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Remains to be seen….

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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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    @Ivorythumper

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

    Elbows up!

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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...

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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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                mark
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                People are strange.

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                • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #16

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

                  I was only joking

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                    Copper
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                    #17

                    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...

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                        #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.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          LuFins Dad
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                          When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                          Link to video

                          The Brad

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                            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

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                              George K
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                              #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
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #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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                                  • George KG George K

                                    @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.

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                                    #25

                                    @George-K said in Remains to be seen….:

                                    I want the Brahms Requiem send off

                                    Not me. I want something like 'Thriller' or "Stayin Alive' or 'Dancing Queen' or 'Jump' or 'Money for Nothing' or . . . gads, there are so many great choices.

                                    Guess I can't die.

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

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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #26

                                      Link to video

                                      or how about....

                                      Link to video

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • JollyJ Offline
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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #27

                                        It is appointed unto man once to die and then The Judgement.

                                        “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

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

                                          When I go, I want a New Orleans send off

                                          Link to video

                                          They fly.

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                                          Renauda
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                                          #28

                                          @Jolly

                                          I’m sure there plenty of tunes out there for that one too.

                                          Elbows up!

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