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Exploding coconut 'sent fear' through crematorium staff
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| 2 February 2018
| 2 February 2018
Posted on 02/03/2018 8:03:35 AM PST by Rebelbase
A coconut that was placed inside a coffin "sent fear" through staff at a crematorium when it exploded.
Bolton Council has urged mourners to abide by crematorium rules and not "slip" items into coffins.
Donna Ball, Assistant Director of Community Services, said a "hell of an explosion can sometimes occur".
Other items of concern include mobile phones, TV remotes, e-cigarettes and bottles of alcohol.
Ms Ball told the BBC: "We are asking people to be considerate regarding the items they place into coffins before the cremation process.
"We have seen a rise in things like e-cigarettes, bottles of whisky and vodka, golf balls, sometimes golf clubs, and mobile phones. Mobile phones in particular are a real issue for us".
Ms Ball said: "Usually the funeral director will pick them up but sometimes things are slid inside peoples' pockets and they are just not picked up during the process, then when they go through the cremation process a hell of an explosion can sometimes occur".
She added that electrical items with batteries also push crematorium emissions up to "unacceptable levels".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: bolton; bombshell; boom; callmeinthemorning; coconut; cremation; crematorium; exploding; lime; unitedkingdom
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Legitimate use of "BOOM" keyword.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:03:35 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase; Larry Lucido
Sine the reference is to coconut you can include "BOMBSHELL!" as well.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:08:03 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
Just don’t put the lime in the coconut.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:18:31 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: Rebelbase
My plan is for fireworks.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:20:54 AM PST
by
fungoking
(Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
To: Rebelbase
The story doesn't explain why a coconut.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:22:25 AM PST
by
fungoking
(Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
To: Rebelbase
I knew some firefighters who responded to a fire at a local crematory. A very obese woman was being cremated and the rendered fat leaked out of the retort and had caught fire.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:23:09 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
To: Rebelbase
Don’t be giving the muzzies any ideas.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:27:07 AM PST
by
moovova
To: The Great RJ
im swallowing popcorn before I die.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:30:51 AM PST
by
Craftmore
To: Rebelbase
Cellphones??? Who they gonna call??
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:31:50 AM PST
by
ClearBlueSky
(ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:32:56 AM PST
by
aquila48
To: Rebelbase
Sometimes you feel like a nut...
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:34:59 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ClearBlueSky
It was not unusual in the 19th century to put a rope in a coffin attached to a beloved topside so that if someone was buried alive he could ring the bell.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:35:16 AM PST
by
Mercat
To: ClearBlueSky
"Cellphones??? Who they gonna call??"
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:36:27 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:41:30 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of he Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Rebelbase
Grandpa Joe was a tough old cowboy with grizzled hair, chiseled features, and hands tougher than barbed wire. Id sit on his lap while he rocked in his favorite old chair on the porch, and hed tell me again and again that his secret to living a long life was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.
I stopped believing his tall tales when I grew up, but Grandpa Joe lived on for many years, enjoying perfect health until the ripe old age of 107. He left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 15-foot crater where the crematorium used to be.
To: Rebelbase
E-cigarettes? At this point, there is no harm in using the real thing.
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posted on
02/03/2018 8:47:08 AM PST
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Rebelbase
well, at least it wasn’t ammo in there cooking off ...
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posted on
02/03/2018 9:02:13 AM PST
by
catnipman
( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Rebelbase
“Usually the funeral director will pick them up but sometimes things are slid inside peoples’ pockets and they are just not picked up during the process,”
I’ve never tried to slide a coconut into someone’s pocket. There must be a trick to it.
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posted on
02/03/2018 9:17:08 AM PST
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: Rebelbase
Do any of you know what happens to the human head during a cremation?
Think coconut.
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posted on
02/03/2018 9:18:32 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/03/2018 9:18:33 AM PST
by
dfwgator
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