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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    12/31/08

    In reply to Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
    That's hot.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/31/08

    In reply to Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
    "Mmmm! Bacon!"


    "Humans."


    "Mmmm! Humans!"

     Reply
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    12/31/08

    In reply to Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
    Can we use this to offset the heating Geneva would lose by re-starting the LHC?
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    Image of NannerPuss NannerPuss
    12/31/08

    In reply to Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
    Doesnt this sound like it could lead to some sort of zombie rising event?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/31/08

    @Lokiprimary: Actually, the fact that they burn all their dead means no zombies will rise. It's brilliant, given that rising energy prices and zombie uprisings are two of the biggest challenges in modern society.
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    12/31/08

    In reply to Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
    Human dust. Don't breathe this!


    Plus, if you want another morbid fact, embalming fluid was made by the same guy who made A&W root beer in the 1800's

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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/31/08

    @admoseremic: For what it is worth, almost all dust is human skin, so "human dust" is a bit like saying "free gift".
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    Image of mariathephan mariathephan
    12/31/08

    In reply to Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
    wouldn't it smell??
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/31/08

    @mariathephan: You can trap heat separately from the dead people gases. You just need two circulatory systems - the first will have the (hot) dead people gases, and the second will have water or some other conducting fluid. Similar systems are used in refrigerators and radiators.
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    12/18/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    I'm glad they take pride in the thouroughness of their autopsies.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/18/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    So 80,000¥ is the going price of Wang these days...
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    Image of ep2011 ep2011
    12/18/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude: Thats Yen, the Japanese currency. The article is talking about Yuan, the Chinese currency.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/18/08

    @ep2011: Yen, Yuan...whatever. It's still a piss poor amount of compensation for a human life..
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/18/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    It's raining Wang....
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    Image of SachiEriphyle SachiEriphyle
    12/17/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    As humorous as it might seem, the fact of the matter is that someone died here. Would this be as "humorous" if a Johnson died? Probably not.
    Not trying to be a buzzkill, but I'm just saying that you might want to think twice before you crack a joke about a family suffering such a horrible (and humiliating) loss.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/18/08

    @SachiEriphyle: I was going to completely agree with you until you made "a Johnson" point. I fail to see what that has to do with anything. But the deed is done.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/18/08

    @SachiEriphyle: I'm sure you're not TRYING to be a buzzkill. But you certainly are succeeding at it.
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    Image of SpyderMS SpyderMS
    12/18/08

    @SachiEriphyle:

    Would this be as "humorous" if a Johnson died?
    Yes... why yes it would...
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    12/18/08

    @SpyderMS: Of COURSE it would!!!
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/18/08

    @SachiEriphyle: Good point. His family is probably reading this right now, their misery amplified by the attention an exploding dead guy has received on a foreign gadget blog. And certainly, as you point out, had the name of the dead guy been "Johnson," or, say, "Mr. Penis Head," Giz would never have written this story.
     Reply
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/17/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    Wang bang, thank you mang?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    12/17/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    I guess he really did have a rocket in his pocket.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/17/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    He got KILLED at a WAKE.


    That's possibly the saddest thing I've heard all week.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/18/08

    @Pope John Peeps II:
    Saddest thing I've heard this week was about a 60-year old Japanese man who got tossed in the air by some friends at his retirement party. They failed to catch him, and he died from the impact.


    Saddest thing I read the earlier this month was about a Filipino woman who flew to the Oregon coast where her boyfriend was going to propose to her at Proposal Rock. As he was kneeling down to pop the question, a big wave swept in. He managed to stay standing, but she was 4'11" and only weight 93 pounds, so she got swept out to sea. By the time he was able to pull his jacket off so he could go in after her, he couldn't even see where she was at anymore.

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    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    12/18/08

    @Purple Dave: You, sir, must certainly be the greatest chronichler of sadness. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/19/08

    @ninjagin:
    I just hit up Yahoo's Odd News section on a semi-regular basis. When deciding where to get my regular dose of reality, I opted instead for surreality.
     Reply
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    Image of Alan Sien Wei Hshieh Alan Sien Wei Hshieh
    12/17/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    that title is rather disrespectful...
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/17/08

    @Alan Sien Wei Hshieh: WEI to tell them Alan. WEI to go!
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    Image of Araam Vafai Borhanian Araam Vafai Borhanian
    12/17/08

    @Pope John Peeps II:


    Not even the Pope can do that. Sorry.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/18/08

    @Araam Vafai Borhanian: The Pope can do whatever the hell he wants! After all, Araam the one with the power.
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    Image of HawaiianActor HawaiianActor
    12/17/08

    In reply to Weather Rocket Causes a Wang to Explode During Cremation
    also, 12 grand does not seem like very much for killing a guy. if that had happened in the states, the family would have gotten millions from lawsuits...
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