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Ahoy and avast me compeers. First post... We lost a brother last week and I've been asked to officiate as the family clergy. Never done it before, but I'm looking for a few words to say to wish our bro well on his next journey. It's not a somber event, it's a celebration! And if he'd known, he would have qualified as a bonafide Dude follower.

Any thoughts you have, send 'em along...
Thanks, and fair winds
Dave

Whaow....I have nothing dude...absolutely nothing...condolences for sure...

I understand your celebration technique and that is what I would like when it's my time.... but I can't think of anything I would like to add to lighten up proceedings....

I'm sure there are more qualified dudes around here that can help you..

Peace man and RIP to your friend.

Thanks Caesar Dude. Yer thoughts are appreciated. I'm actually drinking a few oat sodas, and my synapses are firing. Funny how that works.

Once I get it hammered out, I'll post it for any others to use or build on, if they find thereselves in a 'similar situation...
Abiding...

A copy and paste from: http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/biglebowski.txt

Donny was a good bowler, and a good
            man.  He was. . . He was one of us. 
            He was a man who loved the outdoors,
            and bowling, and as a surfer explored
            the beaches of southern California
            from Redondo to Calabassos.  And he
            was an avid bowler.  And a good
            friend.  He died--he died as so many
            of his generation, before his time. 
            In your wisdom you took him, Lord. 
            As you took so many bright flowering
            young men, at Khe San and Lan Doc
            and Hill 364.  These young men gave
            their lives.  And Donny too.  Donny
            who. . . who loved bowling.

                  And so, Theodore--Donald--Karabotsos,
            in accordance with what we think   
            your dying wishes might well have
            been, we commit your mortal remains
            to the bosom of.

                  the Pacific Ocean, which you loved
            so well.

Quote from: sailboatslave on March 16, 2012, 08:55:17 PM
Ahoy and avast me compeers. First post... We lost a brother last week and I've been asked to officiate as the family clergy. Never done it before, but I'm looking for a few words to say to wish our bro well on his next journey. It's not a somber event, it's a celebration! And if he'd known, he would have qualified as a bonafide Dude follower.

Any thoughts you have, send 'em along...
Thanks, and fair winds
Dave

sailboatslave dude, welcome to our beach community. Sorry to hear of your loss, I hope the services are as dude-like as possible. Maybe you could add a word or two about the brother who passed away in the section called "The Holy Memorial for the Dearly Dudeparted."

......in the mean time; a few burgers, a few beers, your troubles are over, dude. Good to have you here, mang.

Aaargh, Mates...

Thanks Dig Dude and y'all for your input. Here's what I came up with. Borrowed freely from some inspiring posts here. Feel free to edit, use, borrow, or expand on this stuff to make it better to suit yer situations. Me thinks it'll work fer me fer now...This is what I'll convey to the gathered brethren.

"The big picture. I?m outta my league here man. But, what the fuck, y?know? It?s hard to see the big picture. Whether we?re looking at it from an apt. in west Olympia or the deck of a boat we wonder what it?s all about. Is there a big picture, or is it just random? I fer one sure don?t know.

I be an ordained minister in the Church of Latter Day Dudes. As a Dudeist we believe in taking it easy, not breaking a sweat, not gettin? too upset over small shit. In a word, abiding.
A Dudeist (unlike a lot of the world) has an innate sense of what?s right and wrong, what?s worth getting upset over and what?s not.

In my humble opinion Johnny was a Dudeist in the purest sense. He knew inherently what was good or bad and lived his life accordingly.

Why are we here on this blue orb in space? I think we?re here for the life, the fun, & the people we love.

We?re all made up of stardust. Stardust from exploding stars of the distant past. Every atom in our bodies came from somewhere else. Originally our parents gathered them together and made us. We consumed other atoms and became what we are today, and eventually we?ll recycle back to that stardust.

But our spirit, our consciousness is something that I also think was created out of the cosmos, and returns to the cosmos when we?re done with our physical beings.

So you see I think Johnny?s not gone. He?s just changed forms. As the quintessential game master he?s shape-shifted on us, laughing as always, waiting for us to figure it out. But he?s always close about?"


So, once again mates,
...fair winds...

That is a beautiful memorial you wrote there, sailboatslave.  I'm sure he'd be pleased.

Quote from: Brother Joe on March 18, 2012, 06:03:55 PM
That is a beautiful memorial you wrote there, sailboatslave.  I'm sure he'd be pleased.

Welcome to dudeism's temple of enlightenment, Brother Joe...in other words, welcome to our beach community and party! Good to have you here, grab a rug, an oat soda and abide!