A new way for the deceased to be buried on the horizon?

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Feb 9, 2010 10:42 PM
http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2010/02/09/screw-coffin/

Pretty clever idea, actually.

Getting buried vertically will save a buttload of space in cemeteries. They're eventually going to run out of space to bury people so this would help delay that.





Feb 9, 2010 10:42pm
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gerb131

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Feb 9, 2010 10:43 PM
Ashes and no dirt for me.
That way looks like Sarcophagus' (sp)
Feb 9, 2010 10:43pm
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Feb 9, 2010 10:45 PM
Ashes here too!

How funny though in that illustration they have a fish and duck for tombstones, LOL!!

Edit I see its actually in the water!
Feb 9, 2010 10:45pm
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Feb 9, 2010 10:47 PM
gerb131 wrote: Ashes and no dirt for me.
That way looks like Sarcophagus' (sp)
Don't let someone like Walter in your avatar scatter your ashes for you gerb131, LOL.
Feb 9, 2010 10:47pm
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Feb 9, 2010 10:49 PM
I'm going to have them make burgers out of me and feed me to cows. Poetic justice for them, plus it takes up no space, except for when they shit me out.

I guess then people would be justified when they call me a "piece of shit".
Feb 9, 2010 10:49pm
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Feb 9, 2010 10:49 PM
In the water, wtf lol
Feb 9, 2010 10:49pm
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Feb 9, 2010 10:51 PM
hmm makes sense
Feb 9, 2010 10:51pm
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Feb 9, 2010 10:51 PM
ashes here as well.
Feb 9, 2010 10:51pm
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Feb 9, 2010 11:39 PM
If people would just get rid of the whole casket and embalming thing, we wouldn't have this problem.
Feb 9, 2010 11:39pm
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Feb 9, 2010 11:46 PM
tk421 wrote: If people would just get rid of the whole casket and embalming thing, we wouldn't have this problem.
I think, but I am not sure, that a saket and vault are neccessary because the soil is so soft in the US that bodies would wash up in a heavy rain. Not sure how accurate that is, but it was explained to me that way awhile ago.
Feb 9, 2010 11:46pm
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Feb 9, 2010 11:48 PM
dwccrew wrote:
tk421 wrote: If people would just get rid of the whole casket and embalming thing, we wouldn't have this problem.
I think, but I am not sure, that a saket and vault are neccessary because the soil is so soft in the US that bodies would wash up in a heavy rain. Not sure how accurate that is, but it was explained to me that way awhile ago.
In certain places maybe, but I doubt it's like that everywhere. I know funerals are supposed to be about the living remembering the dead, but it's just another huge money maker for the business that they get out of people even in death.
Feb 9, 2010 11:48pm
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Feb 9, 2010 11:50 PM
You can't bury me in water, I'm afraid I'll drown !!!
Feb 9, 2010 11:50pm
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Feb 9, 2010 11:54 PM
Wooden casket for me. Bury me in the woods somewhere. Maybe a kid will dig up my bones in 50 years and be all "holy shit, a dead guy".
Feb 9, 2010 11:54pm
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Feb 9, 2010 11:58 PM
tk421 wrote:
dwccrew wrote:
tk421 wrote: If people would just get rid of the whole casket and embalming thing, we wouldn't have this problem.
I think, but I am not sure, that a saket and vault are neccessary because the soil is so soft in the US that bodies would wash up in a heavy rain. Not sure how accurate that is, but it was explained to me that way awhile ago.
In certain places maybe, but I doubt it's like that everywhere. I know funerals are supposed to be about the living remembering the dead, but it's just another huge money maker for the business that they get out of people even in death.
I can agree with that. Especially your last sentence.
Feb 9, 2010 11:58pm
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Feb 10, 2010 12:00 AM
I wonder what these giant "coffin screws" are to be manufactured of...
also...I can't imagine two people being able to install one as is shown in the picture...heck, I have a hard time just digging post-holes in this hard-pan clay.
On the other hand, it adds a new touch to the graveside service...
Pastor to the assembled: "will the casket drillers please step forward"
Feb 10, 2010 12:00am
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Feb 10, 2010 12:01 AM
bcubed wrote:
gerb131 wrote: Ashes and no dirt for me.
That way looks like Sarcophagus' (sp)
Don't let someone like Walter in your avatar scatter your ashes for you gerb131, LOL.
LOL
Feb 10, 2010 12:01am
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Feb 10, 2010 2:21 AM
If I ever start my own death metal band, this thread title will be the name of my first album!

Without the question mark.
Feb 10, 2010 2:21am
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Feb 10, 2010 7:37 AM
The older I get, the more I think cremation is the way to go.
Feb 10, 2010 7:37am
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Feb 10, 2010 9:28 AM
Heretic wrote: If I ever start my own death metal band, this thread title will be the name of my first album!

Without the question mark.
You're creepy.
Feb 10, 2010 9:28am
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Feb 11, 2010 1:49 AM
I've already told my family that it's a sky burial for me. Build a platform, throw my body up there, and let the birds feast. When everything's been picked clean and the bones are bleached, go ahead and stick them in a box.

They do something similar to this with Buddhist monks at the monasteries in east Asia. To give you an example of how revered the body is, plenty of mourners are put off by the fact that the monks carry on conversations with each other while carrying out the rituals.
Feb 11, 2010 1:49am
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Feb 11, 2010 2:25 AM
justincredible wrote:
Heretic wrote: If I ever start my own death metal band, this thread title will be the name of my first album!

Without the question mark.
You're creepy.
You damn straight I am!
Feb 11, 2010 2:25am