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Folger's Crystal style burials
2007-05-21
Posted by:3dc

#5  How about a big magnifying glass on a hill to incinerate the body? Environmentalists have gotta love it. It gets cheaper and cheaper with the economies of scale.
Posted by: 411   2007-05-21 21:43  

#4  Here lies Mrs. Olson.
Posted by: Mike   2007-05-21 12:24  

#3  The remains are then dehydrated and cleared of any metal, reducing a body weighing 75 kilograms (165 pounds) in life to 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of , plus the remains of the coffin.

from
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
earth to earth
or from
big pink person to pink-beige powder
Posted by: RD   2007-05-21 00:36  

#2  I still think it would be a lot cheaper to figure out a process using several different kinds of insects that would reduce a cadaver to just clean bones in the shortest possible time.

In turn, the most likely flies and beetles would be food for valuable predators, like dragonflies, that are already bred for release in areas prone to mosquitos and other nuisance insects.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-05-21 00:31  

#1  SOLYENT GREEN Part Deux, as per HUMAN-FAT-based meats and cooking oils articles this week. D *** ng it, AIR GUARD Pilot Dubya is undeniably responsible.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-05-21 00:24  

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