Bury me with my cell phone

Great way to get rid of toxic phone batteries. Forget recycling!

funerals are for the liveing...be it the live person who is morning there death to be or the friends they leave behind. if the act of doing that provides comfort then so be it.

I don't know, it is a little strange, but I can kind of see why someone would want to still be able to feel that connection with someone who has died.  My mom died 4.5 years ago and that was before my parents had cell phones, but I really wished afterward that my mom had a phone I could have called for a while, just to hear her voice on the voicemail.  It's a personal thing that some people may get, and some don't, but in the end I don't see how it's really hurting anyone if it makes people feel better.

It is bad enough that so many people live with their cell phones stuck in their ear!  Let the dead be silent and enjoy the after life that has been promised.  I am sure it will be without cell phones!

This article really creeps me out. But then again, I'm not suprised younger generations would be so attached to their technological devices that they would find more value in having that in their grave than a keepsake or family momento. Although I have a cell phone myself and use it moderately, I find the way people use cell phones these days to be outrageous. It's as if they can't breathe without it in hand. Texting has replaced conversation and we can't seem to enjoy our lives without knowing we have that convinient device by our side. I agree entirely that the dead should be able to enjoy the silence, as if they have escaped the material-obsessed world. Why bring that with you?

No way.  For one thing, that phone will be in that cemetery for centuries after the body is dust.  For another thing, before long that phone will be dead.  If I really wanted to hear my loved one's voice, I would either plug that phone up so that it would stay charged or tape their voice off that phone.  Last I remembered, there are no cell phones in Heaven (or Hell, for that matter).

It's true that it could hurt the environment on long term, but it's true too that when we lose  beloved ones we can't thing about anything but them... Buring their cell phones is nothing than a desperate hope to reach them one more time and why not if it gives comfort feeling to anyone.

It's true that it hurts the environment on long term, but it's true too that when losing loved ones no one would think about anything but them...Buring their cell phones with them is nothing than a desperate hope to reach them one more time, so why not if this could give comfort feeling and help people to get over their saddness gradually...Bear in minds that even not all people would think of that so why worrying about environmen.

Hey: if my ppl want to keep my phone or bury it with me,it will be their decision.

I will most likely find a way to communicate w/ them when I;m gone anyway! I always said I have haunting to do when I die. Thats wat I call "life after death"

I personally cringe and hope that when someone thinks of and remembers me, technology will be the farthest thing from their mind!  BUT, if it would give one of my friends or family closure to say goodbye and leave a token (a game we played, a favorite movie, etc), I'm already dead... I would want them to be able to move on and close that chapter of life.

Yet another sign of the times... a silly fad with no lasting impact.  Cell phones have their place, but in a coffin??  Life is precious, faith in God takes guts, sticking to real and lasting values and things that matter is becoming a rarity.  Heaven and hell are the only two real options at death.  The rest is fluff, meaningless in light of eternity.

How bizarre will the next piece of electronic junk be?  And how low will be bow to such trivial temporary gadgets?  IF you want to be buried with something, then choose a sure thing.  Be buried with a heart, soul, and mind full of the love of Jesus. Merry Christmas

Well ya:watever my loved ones hav the need to do is just fine w/me.

If I hav a way to communicate with themin "life after death"Super!

I've always said I'd be haunting ppl anyway,so cool

What ever happened to the saying "Rest In Peace".

I too am a grieving mother (12 year old son - 2 years ago)and we put his ipod in his shirt pocket and his earbuds are around laying by his ears.  You people have no idea what you are saying until you have to live it.  It is about the one you love and how they lived their life and we wanted a few of the things HE loved to go with him.  Don't judge by something most here have proved they know nothing about.   Until you have walked in our shoes - think before you speak.  You might feel differently when it comes right down to it.   It is NOT ABOUT YOU it is about them.

OMG hell no! Why would I ever want my cell phone down there with me? Or to that matter any other electronic gadget? Other poeple can surely make use of it.. Recycle it, give it to some one else, even sell it and give the money to needy children! Oh, I'm sorry I forgot, some people might wanna contact the dead, just to make sure they don't feel left out and that we remember them in all special occasions :( oh no.. it slipped my mind that the phone will soon be dead and they won't get our texts and phone calls! Awh what a shame :(  

Does not seem anymore odd then burying people to start with.  Seems like cremation and not wasting space would be a better idea.

Please bury me with my wife.  She's alive though!

Why do people make it harder by not accepting the facts of life? Just another indication of the attitude of people today, not accepting the difficulties that are a part of life. If we don't accept the "facts" then our later decisions are effected and we make wrong ones. They're DEAD! How can they answer? Yes, it is sad our loved ones are gone. But we must re-learn to accept these things and not try to hang on to them. No wonder so many people are needing counseling. Teach your kids the facts of life... there WILL be disappointment, pain, injustice, unfairness and LOSS! Not accepting this early in life will make it difficult later. Just look were we are now! Time to put things back on track folks and stop living a fantasy because it will guarantee disappointment! You can't change FACTS.

What a silly idea.  Do they cremate their phones when they are cremated?

I hate cellphones and think they make for the rudest people on earth.  I will never have one.

It is funny that I just saw this article. We sent my grandmother with her cell phone at the time this aricle was being published.

It's true that it hurts the environment on long term, but it's true too that when losing loved ones no one would think about anything but them...Buring their cell phones with them is nothing than a desperate hope to reach them one more time, so why not if this could give comfort feeling and help people to get over their saddness gradually...Bear in minds that even not all people would think of that so why worrying about environmen.

Not gonna lie, that would freak me out so much. I have a huge paranoia of zombies, and people clawing their way back out of the ground after they've died to come and rip my face off and eat my brain, so to have dear old Mum and Dad buried with a cellphone would just give me the willies. I mean, honestly, think about it. After the funeral, everytime the phone ring, I can guarentee that the first thought that would pop into you're head would probably be something along the lines of "Gaaaah!" I would freak out. *shudder*

And also, could you just imagine, being in a graveyard sobbing your eyes out over a loved one's grave, total silence, then all of a sudden some dead guys cellphone rings? How irritating and disrespectful that would be.  I can understand wanting security, and comfort, but really, think about other families, and be respectful to those who don't want their mourning disturbed by hearing the polynized version of Smack That. *end of rant*

Were I to fulfill a loved one's wishes to be buried with their cell phone (not that I currently know anyone that crazy), I suppose I would have to investigate a heavy duty extension cord for the interred A/C adaptor, as well as a prepaid Eternal Minutes Plan.

As for myself, I'll just have a surviving loved one pull the phone out of my urn of ashes from time to time, dust it off, and recharge it.

Since my 'loved one' is DEAD, a cell phone is of no use.  I would be happy to bury hundreds of the obnoxious  cell phones though!!!

I did a piece on this over on my blog. This is a fluff piece of the highest order. It's cool if you want to be buried with your cell phone or any other gadgetry, but the writer is really stretching in trying to establish this as some sort of significant trend, or "zeitgeist" kind of thing.

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