[djmips]

I don't think enough people realize the 'grind up your skeleton and re-name it "ashes"' part of cremation.

skeleton powder is more apt. Enough of the euphemism!

[47282847]

After a charcoal barbecue, don’t you consider the remains to be “ashes” even if there are some larger pieces of coal left in there?

[GJim]

Eh?

Common knowledge in Blighty where the majority of funerals are cremations.

I'm puzzled why you appear to have a problem with this process?

[djmips]

I don't have a problem with the process. Is it common knowledge there? Maybe try aksing people what ashes are. I know it can be a touchy subject but I was pretty old when I found out in America.

[GJim]

This is Britain!

Most town museums of any size will have an Iron Age cremation urn full of burnt bone fragments on display. The ashes weren't exactly ground up back then.

https://learn.folkestonemuseum.co.uk/objects/iron-age-cremat...