Sorry, but I just found this terribly funny: I got an advertisement in the mail today, asking me to fill in a form and send it in to register for a contest to win a free cremation. Questions I have, but will not bother to ask them: If I win, do I have to collect my prize right away, or can I wait until I'm dead? If I win, is the cremation only valid for me, or can I have someone else cremated? If it's valid for someone else, must they be dead, or can I bring in someone I don't like to have them cremated right away? Can I merely designate someone and have you pick them up and cremate them?
ROTFLMA!! Very valid questions. This really strikes me as an example of an overworked marketing department.
Daniel, I think you missed on one key question. Once you're dead how will you know whether or not you actually collect on the prize? Poignant question #2: Once you are dead will you care?
Of course, after I'm dead I would have no way of knowing, but of course (again) I would not care. But the more important question is Can I have them pick up someone I don't like and cremate them? After I'm dead they can dump me in a ditch or send me to Oscar Meyer to be made into hot dogs for all I care. I don't have any personal enemies. Even here on PC there's nobody I hate (though a few folks exasperate me from time to time). But imagine being able to pick a member of congress or an elected government official...
A little explanation about Colma... The population is about 1100 alive, and 2 million dead. It's where the dead of San Francisco are buried. 18 cemeteries, no schools, no library.
