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Fancy rolling up the aisle in a Rolls-Royce? Maybe it’s time to skip off in a pink ballet shoe? In the weird and wonderful world of crazy coffins, getting buried has never been so much fun in Britain.
For coffin-makers Vic Fearn & Company Limited are now doing a roaring trade in customized caskets for people who want to go out in style. The coffins, ranging from a giant electric guitar to a sports bag, have proved so popular that they even go out on tour to “Crazy Coffin” exhibitions around European art galleries.
The coffin-makers first took the zany path to death when a woman fan of the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force’s aerial acrobatics team, asked to be buried in a model fighter.
“So we constructed this plane with folding wings like they have on aircraft carriers. The cockpit of a plane is more or less coffin-shaped so that made life easier,” said David Crampton, director of the 160-year-old company based in the central England town of Nottingham.
Cripes! What sort of coffin would you like for your exit?
Where should I begin…?!!!
Problem with this is that it’s a one time off! Unless you can change coffins during the funeral just like some kind of rock star.
I think I’ll start with carbon cast just like Han Solo, switch to a nice white velvet with pink on the inside just like the king, and so forth. But for the grand finale, I want a cocoon egg size like just in Aliens! With added pyrotechnics to look like the real thing. Freak the heck out of everyone. Maybe with a little face hugger jumping out and running around…
OH, the fun I could have at my funeral…
My step father passed away last fall. Per his request we tore down the old cottage and are placing his remains in the foundation of the new lake cottage tomorrow.
Mockup of a BMW boxer – my ashes where the opposing cylinders would go – sized to fit in the caisson behind the Harley trike hearse shown in an earlier DU post. Or maybe just a vacuum cleaner.
My mom has asked me to cremate her and put her in a cardboard box, wrapped with brown paper, and “Return to Sender” stamped on it.
My ex-wife wanted to be buried in the Mercedes-Benz sedan I bought her for her 30th.
I would think a full sized lego coffin would be fun.
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