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The mummy of the 'air-dried chaplain' in his coffin in the church crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria.
Credit: Andreas Nerlich
Credit: Andreas Nerlich

1 posted on 05/23/2025 11:13:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

You’d look like that too when stuffed with wood chips and sticks.


3 posted on 05/23/2025 11:27:06 AM PDT by stateofit
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m glad we didn’t have that procedure when I worked in Funeral Service.


4 posted on 05/23/2025 11:29:42 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: SunkenCiv

what happened to rest in peace


5 posted on 05/23/2025 11:49:06 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SunkenCiv

Overstaying One’s Welcome on exhibit.


6 posted on 05/23/2025 11:55:32 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: SunkenCiv
My face when my abdomen has been stuffed through my rectal canal with wood chips, twigs and fabric:


7 posted on 05/23/2025 12:13:03 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: SunkenCiv
"The unusually well-preserved mummy in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein is the corps of a local parish vicar.

Did Obama write this?

8 posted on 05/23/2025 12:15:51 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: SunkenCiv

FTA: The unusually well-preserved mummy in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein is the corps of a local parish vicar....

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corps? What? Did he put a combat unit in the crypt?


10 posted on 05/23/2025 1:30:49 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: SunkenCiv
...achieved by stuffing the abdomen through the rectal canal with wood chips, twigs and fabric, and the addition of zinc chloride for internal drying.

That's a pretty good weekend in San Francisco.

13 posted on 05/23/2025 2:06:59 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SunkenCiv

That is not preservative, surely, it is the cause of death!
And yes, I will try not to call you Shirley.


14 posted on 05/23/2025 2:53:24 PM PDT by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
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