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Dead fashionable: the sexiest coffin ever

Written by DeadGirl
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Go out in style with this egg-shaped eco-friendly pod casket. http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/general/general/dead_fashionable_the_sexiest_coffin_ever Death is something we all have to deal with at some point, and who wants to end up six feet under in a chintzy brass and pine casket? It sounds like a fate worse than death to us. We’d much rather go to our final resting place in this coffin of the future, a sleek oval casket that looks more like a flying saucer. Straight from the drawing boards of German design house UONO, the prize-winning Cocoon will make you the envy of all the folks at your funeral. “It’s a piece of furniture with a high design standard – the last piece of furniture they’ll ever buy,” says designer Andreas Spiegel. “My strategy is to convince people to buy the Cocoon before they get to the funeral home.” Well, they’re going to have a job putting in their credit card PIN after they’ve got there, aren’t they? The icing on the cake is the fact that it’s also environmentally sound, being constructed from jute and covered in water-based varnish. Basically, it’s just as biodegradable as its occupant. The Cocoon should be available shortly in the US, priced at around $3,500.

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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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	you mean I'm still alive?

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“And thou, his Florence, to thy trust Receive and keep, Keep safe his dedicated dust, His sacred sleep. So shall thy lovers, come from far, Mix with thy name As morning-star with evening-star His faultless fame.”

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