Coffin Talk

[steely damn]

Coffin Talk is the new Party Zone.

[boil]

I'm listening to the podcast and cracking up at work.  Bravo Tom for sticking with it so long.

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Bravo Tom for sticking with it so long.

Commitment!

[mostlymeat]

I laffed really fucking hard. Coffin talk was WAAAAAAAAY IN THE ZONE!

[kimota]

Pay-per-view funeral Webcasts go live in Britain
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23898318/

Despite criticism of the scheme as macabre, the company who launched the service, Wesley Music, is planning to offer it to crematoria across the country who will charge a one-off payment of around $150 for access to a funeral Webcast.

Mourners use the password to access a live online broadcast of the funeral service captured by a small camera mounted in the chapel.

[Dorvid Barnas]

Cremation is cheaper and better for the planet.  Shopping for a coffin should shop for a coffin.

[Josh Fenderman]

My cold beer is colder than your cold beer. And I had a longer day than your stupid day. Your (probably not very) cold beer should go shop for a coffin.

[Fido]

Malcolm X was tough, and I think maybe he knew a thing or two about coffin talk.  I just ran across this quotation:


"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

[Fido]

And now everything comes full circle to Hearse chat:

http://www.coffin-talk.net/viewtopic.php?t=1837&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Let's resurrect hearse chat!

[emma]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36sharps/1936104431/

(I can't find the URL for just the photo, but this is a hearse my friends and I used to see about town all the time. I think the drapes + license plate are a little pretentious, though--maybe it's time for the owner to start shopping for a coffin.)

[Stupornaut]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36sharps/1936104431/

(I can't find the URL for just the photo, but this is a hearse my friends and I used to see about town all the time. I think the drapes + license plate are a little pretentious, though--maybe it's time for the owner to start shopping for a coffin.)

He's probably way ahead of you on that. Where do you think he sleeps?

[Martin]

This is old news, but still:


Manager Fred Elsner, the friendly face of shopping for a coffin

Low-cost coffins hit Costco
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3991921.stm

[Emily]

just cremate me.

[Jason]

Cremation is cheaper and better for the planet.  Shopping for a coffin should shop for a coffin.

That's not true. In the UK 16% of mercury emissions into the atmosphere are caused by cremation, its a lower percentage in the US where cremations are less common. All cremations really do is save space and deprive angsty teenagers of places to hang out.
Resomation is a green alternative to cremation.
http://www.resomation.com/

[Sarah]

Never heard of that before.  Interesting.  I'd still prefer to donate my corpse to the lobster bait joint next door, though.  I also like what the Parsis do with their dead.