Burial clothes - why so formal?

[Kirby]

One of my coworkers attended her grandfather's funeral last week and she made a comment today that he was buried in a suit; which kind of distressed her because he wasn't a suit-wearing guy.
That brought the discussion around to what clothes would you want to be buried in (assuming you will be buried)? I think that if I were to keel over right now, my wife would probably put me in a suit, just because that's what you do, but honestly I'd rather be buried in shorts and a t-shirt, or maybe my Rockies jersey. Or just for fun a Hawiian shirt. It seems like if my corpse has to be in one set of clothes until it all turns to dust, I'd rather be in something that I'd be comfortable in.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Why not go out the way you came in?

 

[Kirby]

^^ With my physique I need clothes. Even if I'm dead.

 

[Kelthaz]

I can barely stand to wear a suit for a single evening, let alone all of eternity. I'd like to be buried in something comfortable -- jeans and my favourite geeky t-shirt.

 

[iguana_tonante]

When I'm going into the great fire, I will be wearing one mean motherfucking three-piece suit.

And a flashy tie.

 

[Awesome Possum]

My clothes will probably fly off when I'm shot out a cannon into the sun, so I'm sticking with nudity for safety purposes.

I don't know why everyone else wants to go into the ground, I'm would rather go out in style.

 

[Trekker4747]

If I'm going to spend eternity in them I might as well be comfortable, so some pajama pants and an undershirt.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Well, if I'm buried instead of cremated, I want to be buried wearing leopard print underwear!

 

[Darth Duck]

When I'm going into the great fire, I will be wearing one mean motherfucking three-piece suit.

And a flashy tie.

I'm trying to decide between the Spider-Man tie or the Snoopy tie.

 

[Amaris]

When I am cremated (or ascend to a higher plane due to my ever-evolving intelligence), I want to do so wearing a tiara.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

I always wanted to be vacuum sealed into a titanium coffin and launched into space. I want to not be embalmed and put into a light cotton jump suit. I always figured that maybe an advance alien race could find me, maybe reverse what caused my death. I could as easy plunge into a sun or gas giant planet or maybe drift amongs the stars for eternity.

 

[Tosk]

I'd rather be cremated, but if I was to be buried, I'd wanna go onto the ground in a full vampire costume. Y'know, just in case someone digs me up someday.

 

[Sector 7]

Whilst I cannot speak for other cultures, the American custom of wearing a suit is something I learned from a funeral director friend. Jews and Christians believe we are going to meet God when we die. It has always been customary to dress our best when we do so. I understand that Muslims also practice this.

Personally, I plan to be cremated or fed to wild animals. Therefore, it does not matter what I am wearing.

 

[Trekker4747]

Whilst I cannot speak for other cultures, the American custom of wearing a suit is something I learned from a funeral director friend. Jews and Christians believe we are going to meet God when we die. It has always been customary to dress our best when we do so. I understand that Muslims also practice this.

Because obviously the clothes we're buried in "die" too and go on to Heaven with us. Wouldn't it make more sense that the clothes you're wearing when you die are the ones you wear into the afterlife? At the very least this is how it's portrayed in movies and TV.

 

[Sector 7]

Whilst I cannot speak for other cultures, the American custom of wearing a suit is something I learned from a funeral director friend. Jews and Christians believe we are going to meet God when we die. It has always been customary to dress our best when we do so. I understand that Muslims also practice this.

Because obviously the clothes we're buried in "die" too and go on to Heaven with us. Wouldn't it make more sense that the clothes you're wearing when you die are the ones you wear into the afterlife? At the very least this is how it's portrayed in movies and TV.

I shall ask for a "gimme" on my writing. Can I blame it on sleep deprivation?

 

[Pondwater]

I'd like to be put into the pyre in a navy colored dress and illegally scattered across the Long Island Sound and down the East River.

 

[Gov Kodos]

When I am cremated (or ascend to a higher plane due to my ever-evolving intelligence), I want to do so wearing a tiara.

I'm thinking something like Auntie Mame for myself.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

Why not go out like this guy?
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[Amaris]

When I am cremated (or ascend to a higher plane due to my ever-evolving intelligence), I want to do so wearing a tiara.

I'm thinking something like Auntie Mame for myself.

Oh, not bad!

 

[auntiehill]

Meh. Keep the casket closed, for God's sake. If I was unattractive when I was alive, why would anyone want to see me dead? That way, it won't matter what I'm wearing.

But...if you're going to dress up my corpse, dress me like Violet Crawley on Downton Abbey. That'd be freaking hilarious! I want feathers and rhinestones to be sticking out when they slam the coffin lid down.