Oh good, I'm not the only one who has specifically requested that my family and/or my Other Half contacts Mudcat if anything terrible should happen. Me and the Other Half were talking about this last month - an old boyfriend of mine was rushed to hospital seriously ill and it'll be a long recovery, though he's out of danger now. This lead us into a conversation about "what we'll do if...", and after me telling him that The Parting Glass and Ae Fond Kiss would be nice at my funeral, and that he should contact Mudcat for me, these threads have appeared!
It wouldn't just be obligation to tell the Mudcatters what's happened, it's a sneaky way of hooking the Other Half and family members who don't know much about Mudcat. That way I'll feel like some part of me is still hanging round the forum, spending half their day happily replying to the BS threads.