up for shark bait. I like the idea of swimming the ocean being slowly digested by a great white shark 
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adidan
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Why not?
Well, actually, to be honest they're probably not his son's ashes, who knows what's actually returned.
Mind you it's the symbolic gesture that's the point, a point which he obviously finds comforting.
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jonlumb
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It's one of those things that I tend to react to in multiple ways. There's a rather conservative part of me that thinks "how stupid, weird" etc. Then the rational part of me comes along to give the conservative part a damn good kicking for being so stupidly narrow minded. It's fair to say my heads a bit of a screwy place at times
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finlay666
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It was what I thought, but it's a similar idea to the ashes being used in paintings or to make diamonds. I think it's a nice gesture As I was told by a close friend, grieve in a way that makes you happy. Sounds stupid but it works _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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adidan
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Aye, that was the approach I took a few weeks ago. Grief is personal, there is never any 'wrong' way to grieve.
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Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much.
jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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okenobi
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I hear that. You're not the only one dude!
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