Would you buy a coffin online ?

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mumoftwo wrote: »

How about furniture that turns into coffins, like this one:

http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-furniture-for-life-and-death/

It looks like quite a nice nick nack unit, but I guess if a doc told someone 'sorry matey, nothing can be done and I give you six months' they might not be too happy after that seeing it every day.

PinkLipgloss

mumoftwo wrote: »

How about furniture that turns into coffins, like this one:

http://inhabitat.com/coffin-shelves-furniture-for-life-and-death/

OMG! :eek:

I couldn't have that in my house - would freak me out!

What_a_rip_off

Primrose wrote: »

I can't help thinking what a horrendous waste of resources it is to have a coffin that is burned, especially in these days when more cremations take place than burials.

It's obviously in the financial interest of undertakers to sell coffins to increase their prifts but why on earth can't a coffin simply be leased on a short lease, i.e. a 5 day hire? Then the corpse can be temporarily laid to rest in it for any pre-funeral rites, plus the actual funeral ceremony.

After that, if it's a cremation, the corpse could be removed from the coffin still encased in a simple body bag in which it had been resting, and put straight into the furnace. Then the coffin could be reused. When our forests are being chopped down,I hate the idea of wood simply being burned in a couple of hours when the original tree has probably taken 50 years or more to grow.

I tend to agree with you on this. I see a lot of reference of FSC accredited by funeral directors. Seems a lot of effort to grow sustainable trees just for the purpose of coffins.

However I'm sure there is a health and hygene issue surrounding the reuse of coffins.... not a bad idea though.

What_a_rip_off

Primrose wrote: »

I've just had this crazy thought about turning up at a warehouse somewhere, buying your coffin and driving it back home on the motorway with it tied onto your roof rack.

I should think the driver behind you would start driving VERY CAREFULLY in case it fell off and there might be a body inside it. (especially if the driver was wearing dark glasses and the car had black tinted windows :rotfl:)

who needs speed cameras..... natural traffic calming scheme....

What_a_rip_off

PinkLipgloss wrote: »

OMG! :eek:

I couldn't have that in my house - would freak me out!

but do you see it as a coffin becasue you know it's a coffin.... i think it's quite cool, but then I guess I may be odd... lol

PinkLipgloss

What_a_rip_off wrote: »

but do you see it as a coffin becasue you know it's a coffin.... i think it's quite cool, but then I guess I may be odd... lol

I'm not keen on the design (over and above the fact that it is a coffin) and the very fact that I KNOW it changes to a coffin well - I just couldn't deal with that on a daily basis!

It's depressing enough watching the news never mind sharing my home with my future coffin.

What_a_rip_off

PinkLipgloss wrote: »

I'm not keen on the design (over and above the fact that it is a coffin) and the very fact that I KNOW it changes to a coffin well - I just couldn't deal with that on a daily basis!

It's depressing enough watching the news never mind sharing my home with my future coffin.

point taken :-)

Primrose

It's quite interesting to see the different views about dealing with the functionalities of death on this thread. It suggests that many of us find it very difficult emotionally to deal with, even in the abstract and hopefully from quite a distance. Seeing that it's going to happen to us all eventually, I wonder what it is that informs our various views. My late father for example, went almost all his life before he could even face up to making his Will because I think he feared that once this was done, it was "tempting fate". I, on the other hand, cannot bear the thought of any loose ends being left untied and have always tried to have my personal affairs neatly tied up.

As for a coffin, I wouldn't mind having a temporary one if that is more environmentally friendly. I'd like to think that in that respect at least, my passing had not caused another tree to be felled, just ensure I had a cosmetically attractive packaging on my departure.

meritaten

I have my lovely wicker coffin all picked out and a printout for hubby! I want mine garlanded with fresh flowers............looks so lovely - and my burial site is picked out too! also printed out for hubby. all that remains is for him to hire the transit van............... and its sorted! if they want a party after thats up to them! I may attend, I may not, lmao, depends on whether there really IS an afterlife!

What_a_rip_off

Primrose wrote: »

It's quite interesting to see the different views about dealing with the functionalities of death on this thread. It suggests that many of us find it very difficult emotionally to deal with, even in the abstract and hopefully from quite a distance. Seeing that it's going to happen to us all eventually, I wonder what it is that informs our various views. My late father for example, went almost all his life before he could even face up to making his Will because I think he feared that once this was done, it was "tempting fate". I, on the other hand, cannot bear the thought of any loose ends being left untied and have always tried to have my personal affairs neatly tied up.

As for a coffin, I wouldn't mind having a temporary one if that is more environmentally friendly. I'd like to think that in that respect at least, my passing had not caused another tree to be felled, just ensure I had a cosmetically attractive packaging on my departure.

A really nice post primrose.... thanks