Results: What do you want on your Tombstone(Pizza)
Published on 02/22/2024
I remember a commercial from the 90's for frozen pizza. The one i found is set in old west times and someone is about to be hung from a tree. The executioner says "What do you want on your Tombstone?" The criminal says "Pepperoni and Cheese" Dumb premise but memorable. How do you want to be remembered when you pass on? Message on a Tombstone? Cremated in an urn?
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Do you remember this commercial or series of commercials?
Yes
26%
574 votes
No
74%
1626 votes
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I think i would prefer to be cremated. But in the end, i won't know either way what happens so if my family decides they want a service, a casket, maybe a wake, that is up to them and how they want to grieve. What do you want? Casket burial? Cremation? I want to be buried in a casket
24%
523 votes
I want to be cremated.
66%
1444 votes
Other (please specify)
11%
233 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 3.59% | 79 | |
| Undecided | 0.41% | 9 |
| Not sure | 0.36% | 8 |
| NA | 0.32% | 7 |
| n/a | 0.32% | 7 |
| unsure | 0.27% | 6 |
| Don't know | 0.14% | 3 |
| Whatever | 0.09% | 2 |
| don't care | 0.09% | 2 |
| donated to science | 0.09% | 2 |
| Frozen | 0.09% | 2 |
| Giving whole body to science | 0.09% | 2 |
| Aquamation | 0.09% | 2 |
| I don't know | 0.09% | 2 |
| Je ne sais pas | 0.09% | 2 |
| no idea | 0.05% | 1 |
| donate me, let med schools use me | 0.05% | 1 |
| IN THE ROOTS OF A TREE | 0.05% | 1 |
| Traditional Viking funeral | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wow | 0.05% | 1 |
| Above Ground | 0.05% | 1 |
| Yuck | 0.05% | 1 |
| Composted | 0.05% | 1 |
| I WILL BE IN A CASKET THAT WILL BE PUT INTO A DRAWER NEXT TO MY PARENTS | 0.05% | 1 |
| Throw my body out of a plane with a superman costume on | 0.05% | 1 |
| I am undecided...should really make up my mind. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just burreied | 0.05% | 1 |
| I am donating my body to science | 0.05% | 1 |
| Decomposed alternative as a fertilizer is less expensive and the funds can go to Christian missions | 0.05% | 1 |
| A Tomb | 0.05% | 1 |
| aquamated | 0.05% | 1 |
| ? | 0.05% | 1 |
| not usre | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want to be turned into a pizza. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I won't care. No family to speak of. | 0.05% | 1 |
| The Body Farm or leave me elsewhere to be food for animals and birds. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cremated. Nothing else. | 0.05% | 1 |
| A green burial | 0.05% | 1 |
| no | 0.05% | 1 |
| Tree | 0.05% | 1 |
| Natural burial in a nature preserve | 0.05% | 1 |
| Idk | 0.05% | 1 |
| body, organs donated | 0.05% | 1 |
| I am not going to bury myself so I ess it is up to the person who has the last say over me. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I WANT TO FEED THE BIRDS | 0.05% | 1 |
| pod | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm with you and I leave that up to my family. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't think anybody cares one way or the other. | 0.05% | 1 |
| you know it doesnt matter i wont know either my brother has turned his back on me he doesnt care at all niether does my only living aunt thats sad when nobody cares about you | 0.05% | 1 |
| Xxx | 0.05% | 1 |
| STUFFED | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't intend to die | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm donating my body to science then I want to be thrown in the woods and left to go back to nature as we are supposed to | 0.05% | 1 |
| Uncertain - I wish I could be immortal. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I told my family I will be dead so I don't care. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Donate Body for MD students to study on. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Offered to Wildlife | 0.05% | 1 |
| Shot into space | 0.05% | 1 |
| I find our burial customs to be rather morbid & a waste of land...toss me into the ocean | 0.05% | 1 |
| They can figure it out | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cremated and then scattered with my husband's ashes | 0.05% | 1 |
| I kind of want to be composted so that I can help put nutrients into the soil. It is legal in NY. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't have a preference, so go for the cheapest | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't care | 0.05% | 1 |
| donate | 0.05% | 1 |
| NOT SURE AT PRESENT | 0.05% | 1 |
| i dont eat that | 0.05% | 1 |
| Left in a ditch anywhere | 0.05% | 1 |
| what ever my family wants to do because i will be dead | 0.05% | 1 |
| I REALLY DON'T KNOW | 0.05% | 1 |
| Body viewed, then composted or cremated | 0.05% | 1 |
| Still not sure yet. | 0.05% | 1 |
| First my any organs are donated, then my body is donated to the local medical college, then I will be cremated. | 0.05% | 1 |
| cremated and spread out in telocal river. everyone that matters knows it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| green burial - you can be wrapped up in a shroud made of mushroom fiber and then buried in the ground. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don’t really care but cremation maybe | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want what is affordable | 0.05% | 1 |
| HUH? | 0.05% | 1 |
| donated to science | 0.05% | 1 |
| tmi | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't care. It's just an earthy shell. I will be elsewhere. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Whatever is cheapest | 0.05% | 1 |
| Possibly nature burial where they put you directly in the ground and your decaying flesh fertilizes the plants and enriches the soil. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Doesn't matter to me | 0.05% | 1 |
| cremation and nothing else | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fly away | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'd opt for the most ecological option and be buried under a tree seed | 0.05% | 1 |
| cryonic preservation.....alcore inc arizona | 0.05% | 1 |
| do not care what ever is cheapest | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just keep me in the basement. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want to be forgotten | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont know | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want the HOPE of Christ's return for His Body so that I won't be part of these two morbid practices! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Planted in a tree pod | 0.05% | 1 |
| To have my ashes spread in the ocean/lake/river. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fed to polar bears. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I like it at this side of the Grass. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want to be recycled, I'm a mixed bag of reusable parts. | 0.05% | 1 |
| No choice unless I get rich. Poverty level and Medicaid so they cremate then Government mass grave free burial. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Alkoline hydrolysis (water cremation) | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cremated and ashes out to sea. | 0.05% | 1 |
| None | 0.05% | 1 |
| natural burial | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want to be buried with no casket. Just my body in the dirt. Let the earth and the bugs reclaim me | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want to live forever!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Donate my organs and body to science | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not decided | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm really not sure yet, still deciding. I might lean more towards casket. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not sure of what to answer sorry | 0.05% | 1 |
| Whatever my family wants | 0.05% | 1 |
| Body parts donated to science, nothing left to bury or cremate | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want my family to do what seems best to them. | 0.05% | 1 |
| exploded | 0.05% | 1 |
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Do you think as I do that ultimately you have no control of what happens anyway and are fine with however your family needs to grieve? Yes
57%
1245 votes
No
26%
574 votes
Not Applicable
17%
381 votes
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I don't really like the idea of cemeteries. I mean you put your loved one in the ground with a tombstone that you may or may not come back and place flowers on or visit, maybe you talk and hope that your loved one hears you in heaven or maybe their ghost is hanging around the cemetery. I would rather believe that if their is an afterlife or heaven that their spirit has left their body and moved on and if they can watch over us or hear us that can be done from anywhere. I don't want to believe they are just hanging around the cemetery waiting for me to visit on occasion. What do you think? Cemeteries good and much needed for grieving? Or do you think cremation is the way to go, because you can keep your loved ones ashes with you and you can really talk to them from anywhere? I need a cemetery and a tombstone for my grieving process.
26%
575 votes
cremation would be my choice.
65%
1426 votes
Other (please specify)
9%
199 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 3.45% | 76 | |
| NA | 0.36% | 8 |
| Undecided | 0.36% | 8 |
| n/a | 0.32% | 7 |
| unsure | 0.27% | 6 |
| don't care | 0.14% | 3 |
| no preference | 0.09% | 2 |
| Je ne sais pas | 0.09% | 2 |
| not sure | 0.09% | 2 |
| Plant a tree or have a memorial bench | 0.09% | 2 |
| feed me to the fishes | 0.05% | 1 |
| not here anymore... | 0.05% | 1 |
| alcore human preserve sciences. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends for everyone | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want to have my ashes turned into cremation stones that can be given to family members or placed outside wherever I want | 0.05% | 1 |
| I do not want cremation ashes as an ornament in my house. They belong in a nice vault in the cemetery. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I already paid for my cremation so it's a done deal. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Already have my name on my husband tombstone. Just need my date of death added. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't like either option | 0.05% | 1 |
| I would bury my loved one, but I don't visit the cemetery later. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just keep it cheap so I can leave more behind | 0.05% | 1 |
| cremation and buried with a tombstone | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cemeteries are useful for researching family history. I'd like my cremated remains to be buried in my family plot with a tombstone. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't care. Whatever my family feels like doing. It's just an earthy shell. I will be elsewhere. | 0.05% | 1 |
| tmi | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't know yet. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I've a prepaid plot | 0.05% | 1 |
| C'mon | 0.05% | 1 |
| When you die, nothing hangs around. Get cremated & ashes half dumped in the ocean & the other half on pikes peak. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends on the individual. | 0.05% | 1 |
| My family would probably choose cremation and that would be fine with me. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Again, donate body to science with no burial or cremation | 0.05% | 1 |
| Does not matter | 0.05% | 1 |
| Family broke ties, alone don’t know how to answer these questions | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cremation and a masoleum place I believe is an area for your loved one who lived life being a human being. Being buried in he burial plot is just like a scared place for your loved family member. | 0.05% | 1 |
| It depends really. | 0.05% | 1 |
| donate me to science, cemeteries are getting to crowded and they are running out of places to put people. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Private | 0.05% | 1 |
| green burial | 0.05% | 1 |
| Kept in the basement. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Won't matter | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| Aquamation | 0.05% | 1 |
| none | 0.05% | 1 |
| You can be cremated and still be interred in a cemetary plot. You can even share a plot with someone (usually family) that has already been buried. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Neither | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not storing my body or ashes anywhere. They can just grieve by looking at my photos. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Really don't even care because I will be dead and gone | 0.05% | 1 |
| The Rapture is my 0nly first choice ! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not sure yet? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Still undecided. I do have a plot but just the plot. It is with my parents and we seldom make it over to that state to visit their graves. I am with you that you can visit with your loved ones where every you are. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I will not b burying myself it is up to the person I trust to the end of my life. | 0.05% | 1 |
| After death, I know longer need my body, so maybe someone else can use parts of me that are just going to go to waste, otherwise. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Idk | 0.05% | 1 |
| Paths for walking, natural stone markers, and a nature center are a part of the nature preserve. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Tree | 0.05% | 1 |
| A green burial with a flat plaque. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spirits are not limited to one place | 0.05% | 1 |
| Who cares? | 0.05% | 1 |
| ? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Still looking for other options- having the ashes lingering around. I'm afraid I'll end up on a vacuum like in the movie. | 0.05% | 1 |
| no comment | 0.05% | 1 |
| Prefer a green (compost/orchard) burial. | 0.05% | 1 |
| MY PLACE TO REST IN PEACE WILL BE AT THE FUNERAL HOME DRAWER | 0.05% | 1 |
| either is fine, personal choice | 0.05% | 1 |
| I have friends, parents, pets, some were buried, some cremated. I talk to them all, the buried ones spirits are here with me always, same with cremated ones. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Composting | 0.05% | 1 |
| Yucky | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wow | 0.05% | 1 |
| either works | 0.05% | 1 |
| still don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| I noce wanted mty corpse laminated and placed in a hollow tree. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Undecided - too morbid to even think about. Death frightens me. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Combo you can bury some ashes and scatter some or put me in a garden | 0.05% | 1 |
| I REALLY DON'T KNOW | 0.05% | 1 |
| what ever my family choose | 0.05% | 1 |
| na is this pizza or dying | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't have anyone to grieve | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends what you prefer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Once cremated a diamond can be created with the ashes. I think that would be nice also. | 0.05% | 1 |
| whatever my kids want | 0.05% | 1 |
| Offered to Wildlife on land or at sea. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Body to science. | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a - haven't decided yet | 0.05% | 1 |
| None of this nonsense. Throw me in the woods and visit the trees and flowers my body becomes when I am one with nature | 0.05% | 1 |
| I choose cemation but I want the ashes buried in a cemetery. Keeping them on the mantle is creepy. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I see dead people...lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don’t care | 0.05% | 1 |
| Either | 0.05% | 1 |
| Xxx | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't kn ow | 0.05% | 1 |
| I am still with you. | 0.05% | 1 |
| TOO BUSY ENJOYINT THE NEXT LIFE TO CARE | 0.05% | 1 |
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5.
Another thing about cemeteries for me is they take up a lot of space. Something that we have in abundance in the U.S.A and Canada. But other countries don't have that kind of space and that might be a factor in how they grieve their loved ones. Did you know about any of these practices in other countries? Sky Burial - In Tibet in most forms of Buddhism, bodies are cremated or given over to animals as an act of charity. Since their is little wood for burning, some allow vultures to pick the bodies clean, then the bones are ground up and fed to crows.
20%
449 votes
Burial Beads South Korea. Since there is such limited space for burial, they cremate and have the ashes pressed into jewelry like colorful beads that are kept in an urn or bottle.
18%
402 votes
Funeral Strippers in China/Taiwan. Out of concern for wanting a well attended funeral, some families will hire strippers, have dances and put out huge feasts to attract people to attend.
9%
190 votes
Hanging coffins China and The Phillipines. They believe the closer the coffin is to the sky the closer they are to heaven. So they hang them on mountain sides.
10%
211 votes
Jazz Funerals New Orleans. A Jazz procession leads the deceased from the funeral home or church to the grave playing music all the way.
52%
1137 votes
Kiribati Skull Burial The Replubic of Kiribati in the central pacific. A few months after burial the body is exhumed and the skull is taken. The family will polish, oil, preserve and display the skull in their homes.
12%
266 votes
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