What type of standard burial would you most prefer for yourself?
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Interment: put me under the ground:
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 30%
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Entombment: put me in a tomb, mausoleum, or pyramid:
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 7%
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Burial at sea:
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 4%
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Cremation:
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 60%
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What type of non-standard burial do you find most intriguing?
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Pressurize me into a diamond:
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37%
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Green me: no embalming/casket, leave me in the woods:
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33%
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Launch me into space:
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13%
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Freeze me:
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5%
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Stuff me and display me:
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 6%
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Bury me under my house:
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 5%
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Which of the following is your favorite City cemetery?
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Bellefontaine:
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27%
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Calvary:
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46%
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New Mt. Sinai:
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3%
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New Saint Marcus:
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2%
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New Picker:
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1%
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Old Saint Marcus:
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2%
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Saints Peter & Paul:
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 4%
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Amen-Nestawy-Nakht's burial case at the Art Museum:
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 15%
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In which of the following outfits would you most like to be buried?
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Something formal, like a tuxedo or a gown:
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9%
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Something business-like, like a suit or dress:
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24%
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Something like the business casual outfit I wear to office outings:
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4%
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Jeans:
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8%
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A uniform:
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2%
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Nude, but in a closed casket:
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3%
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I'd rather be cremated:
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50%
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Which of the following items would you most like included in your casket or cremated with you?
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A picture of my family:
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65%
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A religious artifact:
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17%
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A purse or wallet:
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2%
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A pair of shoes:
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6%
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A musical instrument:
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5%
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My ex-wife or ex-husband:
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4%
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Which of the following acts would be the most touching thing a loved one could do at your funeral?
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Cry:
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10%
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Give the eulogy:
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41%
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Buy everyone a round of drinks:
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43%
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Sing "Candle in the Wind":
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2%
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Not mention the loan I forgot to repay:
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3%
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Which of the following portrayals of a mummy was the most frightening?
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Boris Karloff in "The Mummy" (1932):
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46%
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Christopher Lee in "The Mummy" (1959):
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7%
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Fay Dunaway in "Mommie Dearest" (1981):
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36%
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Arnold Vosloo in "The Mummy" (1999):
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11%
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Next to whom would you most like to be buried?
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My partner:
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51%
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My parents:
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8%
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My children:
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8%
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My pet:
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11%
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No one:
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22%
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Do you believe that a same-sex partner should have the legal authority to make decisions about a deceased partner's burial?
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Yes, of course!:
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66%
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Yes, the partner should have a say along with other members of the family:
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28%
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No:
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5%
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Which of the following songs would best evoke the mourners' mood you'd like at your funeral?
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Bette Midler, "The Wind Beneath My Wings":
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13%
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John Cage, "Composition 4.22":
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2%
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Chopin, "Funeral March":
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7%
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Bob Marley, "Buffalo Soldier":
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6%
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Green Day, "Ha Ha You're Dead":
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4%
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2Pac, "Life Goes On":
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2%
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Louis Armstrong, "What A Wonderful World":
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47%
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Sarah McLachlan, "I Will Remember You":
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20%
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Do you plan to donate your body or some of its organs for medical research or use by others?
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Yes, I'll donate my whole body:
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22%
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Yes, I'll donate some of the usable organs:
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56%
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No:
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23%
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To which of the following are you most likely to leave your earthly possessions?
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A spouse or partner:
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53%
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My children or grandchildren:
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29%
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My parents or siblings:
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9%
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My pets:
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2%
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My alma mater:
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1%
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KDHX 88.1:
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1%
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A 26-year old former stripper and magazine model:
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4%
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Do you believe there is life after death?
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Yes, either in heaven, hell, or purgatory:
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40%
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Yes, either in heaven, hell, purgatory, or limbo:
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8%
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Yes, as part of a cosmic life force:
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21%
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Yes, as a re-incarnation:
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7%
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Yes, as a ghost or spirit:
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4%
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No, after this there is nothing, except a brief mention in the Post-Dispatch obits:
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22%
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