Posted on 10/14/2021 6:00:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
If your final wishes are to exit this world engulfed in flames in your beloved ship, I hate to break it to you but it can't happen in Minnesota. It actually can't happen anywhere in the United States.
TikTok user @lovee.miss.lauren is a former death care worker that has since become a stay-at-home mom, sharing stories of her time in the industry and answering questions people have about the end of life process. She has made videos answering all sorts of questions like, "do you remove people's braces when they die?", "what is the cleanup process like after cremation?", and how much certain after-life methods cost.
In one of her videos that popped up on my For You Page, Lauren went into detail about Viking funerals and their legality. The video has amassed almost 20K views:
Lauren explains in the video that Viking funerals aren't allowed because when the flaming arrow is shot onto the boat or vessel, the fire doesn't get hot enough for long enough to fully cremate the body before the boat sinks. That of course opens the door for unwanted things to be floating in our bodies of water that shouldn't be.
Someone asked in the comments if it was OK to take cremated remains, put them on a tiny boat, and do a mini version of a Viking funeral that way. Lauren said that was OK and a "neat idea".
Minnesota doesn't have any regulations prohibiting the scattering of ashes on public property, including lakes. That being said, cremation professionals do suggest that you scatter ashes well away from places people will be swimming, fishing, or picnicking.
So if that die-hard Vikings fan in your life wants a Viking funeral, you might have to do some slight modifying to make it happen for them, but now you know!
As a kid I found that cherry bombs shot out of a Wrist Rocket slingshot were the next best thing to an 81mm mortar.
Thank God I never had a quick burning fuse.
The dumb things boys do.
Have the Viking funeral in the winter with the departed yellow yarn braid adorned warrior up on top of his fish house.
Come on Baby Light My Pyre!!! (/Doors not)
Come on Baby Light My Pyre!!! (/Doors not)
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