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Tuesday February 7th 2012

Ten Things You Can Have Done With Your Body When You Die

Have your ashes cast into a pink flamingo lawn ornament.  This might just get you to Florida!

pink flamingo remains

Blast your ashes into deep space, onto the lunar surface or into the earth’s orbit!

ashes put in to space

Become an actual part of a fireworks display!

ashes fireworks

Have your ashes placed in to cement and become part of an eternal reef.

ashes in reef

Love birds?  You can have your ashes placed in to a bird feeder.  Would you say this solution is for the birds?

bird feeder remains

Perfect for any former teacher, have your ashes placed in to pencils.  Your remains will make more than 200 pencils!
dead ash pencil

You know that portrait of Uncle Harry?  It was made with paint and Uncle Harry.

ash remains portrait

Have your remains turned in to a genuine diamond.  Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.  But is that true if you are wearing your mom around your neck?

cremated diamond

Are you a balloon kind of person?  You can have your ashes placed in a balloon that is sent sailing.  Eventually the balloon pops and you are scattered across the land.

balloon ashes

Love CSI?  Then this one is for you.  You can have your body sent to a body farm.  Body farms are research facilities that study human decomposition after death.  Cadavers are placed outside, under different weather conditions, in hot cars and other situations that will help with medical examiner investigations.

body farms

Do you have plans for your remains?

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2 Responses to “Ten Things You Can Have Done With Your Body When You Die”

  1. kathcom says:

    I’ve asked my husband to take a taxi cab up Madison Avenue in NYC and shake my ashes out of the window. I worked on the Upper East Side for years and dealt with a lot of irritating rich people. So I would like to irritate their airways and get carried around in spoiled rich lungs.

    BUT, I don’t believe my husband will do it. Some silly thing about it being illegal or something. My second choice would definitely be to be made into a lawn flamingo. That’s perfect on so many levels. But my husband would keep me in the closet.

  2. Unplugged says:

    Illegal Shmegal! Tell him you will haunt him if he doesn’t. I especially like you irritating the rich people. I would definitely be allowed in the front yard of my house. They might even want two of me! There are people who try and sneak ashes in to Disney all the time. I know they attempt to pour ashes in the water of Pirates of the Caribbean. That would be great if I was dumped in the San Diego one b/c I have fond memories of going there as a child. Hey, maybe you could be a flamingo and you can go in my yard with me!

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