My great grandfather was pretty amazing – if I remember rightly (I would have heard this when I was quite young, so I’m not 100% certain) he fought in, and survived, both World Wars. Stayed healthy and active right up to his last moments, then quietly pbumed away when he sat down to catch his breath after coming in from the shops (or something similar).

Has to be said, if there’s any good way to die then that’s the one. No drawn out illness or pain, just take a quick nap but don’t wake up.

I don’t really have an emotional connection to anyone who died in the wars, so Remembrance events (minute silences and the like) always feel a little awkward for me. I think it’s only respectful to be grateful for those who fought, and those who died, for our freedom… on the other hand it can be hard to decouple respect for the dead from glorifying war – there should be equal respect given to the survivors, but the focus is too often on the “heroes of war”, when war is really no place to look for glory.

... and if there’s a peen, that’d be cool too. Just saying.