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karohemdI'm very impressed with his simple coffin, it was basically a wooden box with a cross on the lid. You could even see the dovetail joins, almost a pauper's coffin.
What's with the sealed zinc coffin in oak casket, though? It's supposed to slow down putrefication but why?
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sea_cucumber made it to Rome?
What's with the sealed zinc coffin in oak casket, though? It's supposed to slow down putrefication but why?
A related question, does anyone know if
sea_cucumber made it to Rome?
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Date: 8/4/05 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 8/4/05 04:46 pm (UTC)Maybe it's so he can be a saint (their bodies are supposed to be fresh for longer than normal after death or something).
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Date: 8/4/05 04:55 pm (UTC)Probably, but why not embalm him, then?
And that should obviously have been "sealed".
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Date: 8/4/05 05:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 8/4/05 06:00 pm (UTC)I'll ask him on Sunday.
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Date: 8/4/05 06:41 pm (UTC)There are laws for such things which state the coffins have to be reinforced. This is because corpses have a distressing tendency to explode.
Lesser mortals have coffins made out of lead instead of zinc.
This little slightly gross lesson bought to you by the Kensal Green Open Day Tour. :D
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Date: 8/4/05 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
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