Pacemaker Blamed As Explosion Inside Coffin Halts Cremation

News and Courier (UK) ^ | May 27, 2006

[whd23]

Bad enough that he was in a coffin (for which I'm sure somebody paid a pretty penny for), much less having to be embalmed prior to cremation.

My Dad had always complained about the same thing, he would say that he just wanted a simple pine box. He later decided on cremation rather than embalming and burial.

After he died, we went to the funeral home to make arrangements. When they showed us the coffin options for cremation, there was a simple plywood sheet with some sort of cardboard cover. Mom and us kids all looked at each other and said: "That's exactly what Dad would have chosen for himself!"

After his service was over, his brothers & sisters threw a big luncheon affair. That would have meant a lot more to Dad than some velvet lined maple box with brass handles.

[Revolting cat!]

Did the occupant of the coffin survive?

[tubebender]

I could have blown up Eureka last week when my vial of Nitro-Glycerin opened in my pocket. Luckily I was destitute and didn't have 2 pennys in my pocket to rub together...

[ApplegateRanch]

And, most importantly, do they explode only after you're dead?

If you're alive, then it is a toss up whether the pacer or the nuker explodes first.

Either way, your hot pastry is ruined.

[higgmeister]

Good thing it didn't explode at that crematory in Rome, Georgia a few years back. It could'a set the woods on fire!

That wasn't in Rome. Rome is the county seat of Floyd County off of I-75 on the way to Chattanooga. Ray Brent Marsh was from way up in Walker County.

[Revolting cat!]

I tell ya, the Pacemakers are dynamite!

[F.J. Mitchell]

Only when heated to blast furnace temperatures.