Is it normal to want to be buried at sea?

I just really want to be chucked over the edge of a boat when I kick the bucket. I want my funeral to be a really cool experience; you know, "nice day out for the family" as Monica Gellar's dad says in 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S'.
I'm only 24 so it's not like I'm going to be popping my clogs any time soon...but I kind of like talking about it - for fun!

I want really awesome songs too, like some classics such as Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' (I'm English...but oh hell) and funny ones like Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass; 'Spanish Flea'.
Just a good laugh really.

And no black! I want people to come in whatever the heck they like, with poppies or sunflowers or even damn cacti for the memorial flowers.

Normal?

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Based on 50 votes (38 yes)
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  • FunkyHuskyCoolGirlYuki

    I want a Viking funeral.

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  • Nokiot9

    Being shot into space would be cool. Or maybe dropped into an active volcano

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  • GuessWho

    I don't care what happens when I die. They must just burn my body, throw the ash in the nearest trash can, and get over it.
    I don't even want a funeral, but if that's what makes them happy...
    I won't be there to see it anyway.

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  • INTENTGUY

    I want to be buried at sea after I have tried to take over the world. But in my fantasy Ill have it done secretly so no one will know, at sea in a awesome isolated jenga/chinese puzzle box tomb grave ,It will be kinda like Hitlers death, you know no one will know where the body is.

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  • Captain_Kegstand

    Heck ya! I have always wanted my funeral to include several iced kegs and a beer pong table. I want my funeral to be the kind where some kid loses his virginity and talks about it for the rest of his life, and some idiot vomits in the flowers.

    I literally want the city calling noise complaints for the huge party going on in the funeral home, and fireworks.

    Going out with a bang!

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    Normal, but like wigsplitz said, I highly doubt that they would let you throw an actual body overboard.

    But it sounds normal. I'd just like a simple cremation, throw it in the ocean. I don't want a funeral or anything dumb like that, if they want one I'd say just do it through my church. I'd rather have my life insurance money amd inheritance money (as much as possible after the cremation and fucking government taxes) go to my kids. I'd imagine it's easier to get over your Mom's death if you're driving a brand new car or watching a brand new flat screen or not having to worry about college funds for the grandkids.

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  • Avant-Garde

    It's normal and beautiful:)

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  • dappled

    As soon as I read the title I was thinking of Jack Geller and the way he imagines people saying, "Buried at sea? Hmm" and nodding.

    If space technology has moved on enough by the time I die, I'd like to be shot out into the universe in a steel box. If aliens exist and they find me, I either get a chance of a second life, or I get to be the second course in some weird alien banquet.

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  • I think everyone would be too busy to attend my funeral, but it would be nice if my ashes could be used as fertilizer for a nice maple tree or something like it.

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  • wigsplitz

    Burial at sea usually involves just casting the cremains off a boat. It's not usually 'dumping' an actual body overboard. Most places have regulations governing how and what can be 'dumped', most don't care about ashes, which is why it's the most common way of doing it. There's really, really strict laws about dumping an actual body. There's rules about the casket, weighting the body down, etc. Also, most people who want their acual body buried at sea have to have a permit, which usually requires a strong connection to the sea (such as a Naval officer, or some kind of maritime professional).

    I know about it because my grandpa was a Navy commander, and a lifelong maritime expert. He was cremated and buried at sea. I was young at the time and was confused about it, I was thinking 'wow, they just dump a body off a boat out there??' But, no, that's not how it works at all really.

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  • Failedcasanova

    Perfectly normal. You want it to be a celebration of your life rather than a mourning of your death. Whenever I contemplate death I always come to the topic of dying well. Going out with composure and decorum. On my own terms. Dying with pride I guess would be an accurate term for it.

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