Is It Okay To Run In A Cemetary? (Read 2197 times)

Trent, if you are going to pull the ancient "fixed" quote joke out, can you chop some of my verbosity? I write too much.

We use that old trick 'round these parts all the time...too much really.

That is indeed someplace funny.

I agree. This is one of my favorite hilarious moments there. A lot of folks thought this was funny, but I don't get it.

When I'm at my parents', I run around Civil War cemetaries (and also battlefields). I figure, hey, at least someone's using it. I agree with someone else, just don't disturb services or step on actual graves.

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When I'm at my parents', I run around Civil War cemetaries (and also battlefields). I figure, hey, at least someone's using it. I agree with someone else, just don't disturb services or step on actual graves.

Yeah, Trent beat me to this one, but I'll post anyway. There are organized races in cemeteries. Battlegrounds are like one giant cemetery, although people aren't necessarily interred where you are standing (just like a regular cemetery). BUT not everything is marked it is possible that someone IS underneath or died where you are. At the Chickamauga Marathon, they don't have a lot of portapotties. You think it might be disrespectful to run near the dearly departed? Well, how do you feel about peeing near the dearly departed? 'Cause I had to, and I did because there wasn't much choice, but I felt really weird about it.

And, just to chime in on the remarks about what you want when you are dead because I never get to share professional opinions in any other RA thread ... Remember, a funeral and/or celebrations after death are for the living. Consider the needs of those you leave behind. Some people need to view a body to accept the reality of a death...others would not need that. Cremation is just substitution for earth burial. So, if you think your family does not need to view you and you do not want to be viewed, you need to say "I want to be cremated with no viewing" or "I want to be cremated after viewing" or "I want to be shown in a rental casket or cremation casket and then cremated." Basically, be specific because otherwise you won't get what you want! When I die, I want to be embalmed, have funeral and celebration services with an open ceremonial (aka rental) casket, be cremated, have my ashes placed in something from my home, and then be buried in my local cemetery. The rest of the details will be decided by my family with the help of a caring undertaker who can help them decide what they need emotionally. I buried someone's cremated remains in their cowboy boot once. It was very cool. I have a friend who wants to be shot out of a snow maker machine on the ski hill (don't tell the DNR...they consider scattering of cremains to be littering). And, I have seen families put some pretty funny/cool/meaningful things in their loved one's casket, too. (Can of Old Milwaukee, playing cards, bottle of Jack, walkie talkie, cell phone...the list goes on and on!)

And, I have seen families put some pretty funny/cool/meaningful things in their loved one's casket, too. (Can of Old Milwaukee, playing cards, bottle of Jack, walkie talkie, cell phone...the list goes on and on!)

Wasn't a guy recently buried in a giant PBR can or something to that effect? I love that story!

By the way, they give you a lifetime supply of zombie repellant when you graduate from mortuary school.

You guys need to promote that feature, more. I'll bet that would be all the incentive some folks need to enter the business.