Death. The final frontier. Now I hear a new UK magazine plans to boldly go into this uncharted territory. It's called
Eulogy and is due for launch sometime this year. I like the title. It sounds better than fucking Dignitas. Its target readership will include those facing the loss of a loved one, the already bereaved and the seriously or terminally ill. I understand it will focus both on the commerce of death - such as inheritance tax and funeral options - and on philosophical or religious perspectives, with an emphasis on celebration of life and death. I once wrote a piece on the Macchiavellian power of the last will and testament. Readers went wild with recognition. Can't see how
Eulogy can fail.
There is competition with "Seppuku Weekly" from Japan running a very good "Hara Kiri, which Samurai sword should I redeem my honour with?"
ReplyDeleteI suppose Eulogy in time will be doing an assisted suicide special - a sort of Lonely Planet-like guide to the most comfortable self-immolation.
ReplyDeleteMadame must try to stop making things up. I know a good therapist.
ReplyDeleteHow clever. I can see the advertisers lining up incuding..Dignitas !
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they just call it 'Fucked' - or would they not attract many advertisers that way?
ReplyDeleteSeeing as some people don't know how to pronounce 'Grazia' magazine properly - including that daft woman who advertises it on the telly - the mind boggles as to how 'Eulogy' will be pronounced. It will probably attract lumberjacks and doctors seeking stool samples.
ReplyDeleteThis has, of course, been tried before: 'Peter Purves' "Mad About Dogs"'. People who read it down my way were swinging from the light fixtures within minutes of reading it (some of them still clutching that month's free gift of a Vinyl Puppy Bone Squeaky Toy). Forget Liddle or Moore for the Indy - get Purves for Eulogy now!
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ReplyDeleteHow death is treated in atheistic fiction could be an interesting feature.
ReplyDeleteJust read in my local paper that crematoria have to be enlarged because there are so many fatties these days. How to slim for a cheaper funeral, there's a free idea for Eulogy.
ReplyDeleteFor once, I hope this has nothing to do with Kevin Spacey.
ReplyDelete"How to slim for a cheaper funeral" - you just wait a bit, don't you?
ReplyDeleteYou've just given me an idea. A feature on what people will say about Spacey when he dies and 10 strategies to ensure an upbeat and positive obit. Blimey, and to think I vowed never to be a features ed again. x
ReplyDeleteWhat worries me is what happens to your fake hips when you get cremated ..... do the crematorium chuck it up in the air like the ape scene from 2001?
ReplyDeleteYou silly billy Bionic Neurotic. Still, I wonder if all that botox in Jordan's face might ignite some sort of big bang that has so far eluded the Large Hadron Colider. Someone has to ask these questions.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Prunella, who speaks perfect sense. 2001 has been and gone. IT HAS! But I want to know more about Kevin Spacey.
ReplyDeleteThen you must read Robin Tamblyn's biography of the great man.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know more about this man Peter Purves. I love dogs. I love taking dogs for walks.
ReplyDeleteRegarding fake hips-I did ask my doctor about my knee replacements and if they would be serviceable and could I donate them after I enter the ether and he assured me I could.
ReplyDeleteIt also puts me off topping myself. How could I die with the guilt of all that NH work done on me for free ?. The terrible guilt.Perhaps Eulopgy will have an agony aunt for such topics.
They could call in "Goodbye!" or "KO'D!"
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