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Remains to be seen….

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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #5

    Where I come from, viewings of the body really aren't a thing.

    I find the whole body-viewing really upsetting. I was given the opportunity to see my dad's body at the undertakers after he died, and I just couldn't do it. I didn't want that to be my last memory of him.

    I've been to a couple of funerals in the US where the body is on display, and I find it really disturbing. Maybe I'm the one with the issue, I don't know.

    I was only joking

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      Axtremus
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      This may be a pivotal development for the art of selfies.

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      • Catseye3C Offline
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        Catseye3
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        #7

        Plus, her dress is fugly.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • KlausK Offline
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          Klaus
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          #8

          I thought somebody was merely testing a coffin.

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          • IvorythumperI Ivorythumper

            No discussion? This is the one of the most bizarre thing I've seen on the internet. It raises so many questions, such as

            "Who are these people? How did he die?"

            "Who thought a glass coffin was a good idea to market?"

            "Is the the future of the funeral industry?"

            "Why isn't the corpse better posed?"

            "Why is the mourner wearing matching clothes?"

            "Isn't that plexiglass acting like a greenhouse in the sun and baking the body?"

            "His left leg looks like it might be broken, seems an awkward angle"

            "Are grave robbers going to go after his kicks?"

            FWIW, I think death is handled very badly in the US, and the funeral industry is both exploitative and does not help people to grieve properly. So, if this helps the woman to process the death of her beloved, that's OK, but it seems really creepy.

            Your thoughts?

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            Renauda
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            #9

            @Ivorythumper

            I agree, it is really creepy. Beyond that, it leaves me cold.

            Elbows up!

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            • JollyJ Offline
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              Jolly
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              #10

              Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.

              You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.

              I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • MikM Away
                MikM Away
                Mik
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                #11

                There is a lot of talk about closure and finality. Personally, I have never had any trouble believing someone is dead. Seeing their makeup caked corpse never helped in any way. Quite the opposite. I'd prefer to remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

                I also never found a spouse or family member who said the funeral reduced their grief.

                I think there is a value in gathering to reconnect after a death, especially in the case of the death of a spouse. You have been connected to the community as a couple, and now that has changed. Renewing those connections as a single person seems valuable.

                Myself, I'm entertaining the idea of being wrapped around a newly planted tree. I'd much rather my descendants see and visit a living, helpful, beautiful tree than some cold stone.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.

                  You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.

                  I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                  the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues

                  Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...

                  I was only joking

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                    the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues

                    Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...

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                    Jolly
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                    #13

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Remains to be seen….:

                    @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                    the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues

                    Oddly enough, that's how I want to go...

                    Leave a note for Jane.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • MikM Away
                      MikM Away
                      Mik
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                      #14

                      The 'head nun'. Huh. Here I always thought it was a nurse.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • markM Offline
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                        mark
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                        #15

                        People are strange.

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                          #16

                          Maybe she was a nurse with a bad habit...

                          I was only joking

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                            Copper
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                            It needs music

                            Link to video

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                            • JollyJ Offline
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                              Jolly
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                              #18

                              If you use a coffin to view the remains at a funeral home, in many (if not most) states it is illegal to re-use that coffin at the funeral home for the next deceased.

                              Some enterprising individuals will buy those, decontaminate them, reconfigure and reline them, then sell them as couches, chairs, etc.

                              Google up "coffin couches".

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • JollyJ Jolly

                                Cult of some kind, I'm guessing. Y'all live in too normal of a world.

                                You ain't lived until you see a guy get coded, surrounded by five women dressed as nuns (that ain't) that we had to shush away, and after the doc calls him and everybody medical exits the room, the head "nun" jumps astraddle the guy, beating the hell out of the body and jabbering in tongues, while the other four "nuns" wail and chant around the body in some unknown language. Or jibberish.

                                I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                                jon-nycJ Offline
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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #19

                                @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                                I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                                Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                  LuFins Dad
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #20

                                  When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                  Link to video

                                  The Brad

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                                    Catseye3
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                                    #21

                                    I kind of like the idea of being sheparded off by those guys somebody posted a few months ago, the pallbearers who danced while holding the coffin.

                                    Now, I wonder what music I want them to dance to . . . ?

                                    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                      When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                      Link to video

                                      George KG Offline
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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by George K
                                      #22

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:

                                      When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                      If these guys aren't available...

                                      alt text

                                      I want the Brahms Requiem send off - live of course.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                                        I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                                        Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”

                                        JollyJ Offline
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                                        Jolly
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                                        #23

                                        @jon-nyc said in Remains to be seen….:

                                        @Jolly said in Remains to be seen….:

                                        I thought when they requested his internal organs, it was a nice touch. We didn't give them to them. Don't know what the funeral home did...

                                        Please tell me you said “Y’all don’t look like transplant surgeons, can you show me your UNOS credentials?”

                                        Would be LOPA down here, and that's above my pay grade....

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                          Link to video

                                          JollyJ Offline
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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #24

                                          @LuFins-Dad said in Remains to be seen….:

                                          When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                          Link to video

                                          They fly.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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