Somerset amateur actor John Bliss said "I leave my skull to the Crewkerne Players, in the hope that its appearance on stage during public performances may attract more favourable criticism than I did while appearing alive."
A man from Folkestone insisted that none of his relatives should attend his funeral. Instead he left them ¯¿½500 to hold a 'month of festivity.'
Mr. B said: 'I wish no mourning to be observed and grief not to be displayed. Neither visitors nor friends are to demonstrate the natural hypocrisy by customary courtesy calls on my widow or relatives'.
Mr. F left several relatives each "one penny as that is what they are worth as members of my family"
A rail worker stated that his estate 'would have been considerably larger if it had not been for my marriage to the cleverest known legal daylight robber.'
An ex-army man from Bath left an annuity to the City's bellringers 'To toll dolefully on every anniversary of my wedding'
A Kent man said in his will 'To my first wife Sue, whom I always promised I would mention in my Will - Hello Sue!'.
A London woman requested that her hearse stop outside the local pub while her husband went in for a drink 'so that I can wait outside - as I have always waited.'
A man requested that his ashes be scattered at sea 'to link my daughter in England with my son in Australia.'
A Manchester widow added a mysterious postscript to her Will. She said 'I would like a night-gown on under my shroud before I meet my husband.'
Mr. E always joked about his wife's inability to cook a perfect soft-boiled egg. When he died in February 1997 his final wish was for his ashes to be made into a foot high egg timer. Before he died, he told his wife 'At least when you turn me over it will make you smile, rather than make you cry.'
A man from Tyne & Wear ended his will with the following statement: "I express the wish that my body should be dealt with by means of cremation and that at the cremation service the music which shall be played should be 'Always look on the bright side of life' the well known Monty Python song."
Legacies and bequests have been left to the following organisations
The Ravenswood home for Backwood Children
The Anatomical Doners Association (As in Kebab)
Dr Bananas
Dr Barbados
The National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children
The National Rust
The Plastics Society
Royal National Institute for the Death
The Co-op workers of Mother Theresa
British Legless Ex-Serviceman's Association
The International Council for the Prevention of Birds
The Royal National Lifeboard Institution
