Does anyone agree that funerals are a little bit more depressing than they should be? When I die I don't want people to wear black, I don't want them to sing hymns. I want people to celebrate my life. We celebrate birth and birthdays, we celebrate anniversaries why not the end of a great life.
When my uncle died my family sat in a unity club for the wake and there was no laughter there was no smiles, people were crying and looking sad and barely speaking. I'm not saying we should not cry or we shouldn't be sad but surely he wouldn't have wanted us to sit around and be miserable.
When I do go I am going to put money aside for me to have a right good send off. I want the monty python "always look on the bright side of life" playing. I am having it so no one wears black. At my wake there should be music. Happy music. There should be pictures up of me during my life happy, instead of ones people normally pick where the deceased is looking very serious. I think if people was to choose a picture of me looking serious it would be a huge miscarriage of justice. I am not serious at all I'm mad and loony and I never sit still. It wouldn't match.
Another thing I don't want people to do is spend a load of money on an urn. My uncle had a £500 one and I think that is a stupid amount of money for an urn. I know he wouldn't have wanted it. He would have wanted to be thrown over the crossing between England and Guernsey because his heart truly belonged to the sea. For me I want to be spread all across Birmingham. I want to be spread out.