As per the title, Worthing crematorium has also put up this wonderful offer the same time out Southampton.

Paris, because she likes a good on-line funeral.

They will burn you a DVD while they b... nevermind.

Mine's the smoking jacket.

... and happy 1. of april

"After the death of his wife, John Childs was forced to return to Australia because of work commitments"

Wow, I wonder what his wife would have made of that. It takes the work/life overbalance to a whole new level.

£75 for an hour's access to a webcam seems a bit steep - hell, you could access some decent porn webcams and more for that price... apparently.

But putting gimmickness aside, this is actually quite a good service for the house-bound. It would be perfect for my gran if a) she had a computer and b) her mates could be convinced to die in Southampton.

Paris 'cos she has a bit of experience in £75-per-hour video... apparently.

APRIL FOOL

I hope.......;-)

"Now do I stay and pay full respects to my deceased wife, or head back to Australia for work?"

Paris, cause she knows all about pay-per-view. ;)

"After the death of his wife, John Childs was forced to return to Australia because of work commitments"

I think it's fair to say that even the most brutal employer would give you the day off to attend your wife's funeral..

"£75 for an hour's access to a webcam seems a bit steep - hell, you could access some decent porn webcams and more for that price... apparently."

Yeah, but then you'd be watching the wrong kind of stiff. Apparently.

so... pretty much "whoomph" is what you'd hear?

My first thought was the webcam inside the coffin a la the Simpsons - too much!

So by linking it to another sites april fool you either think we'll think it's real, or perhaps Mr Sherwood has been fooled himself?

Its a good idea though. Next we need live webcam & MSN messenger links to weddings "Ds ne1 he ne rsn y ts 2 shll nt b wd?......."

They need to put a camera (suitably protected, of course) in the oven so we can watch the coffin go up in flames.

No really, this is a TRUE story! This was reported on ITV Meridian only a few days ago, and published in our local newspaper. See http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/worthing-news/VOTE-Worthing-Crematorium39s-internet-funerals.3919001.jp it was published on 27th March.

Cambridge (UK) crematorium was probably the first to offer this - about a month ago. Made the local news, that's for sure (it was just one password that the organiser would give out).

"Next we need live webcam & MSN messenger links to weddings"

Already being done at many council venues, do a google search, this is what made me think that this is entirely possible. Not sure whether they are doing the funerals or not, some stories appeared on the internet yesterday about this.

OK, that's an easy one. It's either a "whoomph" follow by light sizzling if it's a AA member, of "whoomph" followed by a huge explosion if it's an alcoholic and the booze combusts. I guess rock mosic for a backing track is right out?

Mine's the one with scorch marks..

...they don't use those 'network cameras' without securing them. If watching hotel lobbies and peoples' cages-full of prairie dogs is boring you, switch over to the unintentionally-public funeral cam!

I'm in Southampton, and it was in our local rag a couple of weeks ago.

Front page news - not much of excitement happens around here apart from football hooligans smashing bottles over each other's heads. As a logical conclusion the crematorium does quite well for itself, funnily enough.

Been done...

Is it just me, or are people getting dumber and dumber? Damn, this is stupid! Webcam for a funeral? Geez!

And supposedly, by law, any employers MUST give a few days off (dunno how many) to any employee whose close relative dies. At least, here in Portugal.

I'm not catholic, or anything. don't like funerals. But damn, i respect the notion of a funeral. It's a get-together of people who will miss the deceased, and want to pay a final respect, say goodbye. This is freaking stupid.

Like was suggested above, someday, we'll have webcams to watch our beloved ones go up in flames....

... watch the funeral from his PC at work?

Time difference and all...?