Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speaking of starting flame wars ...

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Hmmmm.  What are the legalities of a burial at sea?  I know the mafia
had no problem doing it, but what about us regular guys?
Carl


Steven Mills wrote:
> 
> >From: Pierre Poulin <pipo305@hotmail.com>
> >
> > You guys are so stange...
> >
> 
> Okay, you want strange. Here's a question.
> 
> Does anyone know or have heard of a person being buried
> in a submersible or sub shaped coffin [ at sea or in the ground].
> after their demise?
> 
> [ and note, I am not counting the brave souls who lost their lives
> at sea in a sub..."iron coffins"..., regardless of nationality and
> regardless of times of war or peace ].
> 
> I ask this because last year I had to make funereal arrangements
> for a close relative and among the arrangements was following
> instructions as to the characteristics of the burial.  Also, in conferring
> with a close relative, I was shocked to find out that I had funereal
> insurance coverage on me since I was 16.  So, I asked myself the
> macabre question, "How do I want to be buried?" Quietly or with
> some "character" and "fanfare"?  How about a facsimle of Lake's
> Argonaut Jr.?  Or the Nautilus?
> Crush depth would be inconsequentual. It could be a wetsub?
> 
> It's not unheard of for people to be buried with a theme or characteristic
> in mind.  The pyramids are an example.  I believe or it's rumored that
> Liberace was buried in a piano shaped coffin.  Sir Richard Burton
> [ the explorer, not the actor ] and his wife are entombed in a pyramid
> structure. I have heard of persons buried in their favorite car.
> 
> So how about it guys?  Too strange and bizarre for commentary?
> The grim reaper has everyone's name carved on that scythe's shaft!
> 
> If I ever build a pSub, it just could be a coffin shaped as one...a last
> testament from a "Submadman".
> 
> --Steve

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