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2005-04-30 Down Under

Australia to open feet-first graveyard (Got a green thumb?)

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Posted by .com 2005-04-30 3:27:46 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And no tombstones. So in a subtle way this deeply undercuts the sense of an afterlife or of family ties through the generations.

Dialectical materialism, folks. Marx is smiling.

Minerals from the bones will help the cows a decade from now, no doubt.

Posted by anon 2005-04-30 10:22:17 AM|| 2005-04-30 10:22:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 watch how deep you rototill, k?

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-30 10:42:27 AM|| 2005-04-30 10:42:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Leave the head sticking out above ground. Makes an eco-friendly flower pot.

Posted by ed 2005-04-30 12:15:12 PM|| 2005-04-30 12:15:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 lol, not funny Ed, unless it's capitlist oppressors we're dealing with.

Posted by Red Barbie 2005-04-30 3:22:13 PM|| 2005-04-30 3:22:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ever been to the cemetary in Boston where Paul Rever is burried? They are 3 and 4 deep there.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-04-30 7:30:24 PM|| 2005-04-30 7:30:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 In Paris it's a rental thing, you get the slot for 50 - 100 years and then into the catacombs you go! Or so I'm told.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-30 7:53:15 PM|| 2005-04-30 7:53:15 PM|| Front Page Top

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