Cash for Ash

I'm always amused by the adverts on the PBS America channel, which we watch a lot for the excellent documentaries. Obviously, the channel is watched by the older generation, as the adverts are predominantly about funeral plans and cremation services - they've obviously dome their research.

There are two that particularly amuse us. The first is for Pure Cremations which alternates between a grandad being alive and dead. If one of us is busy in the kitchen when the ad comes on, we tell the other whether he's dead or resurrected again.

The other is for a funeral plan whereby it pays your nearest and dearest a sum that should cover your funeral costs. 

I call all these adverts Cash for Ash.

The price of funerals, like weddings, is becoming ridiculous. Hay thinks we should bagsy a plot in Old Sodbury Church ASAP, in case space runs out - she's determined to bury me, rather than cremate me. The problem is that I don't know when she's going to do it, which makes life a tad anxious.