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Use Lye To Deal With Dead Relatives, Unclog Drains

Forget those GPS graves in the jungle we brought you a few weeks ago, because in the future what we're really going to do is pour—yes pour—our loved ones down the drain with the help of some lye and an iron coffin contraption from BioSafe Engineering. The last hurdle, as always, will be to overcome the yuck factor many people experience when they realize this really does mean turning mom and pops into coffee syrup.
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1:00 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Jack Loftus
4,648 views, 36 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: Can someone explain why they want to make this illegal? more »

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Use GPS to Find Your Dead In New Forest Graveyards

When you die, instead of having your grave marked by granite, you can now peg it to something even more immutable: latitude and longitude. A new eco-friendly forest graveyard promises a new kind of service, according to the Sydney Morning Herald:
The deceased will be buried in biodegradable coffins between gum trees in a protected koala sanctuary...Relatives and friends will require a satellite navigation device to find graves of loved ones.
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8:00 PM on Sun Apr 20 2008
By Wilson Rothman
7,093 views, 56 comments

Latest by n/a: @dingus: I salute you and if you go before me it would be an honor if I could attend such a ceremony, of course wearing the proper attire of a chemical hazard suit and standing a good distance away up wind. more »